A Garden Well Placed by Xa Tollemache

A Garden Well Placed by Xa Tollemache

The story of how Xa Tollemache re-created the garden at Helmingham Hall, in Suffolk - and became a garden designer

"Xa Tollemache is an innately sensitive garden designer..She reads the scene so beautifully well, embracing the qualities of history, landscape, architecture and people, within her work."

-- Fergus Garrett

"We can learn much from her spirit and attitude to garden making and above all, that the garden is 'well-placed' to fit the character of the house."

* Society of Garden Designers *

"Through the book’s pages you feel that you are having a cup of coffee with Xa while she tells you about the trials, tribulations and joys of taking on a project such as Helmingham and brings you into her world of the outdoors, fresh air and the country...she is not afraid to admit when she was wrong or lacked knowledge and how she came to learn by her mistakes. The writing style is fluent and interesting and you soon start picking up all sorts of ideas yourself without really realising it."

* Reckless Gardener *

"What makes the book are the stories about how projects came about . . . where many garden books simply present everything as a completed success story, Lady Tollemache explains in clear and helpful detail how that point was reached."

* Country Life *

"We can learn much from her spirit and attitude to garden making and, above all, that the garden is 'well placed' to fit the character of the house."

* Garden Design Journal *

"Beautifully photographed...an escapist book to enjoy by the fireplace while dreaming of a summer trip to England."

-- Shannon Young * NorthWest Perennial Alliance (US) *

Xa Tollemache learned how to garden, and how to design gardens, at her new home, Helmingham Hall in Suffolk. She set up her garden design practice in 1996, and one of the very first gardens she designed as a professional was the Evening Standard garden for the 1997 Chelsea Flower Show - for which she won a Gold Medal. She has since designed two more medal-winning gardens for Chelsea, as well as gardens all over the UK and in Europe and the US. She is currently a Member of the Council of the RHS, Chair of the Gardens Committee, a Member of the Horticulture Board and an RHS Judge. Fergus Garrett was chosen by Christopher Lloyd as his head gardener at Dixter in 1992. He worked closely with Christo until Lloyd's death in 2006. He is now Chief Executive of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust, and also combines his full-time, hands-on gardening role at Dixter with writing and lecturing all over the world. He was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by the RHS in 2015 and in 2019, the coveted Victoria Medal of Honour.

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ISBN 13	9781910258804
ISBN 10	1910258806
Title	A Garden Well Placed
Author	Xa Tollemache
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Gemini Books Group Ltd
Year published	2022-05-12
Number of pages	176
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.