Roses In The Garden - a book review
Roses In The Garden by Ngoc Minh Ngo Photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo celebrates rose gardens throughout the world in this beautifully produced book. The author photographed a total of 11 gardens across the globe (Italy, Morocco, Spain, USA, UK, and Japan). Beginning with the Italian garden Ninfa (often referred to as the most romantic garden in the world), her photographs have a dreamy quality that transports the reader to these exotic locales. Closer to home, Floret Farm in Mount Vernon, Washington, is included in one of the chapters. All types of roses are included in the gardens but the majority feature old rose varieties. Many of the gardens have roses growing in wild abandon, intermingled in hedge rows, spilling over walls and fences and surrounded by pastures and rolling hills. A pictorial index lists all the roses and the gardens where they reside. This stunning book was published by Rizzoli Books and is available on Amazon and in bookstores. Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, ...
Thanks for this great tour of Scott's garden! I hope you enjoyed your trip out to the wild west!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this tour so much! I read Scott's blog too, and it's so cool to see his garden from someone else's lens. What a treat it must have been.
ReplyDeletePhilip, the pleasure was all ours...so glad to have you over and to get to meet you! I hope it's the first of many visits you get to make to Portland :-)
ReplyDeleteI bet you didn't hardly know where to look next. Beautiful. My kind of garden... full.
ReplyDeleteLovely...I have long admired his skill at combining textures and colors. It's a beautiful garden. gail
ReplyDeleteThe last picture is spectacular.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I will have to start following this blog. Love the garden!
ReplyDeleteI love the garden. I'm going to have to start following the blog because I do love a cat photo ;)
ReplyDeleteAnother lucky day on your trip. I have followed Scott and his skilled photography for some time now.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Going to visit the blog now!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Going to visit the blog now!
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