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Description:A new and enlarged edition of the standard reference on an internationally revered English garden and its designer. Hidcote, an internationally revered English garden, was created in the Cotswolds by Major Lawrence Johnston, a Henry James American whose circle of friends included Edith Wharton and Bernard Berenson. The most influential English garden of the twentieth century, Hidcote is recognized as the model for most “English-style” gardens and was recently restored. First published in 1989, the book was the first biography of Johnston; for this revised and enlarged edition Clarke, garden editor at Traditional Home magazine, and the author of 15 books on landscape history and gardening, has collected much new, original material that illuminates the creation of the garden and presents Johnston’s life in the context of the period that set the seal on England’s preeminence in garden design and plantsmanship. In addition to seasonal lists of plants closely associated with Hidcote, the book also features new information about Johnston’s other major work, Serre de la Madonne in the south of France, now a French national monument. 150 color, black & white illustrations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hidcote: The Making of a Garden. To get started finding Hidcote: The Making of a Garden, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Release: 2009

ISBN: 0393732673

Description: A new and enlarged edition of the standard reference on an internationally revered English garden and its designer. Hidcote, an internationally revered English garden, was created in the Cotswolds by Major Lawrence Johnston, a Henry James American whose circle of friends included Edith Wharton and Bernard Berenson. The most influential English garden of the twentieth century, Hidcote is recognized as the model for most “English-style” gardens and was recently restored. First published in 1989, the book was the first biography of Johnston; for this revised and enlarged edition Clarke, garden editor at Traditional Home magazine, and the author of 15 books on landscape history and gardening, has collected much new, original material that illuminates the creation of the garden and presents Johnston’s life in the context of the period that set the seal on England’s preeminence in garden design and plantsmanship. In addition to seasonal lists of plants closely associated with Hidcote, the book also features new information about Johnston’s other major work, Serre de la Madonne in the south of France, now a French national monument. 150 color, black & white illustrations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hidcote: The Making of a Garden. To get started finding Hidcote: The Making of a Garden, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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