THE BOOK'S VISUAL STYLE HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE AUTHOR'S SPOUSE, PAINTER AGIJA AUDERE.

THE BOOK IS AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. IN ITS FOREWORD INARA BONDARE (PHD, BIOL) WRITES:

"THE CONTENT COMPRISED IN THIS BOOK IS AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE RICH DIVERSITY OF TREES AND SHRUBS IN CONTEMPORARY DECORATIVE DENDROLOGY. DECORATIVE DENDROLOGY AS A BRANCH OF DENDROLOGY PROPER IS CURRENTLY RELEVANT DUE TO THE RAPID URBANISATION AND HIGH PRICES OF LAND.
"NEW COLLECTIONS OF PARTICULARLY EXCLUSIVE AND EXOTIC PLANTS IN LATVIA BRING GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND AN APPRECIATION OF THE NEW TAXONS."

THE EXPOSITION INCLUDES ARIS AUDERS' PHOTOGRAPHIC "PORTRAITS" OF PLANTS FROM HIS ARBORETUM AND ARTIST AGIJA AUDERE'S PAINTINGS, BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE COMMON SUBJECT MATTER OF THE GARDEN.

WHAT MEANING IS HIDDEN WITHIN THE CONCEPT OF GARDEN?
HOW TO FOCUS ONE'S WISHES AND CREATIVE MIND TO BUILD THIS WORLD…
THE GARDEN IS A MODEL OF THE WORLD, INHABITED BY TREES.
THEY FUNCTION AS THE AXIS OF THIS SYMBOLIC WORLD. RIGHT THERE ARE TWELVE BIRDS, NESTING IN THE CANOPIES.
THIS MYTHICAL GARDEN, AS A SYMBOL FOR EXPLAINING A TRUE MEANING, OFFERS INTERPRETATIONS.
IS THAT A LOT, OR LITTLE? ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE CREATED A WORLD IN THEIR GARDEN WILL KNOW.
THOSE WHO'VE USED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORDER OF THEIR WORLD FOR ITS MANIFESTATION.

ILZE KUISELE, DIRECTOR OF TIFANA ART GALLERY