Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden: From the Archives of Country Life

by Judith B. Tankard

This is the first book in over two decades devoted to the most important garden designer of the twentieth century. Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) laid the basis for modern garden design and is credited with popularizing an informal, naturalistic look in counterpoint to the rigid, formal landscapes of the Victorian era. Her collaboration with Edwin Lutyens produced seminal garden masterpieces of the Arts & Crafts movement, including Hestercombe and Folly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847836339
• ISBN13: 9780847836338
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.5"