Luciano Giubbilei is known for his award-winnning gardens at the Royal
Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show and for his beautiful and
serene gardens for private houses across the world. Since 2012 he has
been working on an experimental flower bed in the famous garden of Great
Dixter in East Sussex, in close collaboration with the head gardener,
Fergus Garrett. In this new book he explains the devlopment of his style
over the last few years - a pivotal time for his design work - and
describes the philosophy by which he works.
The first section contains texts and images that explore the garden at
Great Dixter and Luciano's work there, across all four seasons. The
second section examines Luciano's love of craft and traditionally made
objects, and - through visits to and discussion with craftsmen in the UK
and beyond - explores the contribution such work makes to his garden
design. The third section constitutes a wider investigation of Luciano's
influences under the broad themes of water, colour and texture,
illustrating with photographs and words exactly what it is about the
world that inspires him and how that is manifested in his designs, with
specific reference to his gardens for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in
2014 and the Venice Biennale in 2015. The gardens are described and
illustrated in full with specially commissioned photographs by Andrew
Montgomery and Carl Bengston. Full plants lists are also included.
