Main entry:

Richardson, Tim, 1968-

Title & Author:

English gardens in the twentieth century : from the archives of Country life / Tim Richardson.

Publication:

London : Aurum Press, 2005.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205) and index.
Old England's dreaming : 1900-1914 -- "A little peace and some surprises" : Gertrude Jekyll -- Arts and Crafts ascendant : 1900-1939 -- Border cultists : 1900-1939 -- Monumentality : 1900-1939 -- Hidcote and Sissinghurst -- The Modernist garden : 1920-1999 -- Romance and restraint : 1940-1969 -- From smart to art : 1970-1989 -- Making it over : 1990-1999.

Summary:

The author provides a study of English garden design in the 20th century. It begins with Arts & Crafts gardens, typified by herbaceous borders & modern planting, & continues with the Edwardian debate between formality & 'wild' gardening, inter-war grandeur, post-war practicality, & the emergence of pioneering artists' gardens.

ISBN:

1845130715 (hardcover)
9781845130718 (hardcover)

Subject:

Gardens, English History 20th century.
Gardens England History 20th century.
Gardens, English Design History 20th century.
Jardins Angleterre Histoire 20e siècle.
Jardins Architecture Angleterre.
Jardins anglais Histoire 20e siècle.
Gardens.
Gardens, English.
Tuinen.
Sociale aspecten.
England.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History.

Added entries:

Country Life Limited.

English gardens in the 20th century

Holdings:

Location: Library main 237685
Call No.: BIB 167526
Status: Available