Norah Lindsay
Subtitle: The Life and Art of a Garden Designer
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: October 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780711225244
Subjects: Biography: general; Garden design & planning; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Biography And Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Gardening / Horticulture; Biography/Autobiography; England; Garden Design; Landscape; Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; Gardening / Garden Design; Artists, Architects, Photographers
Description: In the years between the wars Norah Bourke Lindsay (1873-1948) hugely influenced the course of garden design and planting. In 1924, facing financial ruin after the collapse of her marriage, she embarked upon a career as a garden designer. This book is her biography. It captures her life, work and times. It includes more than 300 photographs that show her gardens and plantings.