AMERICAN GARDENS

Keen gardeners will be well aware of Britain’s favourite horticulturalist Monty Don, and his foray into some of the most splendid gardens in the US will be a drawcard for green thumbs as well as those eager to glimpse the properties of Anna Wintour and Bette Midler as well as the White House kitchen plot among others. Spectacular photographs by Derry Moore accompany the informed text. Monty Don, Derry Moore, Prestel, $90