LIVES OF THE GREAT GARDENERS (PB)

Throughout history great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic amateur gardeners, others professional designers with an international practice. Some have come to garden-making from sister arts such as sculpture or painting; others have been hands-on nurserymen or botanists. Taking in luminaries such as William Kent, Capability Brown, Charles Jencks and Piet Oudolf, this book shows that what they share is the ability to take an idea and develop it in a new manner relevant to their times.