Set in the heart of the Sussex downs, Charleston Farmhouse is the
most important remaining example of Bloomsbury decorative style.
But the garden, described by Virginia Woolf in 1916 as
'charming...now run rather wild' became and remained central to
life in the farmhouse. The walled garden, created by Vanessa Bell
and Roger Fry from the vegetable garden after the first world war,
the pond, the orchard and the fields beyond, all contributed in a
major sense to the creative energies of the place. And this
creativity is reflected in the numerous works of art (in particular
the sculpture by Vanessa and Clive Bell's son Quentin) placed
around the garden to enhance, and sometimes to comment on or to
provide a counterpoint to the simple but expressive planting
schemes. Now, for the first time, the year-round beauty and glory
of this most English but most artistic of gardens has been captured
by one of Britain's leading garden photographers. The result is a
book that will enchant, entertain, and remind the many thousands
who visit every year, and will tempt, explain and record the
splendors and the exuberance of it all for others.
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