Gertrude Jekyll: The Making of a Garden--Gertrude Jekyll - An Anthology

by Cherry Lewis (Editor)

This anthology , now available in a completely revised edition, encompasses a rich legacy of gardening wisdom left by Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), one of the great gardeners of the century and certainly one of the most influential. She published ten inspiring gardening books between 1899 and 1937. It is from these that the excerpts in this anthology have been selected. Trained at art school, Gertrude developed strongly held views on design, form and the use of colour in the garden. These views are reflected throughout the book and take us through the year, season by season. Her observations will entertain those who delight in reading about the heart and soul of gardening as well as educate those with a more practical style. Gertrude Jekyll's desire was to stimulate the reader to action through her straightforward, no nonsense, approach which kept her and her readers from becoming a slave to the garden or its plants. This book is richly illustrated, not only with Gertrude Jekyll's own drawings and

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

192 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1999

About the author

Cherry Lewis is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol with an academic background in geology and geochemistry. And worked in the oil industry. She has said her interests 'now lie in the history of geology'

Reviews

[Karen]

Google dedicated it's Doodle to her on November 29, 2017.

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[Peter West · Rating 5 out of 5]

In my humble opinion, Sir Edwin Lutyens's architecture wouldn't be as grandiose had it not been for Gertrude Jekyll's accompanying garden designs. She was an artist/painter who turned to designing gardenscapes when her vision started to deterioriate. This book provides context into her green thumb mastery.