An Author and a Gardener: The Gardens and Friendship of Edith Wharton and Lawrence Johnston

by Allan R. Ruff

In August 1937 a small group of Edith Wharton's intimate friends gathered to pay their last respects at her funeral in France. Among that small group of people was her friend for many years, Lawrence 'Johnnie' Johnston, the creator of two famous gardens, at Hidcote Manor, Gloucestershire, in England and Serre de la Madone, Menton, on the C te d'Azur in the south of France. Wharton and Johnston shared not only a love of nature and gardens but also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909686468
• ISBN13: 9781909686465
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Windgather Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.8" x 9.8"