Pleasant Place is a growing collection of publications about the art of gardening. Pleasant Place informs and inspires by offering both practical and in-depth information as well as unexpected approaches to everyday garden tasks and garden design. Through collaborations with experts and artists Pleasant Place caters both to those who grow gardens as well as those who imagine gardens.

In this issue:

Pleasant Place 4 has arrived, and it’s all about artichokes! Let’s get to know this Mediterranean sweetheart, and add pops of purple to your garden.

Including:

• a full botanical lowdown of the plant and its origins by Joline van Berkestijn
• an overview of artichokes in art history
• six new garden ornaments by Edgar Fulton, Boris de Beijer, Splitter Splatter, Ella Yolande, Suzie van Staaveren and Waèl Allouche
• a culinary trip around the world with Charlotte Kleyn
• a visual essay on the cultivating of artichokes on Sicily by Melissa Carnemolla
• a set of garden miniatures by Kazuma Eekman
•  cover by Scheltens & Abbenes
•  inside cover by Stephanie Hardy
• design by fanfare

Stockport, United Kingdom; 42 pages; 180mm x 240mm