The Education of a Gardener - Softcover

Page, Russell

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9781846559259: The Education of a Gardener

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846559251 ISBN 13: 9781846559259

Publisher: Harvill Press, 2014

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Russell Page was one of the most famous landscape gardeners in Europe. This is his classic text describing his training and the making of his many and celebrated gardens. Written in clear, elegant prose, illustrated with a substantial photographic section, this edition boasts pictures by Marina Schinz of Russell Page's gardens in a more mature form and hitherto unpublished photographs from the author's files with a foreword and captions by Fred Whitsey, gardening correspondent to the Daily Telegraph.

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"A book which could only have been written by a perceptive artist with wide experience, knowledge and a sense of beauty." (Sunday Times)

"He has written an astonishingly beautiful book about his craft" (Doris Lessing)

Book Description:

A classic memoir by Russell Page, one of the 20th Century's most famous landscape gardeners, describing the author’s training and the development of his many celebrated gardens.

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