Description: Borde Hill Garden : A Plant Hunter's Paradise, Hardcover by Berridge, Vanessa; Lacey, Stephen (FRW); Glover, John (PHT), ISBN 1858946905, ISBN-13 9781858946900, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Borde Hill Garden is set in historic parkland in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in West Sussex. The Elizabethan mansion was purchased in the 1890s by Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke who set about creating the garden and woodland using plants from several continents brought back to England by the great plant hunters of the early 1900s. Well over a century and three generations later, Borde Hill remains in the ownership of the Stephenson Clarke family, and today is renowned for its collection of rare shrubs and trees. This beautiful new book – the first dedicated to Borde Hill – is structured in two main parts. For the first, 'The History’, Vanessa Berridge has had exclusive access to the Borde Hill archive, which contains not only family photographs but also a wealth of written sources, such as letters between Stephie and nurserymen, directors of botanical gardens, other landowners, and plant hunters. Giving unique insight into the horticultural world and social history of the interwar years, this correspondence reveals acts of courage by such famed plant explorers as George Forrest and Ernest Wilson and the professional level of accomplishment of Stephie and his gardening second part of th takes the reader on an extended tour of the garden, illustrated by the glorious photography of John Glover. Borde Hill is laid out as a series of intimate outdoor 'rooms’, including the Old Rhododendron Garden, the Rose Garden and the terraced Italian Garden. With its variety further encompassing wide lawns that flow out into the countryside, many plant species not found elsewhere in Britain and one of the country’s largest collections of privately owned rare trees, it is no wonder that Borde Hill lays claim to offering visitors the world in one garden. Concluding with information on Borde Hill’s historic plants, its many RHS Awards of Merit and its 70 champion trees, this authoritative, engaging book is a fitting celebration of one of Britain’s great heritage gardens.
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Book Title: Borde Hill Garden : a Plant Hunter's Paradise
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Merrell Publishers The Limited
Topic: Agriculture / General, Garden Design, Pictorial
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Gardening
Author: Vanessa Berridge
Item Length: 11.4 in
Item Width: 9.8 in
Format: Hardcover
