| Sumario: | The beauty and value of contemporary gardens lie in the fact that they take up current questions about the designed environment and respond with a convincing whole. A garden is more than the sum of its parts, whether these are tree formations or grass pyramids, residual pieces of architecture or art installations: a garden is the design of an attainable unity of vital, vigorous forces. Seen in this way, a garden can be many things - the narrow strip of land in front of an urban commercial building or an extensive estate in the Scottish Highlands. In a journey through Europe in 27 chapters, along with an excursion to Chandigarh in India, the author reviews his visits to just as many gardens. Udo and Rita Weilacher have photographed the parks and gardens, and the resulting collection paints an impressive picture of contemporary garden art -- Editor
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