Yolanda Zappaterra is a London-based author, editor and researcher who has worked on more than thirty art, design and travel titles. She writes about architecture, art and travel, and contributes regularly to leisure and lifestyle magazines and specialist art and design magazines.

Introduction
Hakone Estate and Gardens, USA
Sunnylands Center, USA
Cleveland Cultural Gardens, USA
International Peace Garden, Canada & USA
Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden, USA
Bishop’s Garden, Washington National Cathedral, USA
San Agustín Archaeological Park, Colombia
Le Prieuré d’Orsan, France
The Bishop’s Palace Gardens, UK
Marburg Garden of Remembrance, Germany
Alhambra, Spain
The Hague Peace Garden, Netherlands
Buckfast Abbey, UK
Neot Kedumim Biblical Landscape Reserve, Israel
Villa d’Este, Italy
Kylemore Abbey, Ireland
Fontevraud Abbey, France
Bahá’í Terraces, Israel
Villandry, France
The Gardens of the World, Germany
Tresco Abbey Gardens, UK
Pagan Tarot Garden, Italy
The Cloister Garden of Utrecht, Netherlands
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria
The Shalimar Gardens, Pakistan
Jingshan Park, China
Bell Gardia, Japan
Bagh-e Fin, Iran
Ry¿an-ji, Japan
Mehtab Bagh, India
Milarri Garden, Australia
Sala Keoku, Thailand
The Lion Grove Garden, China
Nishat Bagh, India
Daitoku-ji Compound, Japan
Shambhala Gardens, Australia
Soswaewon Garden, South Korea
Tirta Gangga, Indonesia
Te Parapara and Hamilton Gardens, New Zealand
Saih¿-ji, Japan
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