The Education of a Gardener

Sep 22, 2024 9:29 AM

Author:Russell Page,Alan Titchmarsh

A fabulous book about designing gardens great and small, packed with wisdom on the abiding principles of gorgeous garden design.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALAN TITCHMARSH

Russell Page was one of the most legendary gardeners and landscapers of the last century. He designed gardens great and small for clients around the world. A rare combination of born plantsman and garden architect, he was a master of colour, form and structure. Page also understood that most tricky dimension of garden design: the passage of time. From Longleat to the Frick Collection, his gardens can be enjoyed to this day.

Packed with wisdom and beautiful writing, this book offers a unique perspective on great garden design and is essential reading for every gardener.

'One of the most thoughtful and civilized gardening books ever written, by a master designer' Daily Telegraph

Reviews

Russell Page was one of the great English landscape architects of this century...His book The Education of a Gardener remains, in my view, the best combined guide to planting and designing a garden ever written, with inspiration for every sort of gardener, wherever they are placed. The last chapter on his own dream garden is brilliant

—— Independent

Probably the most influential 20th-century book on garden design... It is the universality of its lessons that is the great strength of his book

—— Country Life

Page has written an astonishingly beautiful book about his craft

—— Doris Lessing

Page had a great talent and a sensitivity not only to different types of flora and to different climates, but also to the architectural requirements of gardens, both large and small... Combining a painter's eye (his only formal training was in art) with a pragmatic and encyclopedic knowledge of horticulture, he produced gardens that were - are -extraordinarily lovely

—— New York Times

Russell Page, admittedly a bit of a mystic, is pretty much out there by himself with his verdant heart and green digits

—— Michael Pollan

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