The Making of a Garden. Gertrude Jekyll.

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The Making of a Garden. Gertrude Jekyll.An anthology compiled by Cherry Lewis. A selection from the writing of Arts and Crafts garden designer Gertrude Jekyll (1843 1932) who was well known and sought after during her lifetime. She designed over 400 gardens in Britain, Europe and the United States. The anthology includes her writing on the making and management of gardens, the delights and disasters encountered along the way and her own particular approach to gardening. Illustrated with her

There are many fine line drawings

Ray Forster & Lyn Forster

both native and introduced

Penelope Hobhouse

The advice on care for each plant is accompanied by fine colour photographs

Foxglove Spires is one of the best loved gardens in Australia

painting in full colour

economic uses

A magnificent piece of work

University of Otago Press

The famous botanical painter Marianne North stayed at Castle Hill when visiting the South Island

and as they are today