"Gardens for Small Country Houses" is a wonderful guide to English
country gardens by Gertrude Jekyll and Lawrence Weaver. It offers useful
information and guidance on designing and creating beautiful country
gardens with reference to real examples, complete with descriptions,
photographs, ground plans, and diagrams. This volume will appeal to
those with an interest in traditional English country gardening, and it
would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related
literature. Contents include: "Millmead, Bramley, Surrey", "Two Gardens
in Forest Clearings", "A Garden in Berkshire", "Westbrook, Godalming",
"A Garden in West Surrey", "Highmount, Guildford", "The Treatment of
Small Sites", "On Hillside Garden", "Steps and Stairways", "Balustrades
and Walls", "Climbing and Other Plants", etc. Gertrude Jekyll (1843 -
1932) was a British garden designer, horticulturist, photographer,
craftswoman, artist, and writer. She is responsible for designing and
creating over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United
States, as well as writing more than 1,000 articles for related
magazines. She is credited with having had a significant influence on
gardening by both British and American enthusiasts. Many vintage books
such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing
this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete
with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of
gardening.
