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Virginia Woolf's Garden: The Story of the Garden at Monk's House (Hardcover)
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Virginia Woolf's Garden: The Story of the Garden at Monk's House (Hardcover)
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Monk's House in Sussex is the former home of Leonard and Virginia
Woolf. It was bought by them in 1919 as a country retreat,
somewhere they came to read, write and work in the garden. From the
overgrown land behind the house they created a brilliant patchwork
of garden rooms, linked by brick paths, secluded behind flint walls
and yew hedges. The story of this magical garden is the subject of
this book and the author has selected quotations from the writings
of the Woolfs which reveal how important a role the garden played
in their lives, as a source of both pleasure and inspiration.
Virginia wrote most of her major novels at Monk's House, at first
in a converted tool shed, and later in her purpose-built wooden
writing lodge tucked into a corner of the orchard. Caroline Zoob
lived with her husband, Jonathan, at Monk's House for over a decade
as tenants of the National Trust, and has an intimate knowledge of
the garden they tended and planted. The photographer, Caroline
Arber, was a frequent visitor to the house during their tenancy and
her spectacular photographs, published here for the first time,
often reveal the garden as it is never seen by the public: at dawn,
in the depths of winter, at dusk. The photographs and text,
enriched with rare archive images and embroidered garden plans,
take the reader on a journey through the various garden 'rooms',
(including the Italian Garden, the Fishpond Garden, the Millstone
Terrace and the Walled Garden). Each garden room is presented in
the context of the lives of the Woolfs, with fascinating glimpses
into their daily routines at Rodmell. This beautiful book is an
absorbing account of the creation of a garden which will appeal
equally to gardeners and those with an interest in Virginia and
Leonard Woolf.
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