{"id":202,"date":"2020-02-23T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=202"},"modified":"2023-04-01T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T13:00:28","slug":"gardens-of-persia-victoria-medal-of-honour-laureate-penelope-hobhouse-photography-by-jerry-harpur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Gardens of Persia <br><span style=\"color:white;\">&#160;<\/span><br><span style=\"color:white;\">&#160;<\/span><br>Victoria Medal Of Honour Laureate Penelope Hobhouse <br>Photography by Jerry Harpur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Gardens of Persia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Victoria Medal Of Honour Laureate Penelope Hobhouse<br>Photography by Jerry Harpur<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Exotic<\/em><br>\u2014The New York Times Book Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Profound<\/em><br>\u2014New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thrilling<\/em><br>\u2014The Washington Post<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dazzling<\/em><br>\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Elegant<\/em><br>\u2014Booklist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gardens of Persia<\/em> demonstrates world-renowned author Penelope Hobhouse\u2019s rare ability to combine meticulous research and a practical knowledge of gardens and plants with a love of garden history and travel. By telling the story of the development of gardens throughout the Persian culture\u2019s 5,000-year-old history, she imparts a passionate view of the Persian paradise garden as a model for today\u2019s gardeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buildings, water, and plants combine to give the gardens of Persia a beautiful spiritual quality that has served to inspire garden design across time and diverse cultures. Indeed, Ms. Hobhouse begins with the oldest living garden, Pasargadae, created by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. It represented paradise on earth and spawned other gardens to be seen as settings for sacred contemplation and spiritual nourishment. In later centuries, these gardens evolved around the world to be representations for romance, prestige and symbols of an afterlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Penelope Hobhouse is a bestselling author as well as a garden designer whose acclaimed landscapings are found throughout The United States and Europe. Her most recent designs include a garden for the Queen Mother. For fourteen years, with her husband, she was in charge of the National Trust Gardens in England.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PenelopHobhouse-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hardcover | fully bound | jacketed<br>9 \u00bd x 11 inches | 192 pages | 150 full color photographs | 50 archival images and plans<br>ISBN 978<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gardens-of-Persia-InnerPage-1024x956.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-474\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gardens-of-Persia-InnerPage-1024x956.png 1024w, http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gardens-of-Persia-InnerPage-300x280.png 300w, http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gardens-of-Persia-InnerPage-768x717.png 768w, http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gardens-of-Persia-InnerPage.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gardens of Persia Victoria Medal Of Honour Laureate Penelope HobhousePhotography by Jerry Harpur Exotic\u2014The New York Times Book Review Profound\u2014New York Times Thrilling\u2014The Washington Post Dazzling\u2014Publishers Weekly Elegant\u2014Booklist Gardens of Persia demonstrates world-renowned author Penelope Hobhouse\u2019s rare ability to combine meticulous research and a practical knowledge of gardens and plants with a love of garden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}