Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood : writing, horticulture, photography, homebuilding / Judith B. Tankard and Martin A. Wood ; foreword by Graham Stuart Thomas.

Main entry:

Tankard, Judith B.

Title & Author:

Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood : writing, horticulture, photography, homebuilding / Judith B. Tankard and Martin A. Wood ; foreword by Graham Stuart Thomas.

Publication:

Gloucestershire [England] : Sutton Pub. ; Sagaponack, N.Y. : Sagapress, 1996.

Description:

xiii, 201 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
A walk in the garden -- The seed is sown -- Picture perfect -- A passion for domestic architecture -- A sagacious client -- At home -- The nursery and kitchen gardens -- Professional garden designer -- An eloquent pen -- The legacy of Munstead Wood.

Summary:

Gertrude Jekyll is well known as one of the most influential garden designers of the early twentieth century. Her books and articles on horticulture and gardening are classics. But her personal photograph albums, scrapbooks and notebooks reveal exceptional skills in photography, domestic arts, and as a businesswoman - areas of her life that she rarely wrote about and which are, as a result, unknown to all but a few. In the creation of Munstead Wood, designed in the Surrey vernacular by Edwin Lutyens, her home for over forty years, she exhibited her interest in architecture and local building skills, and her emphasis on form, grouping and colour was shown to full effect in the garden which she designed and worked from scratch.
This book presents a detailed look at the life of Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood. As well as describing the building and development of the house and garden, the authors look at the arts she practised while at the house. An insight into her daily routine, the running of the household and her relationships with household and garden staff is gained through the eyes of those who worked under her direction.

ISBN:

0750906723
9780750906722
0898310466
9780898310467

Subject:

Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932 Homes and haunts England Surrey.
Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932
Homes.
Munstead Wood Gardens (England)
Munstead Wood Gardens (Angleterre)
England Munstead Wood Gardens.
England Surrey.

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)

Added entries:

Wood, Martin A., 1959-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200277
Call No.: NA44.L974.25 M8 1996
Status: Available

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