Four Hedges

by Clare Leighton

Book Overview

'Phrases and images fill you with delight... This is the most honest writing I've ever read' Carol Klein.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0956254535
• ISBN13: 9780956254535
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Little Toller Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Leighton is brillant

I fell in love with this book from the moment I saw the first engraving. Her woodcuts are so full of motion and drama. She takes such care in the rendering of a few baby robins that they seem alive.

A delight in both text and artwork.

I came across this book while researching volumes on the development of landscape architecture and gardening. Although it didn't meet the requirements of the material I needed, I was compelled by its charm to include it in the bibliography. It is the chronicle of a year in the development of a personal garden by the author, and illustrated with her woodcuts. The story is a personal and straightforward account of her daily efforts and thoughts, written in a way that endears you to her and to her garden. The woodcuts are very finely designed, and just as finely executed, and are worth the price of the book in themselves. A book worthy of reading or browsing, even if you are not a gardener, and just enjoy a bit of armchair travel to someone else's world.