Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley
‘The Secret Gardeners is a WONDERFUL book. Just beautiful. It will live, page open, on my coffee table.’ Prue Leith (one of the Secret Gardeners) The Secret Gardeners is a captivating photographic portrait of the private gardening passions of 25 of the UKs foremost artists, designers, actors, producers, composers, playwrights, sculptors and musicians. It includes composers Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh; oligarch Evgeny Lebedev; entrepreneur Richard Branson; architect Anish Kapoor; actors Jeremy Irons, Rupert Everett, Griff Rhys Jones and Terry Gilliam; chef Prue Leith; musicians Ozzy Osbourne,Nick Mason and Sting; playwright Julian Fellowes; film director Paul Weiland; and designers Kirstie Allsopp and Cath Kidston. Accompanying meaty essays explaining the owners' inspiration and passion are stunningly-reproduced photographs revealing the beautiful gardens that the public rarely see. Amongst these gardeners you'll find the plantaholics, the scene-changers, the view makers, the weeders, the hot-colour fanatics and those who use their garden to retreat from public life.
'These are sublime confections, graced with stone-edged rills, Italianate pergolas and intricate grass labyrinthsThis is a highly enjoyable book - armchair garden visiting at its very best.' * Gardens Illustrated *
Victoria Summerley is an award-winning national newspaper journalist who specialises in writing about gardens and gardening. Former executive editor of The Independent, in 2010 she won the prestigious Garden Media Guild Journalist of the Year award, and she writes an award-winning blog.
HUGO RITTSON THOMAS is one of the UK's leading portrait photographers. He started his career in the art world, studying at Central St.Martin's and Goldsmiths University of London, and took part in the landmark exhibition Temple of Diana alongside Tracey Emin at The Blue Gallery in 1999. Hugo lives and has a studio in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780711237636 |
| ISBN 10 | 0711237638 |
| Title | Secret Gardeners |
| Author | Victoria Summerley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2017-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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