Pleasant Place No. 1: Enclosures is the debut issue of a publication series dedicated to the art of gardening, examining the theme of enclosure through essays, photo-essays, and illustration — from the walled garden to the fenceless and the experimental.
About This Book
Enclosures have defined gardens since antiquity — the hortus conclusus, the walled garden, the living hedge — yet their conceptual and spatial possibilities remain generative territory. This first issue of Pleasant Place approaches garden design not as lifestyle content but as a subject worthy of serious cultural inquiry. Contributions range from Laurie Cluitmans's essay on the walled garden to documentation of new experimental enclosures by four contemporary artists, alongside a meditation on Derek Jarman's deliberately fenceless plot. Illustrated throughout with Gijs Deddens's drawings and Sophie Artz's hortus conclusus miniatures, it establishes a strong editorial voice for the series.
Key Features
- 32 pages of essays, photo-essays, and botanical illustration
- Contributors include Laurie Cluitmans, Cindy Bakker, Iede Reckman, Jesse Greulich, Daniel Slats, Gijs Deddens, and Sophie Artz
- Notable subjects include Derek Jarman's garden and new experimental enclosures by four artists
- Published by Pleasant Place, ISBN: 9789083284309
What You'll Discover
- How the enclosure — as wall, fence, hedge, or threshold — shapes the spatial and psychological experience of the garden
- The tension between containment and openness, explored through Derek Jarman's fenceless coastal garden as a deliberate counter-model
- Contemporary artists reimagining what constitutes an enclosure in experimental landscape contexts
- The hortus conclusus as both historical typology and living design idea, revisited through Sophie Artz's miniature works
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 32
- Dimensions: 180 x 245 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789083284309
- Publisher: Pleasant Place
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Landscape architects, garden designers, and readers drawn to the cultural history and spatial theory of the garden.