The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: August 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780520226203
Subjects: Gardening; Landscape gardening; Gardens; Garden Design; Gardening / Horticulture; Architecture; Jekyll, Gertrude,; Architecture / General; Design; Landscape; 1843-1932
Description: Publisher description: The English gardens of Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) have influenced good garden design throughout the world. While many of Jekyll's gardens and original plantings have disappeared, and only a handful of her plans are well-known, thousands survive in archives. Richard Bisgrove has selected a representative sample from this remarkable collection, and the designs--including plans for Jekyll's three American gardens as well as for many of her English gardens--have been redrawn by an accomplished watercolorist and relabeled to make them more accessible to the nonspecialist. Together they provide an astonishing record of Jekyll's versatility as a garden designer and of the painstaking attention to detail that she applied to every aspect of her art.