A garden designer of international repute, John Brookes brings to life a reflected field of Muslim culture - the Muslim art of landscaping and gardening - of which the spirit of harmony with nature is the most obvious characteristic. Delving into many references and, as a gardener, Brookes visits many Muslim gardens all over the world (in Spain, India and regions of the former Persian and Ottoman empires) examining them with his expert eye and describing them with skill and thoroughness.