The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll

About this book

The English gardens of Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) have influenced good garden design throughout the world. While many of Jekylls gardens and original plantings have disappeared and only a handful of her plans are well-known thousands survive in archives. Richard Bisgrove has selected a representative sample from this remarkable collection and the designsincluding plans for Jekylls three American gardens as well as for many of her English gardenshave been redrawn by an accomplished watercolorist and relabeled to make them more accessible to the nonspecialist. Together they provide an astonishing record of Jekylls versatility as a garden designer and of the painstaking attention to detail that she applied to every aspect of her art.