Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood (A Pimpernel Garden Classic)

Beautiful book. A little smaller then I expected but so lovely I bought another copy as a gift for a friend.

Yes the book arrived in terrific shape!

errortext is relevant, print difficult for me to readprimarily bad photograpg reproductions: better books with sharper photos of mainly same gardens and features

By concentrating on the life, rather than the "work" of Gertrude Jekyll, she becomes a whole, rounded and very human person, not all that different from women of the next generation that I have known myself. This approach also includes more about the working parts of her own garden along with its development, rather than concentrating only on its ornamental and artistic aspects. It also provides wonderful insights into the client-architect relationship behind the house at Munstead Wood, and into the development of Lutyens as an architect.

Wonderful. I am a great Miss Jekylle fan.It was a great read in conjunction with the exhibition organised in 2013 at Woking Lightbox.I give talks on the lady and recommend this book.

Just as described

An enjoyable, interesting book.

An authoratative,comprehensive, discussion of GJ's creation of Munstead Wood. A must-read for her fans. Just wish there had been more color photographs in her time.