Eminent gardeners : some people of influence and their gardens, 1880-1980 / Jane Brown.

Main entry:

Brown, Jane, 1938-

Title & Author:

Eminent gardeners : some people of influence and their gardens, 1880-1980 / Jane Brown.

Publication:

Description:

183 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174) and index.
Frances Wolseley -- The Henry James Americans -- Norah Lindsay -- Academic gardeners -- The Lords Fairhaven -- Christopher Tunnard -- Gertrude Jekyll -- at home and abroad -- Endword.

Summary:

Reveals some little known gardeners of the 20th century such as Frances Wolsley, the soldier's daughter who had to fight for her belief in gardening as a woman's career and Lawrence Johnston, the creator of Hidcote Manor Garden. The author also presents a new aspect of Gertrude Jekyll.

ISBN:

0670819646
9780670819645

Subject:

Gardeners England.
Gardeners England Biography.
Jardiniers Angleterre.
Jardiniers Angleterre Biographies.
Gardeners
Tuinen.
Bekende mensen.
Gardening
Gardens History
England
Landscape architecture
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 57742
Call No.: ID:90-B6089
Status: Available

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