Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood

Name: Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781910258057
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By Martin Wood and Judith B. Tankard

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Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood offers an intimate look into the life and work of Gertrude Jekyll, a renowned garden designer. This book explores her innovative garden artistry and the creation of her iconic garden at Munstead Wood. It delves into her influence on gardening and her collaboration with architect Edwin Lutyens, providing rich insight into her contributions to landscape design.
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This book may appeal to you if you are fascinated by the world of garden design and landscape architecture, especially through the lens of one of its most influential figures. With rich details about the life and work of a pioneering gardener and craftswoman, it offers insight into her creative process and contributions to horticulture at her beloved home.

Illustrated guide to Arts and Crafts style house, Munstead Wood, home of Gertrude Jekyll who was one of the most influential garden designers of the early twentieth century.

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First published in the UK in 1996, this Pimpernel Classic edition has been redesigned and includes new photography. Gertrude Jekyll was probably the most influential garden designer of the early twentieth century. In this book, Judith Tankard and Martin Wood explore her life and work at the home she created for herself at Munstead Wood in Surrey, England.

Taking as a basis her own photograph albums, scrapbooks, and notebooks, and the recollections of contemporaries from Edith Wharton and Vita Sackville-West to William Robinson and Henry Francis du Pont, they describe not only the building and development of the house and garden but also her skills both in the arts and as a businesswoman and her collaborations with architects—pre-eminently Edwin Lutyens, but also Oliver Hill and M.H. Baillie Scott.

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Reviews of Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood describe it as an engaging volume by Martin Wood and Judith B. Tankard, praised for unveiling both the personal and professional sides of the influential garden designer Gertrude Jekyll. The book is highlighted for its thorough exploration of her artistic and horticultural pursuits, bringing life to her legacy with a blend of historic and modern photographs. It is celebrated as absorbing, informative, and a valued addition to the understanding of Jekyll's multifaceted talents and warm personality.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781910258057

Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 May 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pimpernel Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 208

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Biography & Memoir Home & Garden Judith B. Tankard Martin Wood Non-Fiction Political Biographies

About the Author

Martin Wood is a noted interior designer and writer on interior decoration. Previous books include Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style (Frances Lincoln, 2005), John Fowler: Prince of Decorators (Frances Lincoln, 2007) and Sister Parish: American Style (Frances Lincoln, 2011). He edited The Unknown Gertrude Jekyll, a collection of over 200 of Jekyll's best writings (Frances Lincoln, 2006). Judith Tankard is an architectural and garden historian who teaches at the Landscape Institute at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. She is the author of many books on landscape history including Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House (Rizzoli, 2011).

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