TY - BOOK AU - Ruggles,D.Fairchild TI - Islamic gardens and landscapes T2 - Penn studies in landscape architecture SN - 9780812240252 (hbk: alk. paper) U1 - 712.091767 PY - 2008/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Islamic gardens N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index; 1. The islamic landscape - 2. Making the dessert bloom - 3. The science of gardening - 4. Organizing the earth - 5. Trees and plants - 6. Representations of gardens and landscape - 7. Imaginary gardens - 8. The garden as paradise - 9. The here and hereafter - 10. A garden in landscape - 11: Religion and culture - List of gardens and sites - Glossary - Notes - Bibliography - Index - Acknowledgements ER -