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Roses for English Gardens
Gertrude Jekyll, Edward Mawley; Created by Ltd George Newnes
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R976
Discovery Miles 9 760
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Gertrude Jekyll (1843 1932), the distinguished and influential
garden designer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries, originally trained as an artist but later turned her
hand to craftwork, gardening, and plant collecting and breeding.
During her career she collaborated with distinguished architects
such as Sir Edwin Lutyens and reached a popular audience through
the publication of articles in newspapers and magazines such as
William Robinson's The Garden. Jekyll's second book, first
published in 1890, is a collection of her advice and reflections on
a range of topics, particularly those relating to her own home,
Munstead Wood. It contains chapters on particular plants, and gives
guidance on projects such as building rock gardens, as well as more
idiosyncratic pieces on her cats, or the importance of one's own
tools. Jekyll's informal tone and the range of topics discussed
make this a fascinating work of social and gardening history.
Gertrude Jekyll (1843 1932) was one of the most influential garden
designers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Skilled as a painter and in many forms of handicrafts, she found
her metier in the combination of her artistic skills with
considerable botanical knowledge. Having been collecting and
breeding plants, including Mediterranean natives, since the 1860s,
she began writing for William Robinson's magazine, The Garden, in
1881, and together they are regarded as transforming English
horticultural method and design: Jekyll herself received over 400
design commissions in Britain, and her few surviving gardens are
treasured today. Like Robinson's, her designs were informal and
more natural in style than earlier Victorian fashions. In this, the
first of fourteen books, published in 1899, she stresses the
importance of being inspired by nature, and sums up her philosophy
of gardening: 'planting ground is painting a landscape with living
things'.
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Roses for English Gardens
Gertrude Jekyll, Edward Mawley; Created by Ltd George Newnes
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R732
Discovery Miles 7 320
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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