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Gertrude Jekyll Betty Massingham

Gertrude Jekyll By Betty Massingham

Gertrude Jekyll by Betty Massingham


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Summary

A major figure in the development of garden design, Gertrude Jekyll did not set out to make gardening her career. She had always loved flowers, and friendship with gardening neighbours encouraged her interest. She contributed articles to the gardening press, and these were later published in book form. This illustrated book talks about her life.

Gertrude Jekyll Summary

Gertrude Jekyll by Betty Massingham

A major figure in the development of garden design, Gertrude Jekyll did not set out to make gardening her career. In her late teens, she had enrolled as a student at the Kensington School of Art, a bold step for a young lady in mid Victorian times. She had always loved flowers, and friendship with gardening neighbours encouraged her interest. She contributed articles to the gardening press, and these were later published in book form. She brought to garden design an artist's good taste, a knowledge of rural tradition and a respect for craftsmanship, and especially of the architect's craft, which so marks her work with Lutyens.

About Betty Massingham

The late Betty Massingham took a course in floristy and subsequently held exhibitions of flower arrangements. She wrote several books on this subject. She also wrote a full-length biography of Gertrude Jekyll 'Miss Jekyll'(Country Life).

Table of Contents

Early life 1843-66 A woman of many talents A change of direction Books and articles Scent in the garden Permanent memorials The principal events of Gertrude Jekyll's life Bibliography

Additional information

GOR001851273
9780852633045
0852633041
Gertrude Jekyll by Betty Massingham
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1998-02-28
48
N/A
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