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First published in the UK by Sutton Publishing in 1996 (and by
Timber Press in the US), this Pimpernel Classic edition has been
redesigned and includes new photography. Gertrude Jekyll was
probably the most influential garden designer of the early
twentieth century. In this classic work Judith Tankard and Martin
Wood explore her life and work at the home she created for herself
at Munstead Wood in Surrey. Here she exercised her knowledge of
architecture and local building skills, and her passion for form,
grouping and colour was given full scope in the garden which she
designed and worked from scratch. Taking as a basis Gertrude
Jekyll's own photographs, scrapbooks and notebooks, and the
recollections of contemporaries from Edith Wharton and Vita
Sackville-West to William Robinson and Henry Francis Du Pont, the
authors describe not only the building and development of the house
and garden but also Jekyll's skills both in the arts and as a
businesswoman, and her collaborations with architects -
pre-eminently Edwin Lutyens, but also Oliver Hill and M.H. Baillie
Scott, among many others. This revised edition includes many
photographs that have never previously been published.
A beautifully illustrated and unique history of the rose-the "queen
of flowers"-in art, medicine, cuisine, and more "From noted
rosarian Peter Kukielski comes this unique and handsome book that
traces the many ways that roses have captured human imagination
throughout the history of civilization."-Meghan Shinn, Horticulture
"I would recommend Rosa as a gift for anyone who loves flowers,
although once purchased you would find it hard to pass on!"-Judith
Blacklock, Flora Magazine Few flowers have quite the same allure or
as significant a place in history as the rose. A symbol of love,
power, royalty, beauty, and joy, the rose has played many roles,
both literal and symbolic, in poetry, art, literature, music,
fashion, medicine, perfume, decoration, cuisine, and more. In this
beautifully illustrated guide, award-winning horticulturist Peter
E. Kukielski and his coauthor, Charles Phillips, tell the
fascinating and many-layered history of this "queen of flowers."
The book explores many stories from the long association of roses
with human societies, from their first cultivation-likely in China
some five thousand years ago-to their modern genetic cultivars. It
shows how roses have been prominent across time and many cultures,
including ancient Greece and Rome, Christianity, Islam, and Sufism.
The book, with more than 140 color illustrations, offers a unique
look at the essential contributions that roses have made throughout
human history.
The rich legacy of the Arts and Crafts Movement has been
enthusiastically hailed by historians, architects, and designers.
Most known for its influence on architecture and art, the movement
also played an important role in the garden world by defining the
garden as a harmonious component of the home. In Gardens of the
Arts and Crafts Movement, Judith B. Tankard surveys the
inspirations, characteristics, and development of garden design
during the Arts and Crafts Movement. Tankard presents a selection
of houses and gardens from the era, with an emphasis on the
diversity of designers who helped forge a special approach to
garden design. Illustrated with nearly 300 illustrations and
photographs and packed with examples from Europe and North America,
this is an essential resource for designers and gardeners
interested in the era.
Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes presents the
life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the
early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the
niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the traditional social
life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for landscape and
plants. Many of her clients were members of the highest echelon of
society with estates in Newport, the Berkshires, and Maine, but
Farrand ultimately became a consultant for university campuses,
including Yale and Princeton, and for public gardens, including the
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the Rose Garden at The New York
Botanical Garden. Perhaps her best-known work is the extensive
garden at Dumbarton Oaks, originally a private residence and now a
research institute of Harvard University. Deeply influenced by the
English landscape designer Gertrude Jekyll, Farrand was known for
broad expanses of lawn with deep swaths of borders planted in a
subtle palette of foliage and flowers. Her gardens have been
photographed at their peak especially for this book, and these lush
illustrations are complemented by beautiful watercolor wash
renderings of her designs, now preserved at the library of the
University of California at Berkeley.
Between 1914 and 1950, Ellen Biddle Shipman (1869-1950) designed
more than 650 gardens, and her commissions spanned the United
States, from Long Island's Gold Coast to the state of Washington.
In high demand for her formal gardens and lush planting style, her
elite clients included Fords, Rockefellers, Astors, and du Ponts.
Shipman's imaginative approach merged elements from the Colonial
Revival and Arts and Crafts movements with a distinctive ability to
create sensual, secluded landscapes. In Ellen Shipman and the
American Garden author Judith B. Tankard describes Shipman's
remarkable life and discusses fifty of her major works, including
the Stan Hywet Gardens in Akron, Ohio; Longue Vue Gardens in New
Orleans; and Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University. Richly
illustrated with plans and photographs, this expanded and revised
edition reveals Shipman's ability to combine plants for dramatic
impact and create spaces of the utmost intimacy. Tankard also
examines Shipman's unusual life, including a childhood on the
American frontier; years in the artists' colony of Cornish, New
Hampshire; and her long association with artist and architect
Charles Platt. Shipman was also notable for establishing a thriving
New York City practice and acting as an advocate for women in the
profession, as she trained several other successful designers in
her all-female office.
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