In 1903, after a fire completely destroyed her family home in
Norfolk, UK, the 27- year-old Constance helped her mother redesign
their house and recreate the garden. It was an experience from
which she never looked back, going on to become an internationally
recognised garden expert and connoisseur. A rich woman herself, she
was attracted to the most spectacular and extravagant gardens in
the world. From Shalimar Bagh, Lahore, to Nishat Bagh, Srinagar, to
La Granja near Madrid, Constance earned her reputation studying
Mughal and Moorish gardens as well as those in Great Britain,
France, Italy and northern Europe. Between 1910 and 1955 she wrote
about them, painted and photographed them and lectured on them. She
produced two successful illustrated books, and numerous articles
for magazines, including Country Life, Vogue, The Burlington
Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, and The Times. When she died in 1966, she
left paintings, photographs, diaries, press cuttings and scrapbooks
to her grandchildren. It is upon this fascinating and hitherto
unseen archive of memorabilia that Constance Villiers Stuart: In
Pursuit of Paradise is based.
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