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4 books about Madeira tagged “gardens”.
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Flora & Gardens
With selection notes
English · 2006 edition
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.
Flora & Gardens
English · 2024 edition
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.
Flora & Gardens
English · 2010 edition
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.
2019 reprint cover Flora & Gardens
English · original edition 1909
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.