<B>Following the popular BBC series, this book is the comprehensive guide to one of Europe's largest and most ambitious gardening projects, the magnificent RHS Bridgewater.</B><BR/><BR/> RHS Garden Bridgewater has a <B>rich history,</B> deeply entrenched personal connections with the local community and now a<B> dazzling and exciting future,</B> all of which is brought to life in this sumptuous book.<BR/><BR/> Set on the site of the former Worsley New Hall stately home in Manchester, bordering the Bridgewater canal, the Bridgewater garden is one of the <B>most exciting public garden projects undertaken anywhere in the world</B> in recent years. Guided by a masterplan from the renowned landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, it is a showpiece of horticultural excellence with a rich array of attractions, from walled gardens and Chinese streamside features to aromatic kitchen gardens and verdant wooded areas, all placed at the heart of the community.<BR/><BR/><I>RHS