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4 books about Madeira tagged “gardens”.
A colour-illustrated botanical pocket guide describing 166 typical plants of Madeira, organised by habitat — gardens and parks, the coast, cultivated land and levadas, the laurisilva forest and the mountains.
A classic Edwardian botanical travelogue, first published in 1909, exploring the gardens, flowers and floral landscapes of Madeira, illustrated with watercolours by Ella Du Cane. Available in modern reprint.
An authoritative illustrated survey of around 30 gardens across Madeira by garden designer Gerald Luckhurst, tracing the island’s garden history and the role of Portuguese aristocrats and British wine merchants in creating its quintas.
The genteel 1909 garden memoir that inspired Tony Powell’s modern homage — Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford’s observations of Madeira’s flora, climate and society from the vantage of his garden.