Home and Garden : Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Worker in Both Paperback / softback
by Gertrude Jekyll
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture series
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Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932), the distinguished and influential garden designer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, originally trained as an artist but later turned her hand to craftwork, gardening, and plant collecting and breeding.
During her career she collaborated with distinguished architects such as Sir Edwin Lutyens and reached a popular audience through the publication of articles in newspapers and magazines such as William Robinson's The Garden.
Jekyll's second book, first published in 1890, is a collection of her advice and reflections on a range of topics, particularly those relating to her own home, Munstead Wood.
It contains chapters on particular plants, and gives guidance on projects such as building rock gardens, as well as more idiosyncratic pieces on her cats, or the importance of one's own tools.
Jekyll's informal tone and the range of topics discussed make this a fascinating work of social and gardening history.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:404 pages, 46 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/12/2011
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- ISBN:9781108037204
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:404 pages, 46 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/12/2011
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- ISBN:9781108037204
