Unknown Gertrude Jekyll

Name: Unknown Gertrude Jekyll
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ISBN: 9780711226111

ISBN-10: 0711226113

ISBN-13: 9780711226111

Edition: 2006

Authors: Martin Wood, Martin Wood

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This is a selection of two hundred of the best articles and other writings byertrude Jekyll, who 'changed the face of England more than any save thereator himself and, perhaps, Capability Brown'. Although Miss Jekyllesigned around four hundred gardens, none remains as she intended and fewxist today in any recognizable form. Her enduring influence has beenchieved not through her spade but through her pen. She published fifteenooks and contributed well over a thousand articles, notes and letters toumerous magazines and newspapers. But although the books are well known,ntil now, all but a handful of her other writings have been accessible onlyo scholars - a situation that this selection…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group UK
Publication date: 5/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.25" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Martin Wood is a designer of textiles, interiors and gardens who also has a winning way with words.



Foreword


The Joy of Spring


A Summer's Lease


Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness


The Bleakness of Winter


Some Ideas on Garden Planning


Around the House


Some Thoughts About Colour


Roses


Wild and Woodland Gardening


Bulbous Plants and Their Uses


Some Hardy Plants


Scents in the Garden


Climbing Plants


Small Gardens


Shrubs and Their Uses


Water Gardening


Some Elements of Design


Some Practical Ideas and Solutions


Sources


Index


Acknowledgments