Gardens for Small Country Houses

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 1000 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.