Gordon Ford
Gordon Ford (1918–1999) was an Australian landscape designer who created rugged gardens that were noted to be of a distinctly Australian style. After returning from service in New Guinea in WWII, he settled near Montsalvat where he dug out a site and built a house made out of mud bricks from the clay. Ford worked closely with British architect Alistair Knox. He trained as a landscape gardener with Ellis Stones. In the last years of his life he trained landscape designer, Sam Cox.