McGraw Hill, 2002 , ISBN-10:0070271038 , 93/4 x 73/4 in / 250 × 195 mm , hardcover , 263 pages , 42 line drawings by author , includes index

      "Air conditioned villas in ancient Rome...windproofed, solar-heated stone seats for toasty-winter horizon-gazing in the Italian Renaissance...Peter the Cruel's self-heating outdoor walkway . . . cooling summertime chairs fashioned from earth, grass, and flowers, attended by butterflies and breezes, from classical gardens on Mediterranean islands.
      "These are but a few of the wonderful historical finds Rome prize-winning landscape architect/artist Chip Sullivan uses to launch modern methods for modifying the climate in your own garden. For Garden and Climate brings you not only a beautifully illustrated tour of many of the greatest gardens of the past--from Babylon to Majorca--but also expert instructions for bringing elements from these immortal landscapes to your own backyard--for microclimate creation, temperature and humidity control no matter what the season, energy savings, and beauty, and yes, to serve the time-honored function of soothing your spirit and restoring your soul."

Table of Contents

BOOK I: EARTH
• Postulate I: Earth Seats
• Postulate II: Grottoes
• Postulate III: Subterranean Rooms
• Postulate IV: Cyrptoportici
• Postulate V: Boscoes
• Postulate VI: Pineta
• Garden Prototype I: The Garden of Bacchus
  BOOK II: FIRE
• Postulate I: Hot Seats
• Postulate II: Warm Walks
• Postulate III: Sunlit Terraces
• Postulate IV: Warm Loggias
• Postulate V: Courtyards
• Postulate VI: Giardini Segreti (Secret Gardens)
• Postulate VII: Liminaias (Warm Rooms)
• Garden Prototype II: The Garden of the Phoenix
  BOOK III: AIR
• Postulate I: Cool Seats
• Postulate II: Cool Walks
• Postulate III: Shaddy Tunnels and Pruned Walks
• Postulate IV: Arbors and Pergolas
• Postulate V: Garden Pavilions and Summerhouses
• Postulate VI: Interior Porches and Cool Rooms
• Garden Prototype III: The Garden of Juno
  BOOK IV: WATER
• Postulate I: Water Catchment Devices and Irrigation Methods
• Postulate II: Placid Water Devices
• Postulate III: Active Water Devices
• Postulate IV: Aerated Water Devices
• Postulate V: Wet Walks
• Postulate VI: Water jokes
• Garden Prototype IV: The Garden of Neptune