William Warren Bücher

This guided tour of Bali's finest traditional and contemporary gardens is perfect for gardening enthusiasts and professional landscape architects alike, and will especially appeal to visitors who have experienced the charms of one of the world's most beautiful islands.

Although best known as a sprawling metropolis, most visitors to Singapore marvel at the greenness of it all.Wide boulevards shaded by venerable Rain Trees, interconnecting parks displaying a huge variety of tropical plants, roadside plantings in every shade of green, red and yellow, and great expanses of junglescape alongside the office skyscrapers and apartment blocks. It is truly a garden city, in all senses of the word.In this travel pictorial, the authors showcase many of the Lion City's green spaces, be they the Botanical Gardens and national parks, or plantings of bougainvillea tumbling down the crash–barriers on the super–highways. Orchard Road, the world–renowned Zoological Gardens, the ground–breaking Mandai Orchid Gardens, and many more, are portrayed, along with other lesser–known parks and private and hotel gardens.Sumptuous full–colour photographs by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni and texts by botanical expert William Warren literally take one down the garden path on a discovery tour of Singapore's cityscapes, landscapes, hardscapes and few remaining "wild–scapes."

The mysterious disappearance of Jim Thompson on Easter Sunday 1967 marks the beginning of his legend as a gifted designer and entrepreneur. Over two decades, he transformed traditional silk making into a thriving industry, producing exquisite silks for both Thai markets and international clients. His innovative approach and contributions to the textile world left a lasting impact, making his story a fascinating blend of mystery and entrepreneurial spirit.

With sections on flowering shrubs and annuals, foliage plants, ornamental trees, ornamental vines and creepers, palms, exotics, water plants, ground covers, ferns and orchids, Tropical Plants serves as a guide, an aid to identification and an historical survey. Tettoni's remarkable photographs of plants and flowers meticulously observed and documented are the perfect means of capturing the beauty of the plants and their backgrounds. Warren's detailed knowledge of plants that flourish in hot climates is applied not only to the tropics themselves, but to varieties that are suitable for cultivation in the United States, Europe and other non-tropical areas.