Jekyll, Gertrude.

Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur. With 71 illustrations from photographs by the author.

Twelfth Impression. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1914. 14.5 x 23.5cm. (16), 286 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to spine and corners.

Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), created some 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and America; her influence on garden design has been pervasive to this day. She spent most of her life in Surrey, England, latterly at Munstead Wood, Godalming. She ran a garden centre there and bred many new plants. Some of her gardens have been faithfully restored, wholly or partly, and can be visited.Gertrude Jekyll is well known for her association with the English architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens; she collaborated with him on gardens for many of his houses. Her books about gardening are widely read in modern editions; much has been written about her by others. She contributed over 1,000 articles to Country Life, The Garden and other magazines.

″Wood and Garden” was first published in 1899 and gives instructions about gardening month by month for every size of garden. The book describes the creation of her own house and garden at Munstead Wood, near Godalming, Surrey. It was her first collaboration with Edwin Lutyens; this was her first published book. [From The Jekyll Estate]

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 91049AB