Following the format of "The Art Book", this is an A-Z reference for anyone interested in gardens. It looks at the most important and beautiful gardens of the world, presenting 500 garden designers and patrons, with each person represented by a full-page reproduction of a significant garden, and text that describes the garden and places it and its creator in its historical context.
James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners.[1] He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with All Creatures Great and Small in 1972. The British television series adapted from the books is also titled All Creatures Great and Small.
