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The English Garden: Through The 20th CenturyEditions
ReviewAny account of gardening in England in the 20thCentury must begin with the magisterial presence of Gertrude Jekyll whose career began at her own home at Munstead Wood in Surrey, in celebrated partnership with Edwin Lutyens in 1898, and whose influence so permeated other gardens in the era of Arts and Crafts. Jane Brown looks at her key gardens including Rodmarton, Upton Gray and Hestercombe, discussing their signature merits and features before moving on to the next generation of inspirational exponents such as Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst and Lawrence Johnston at Hidcote - who created a style and set a standard of garden to which we still aspire today. The author finds time in this handsome and scholarly book to look at some of the less well-known examples, such as John Fowler’s gem at the Hunting Lodge at Odiham, Oliver Hill’s Marylands (which proved to be the link with the modern Movement) and Russell Page’s key work at Badminton. The survey of the century continues and the range of designers widens to include the work of Sylvia Crowe, Lanning Roper, John Brookes and finally the dominant figure at the end of the century, Geoffrey Jellicoe and his masterpiece at Sutton Place in Surrey, only a few miles distant from Jekyll’s Munstead Wood. - review by Stewart Grimshaw |
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