Novel Gardens: Landscape Designs Inspired by Gothic Fiction invites readers to step into gardens shaped by story, atmosphere, and emotion. This book explores how classic Gothic and Romantic settings can be translated into living landscapes, drawing inspiration from literature’s most resonant novels. Each section pairs a literary work with a fully imagined garden design. Explore the decayed elegance of Great Expectations, the ethereal beauty of Rebecca, the shadowed courtyards of Dracula, the wild moors of Wuthering Heights, and the restrained charm of Northanger Abbey.
More than literary homage, these designs are practical and achievable. Each includes a layout, a curated list of twenty plants chosen for mood, and guidance on using design principles to shape atmosphere. Woven with reflective observations on how gardens tell stories over time, Novel Gardens is for readers who love to garden and gardeners who love to read.
Novel Gardens: Landscape Designs Inspired by Gothic Fiction invites readers to step into gardens shaped by story, atmosphere, and emotion. This book explores how classic Gothic and Romantic settings can be translated into living landscapes, drawing inspiration from literature’s most resonant novels. Each section pairs a literary work with a fully imagined garden design. Explore the decayed elegance of Great Expectations, the ethereal beauty of Rebecca, the shadowed courtyards of Dracula, the wild moors of Wuthering Heights, and the restrained charm of Northanger Abbey.
More than literary homage, these designs are practical and achievable. Each includes a layout, a curated list of twenty plants chosen for mood, and guidance on using design principles to shape atmosphere. Woven with reflective observations on how gardens tell stories over time, Novel Gardens is for readers who love to garden and gardeners who love to read.
