Midcentury Modern Landscape by Ethne Clarke

Midcentury Modern Landscape by Ethne Clarke

The Midcentury Modern Landscape explores the origins of midcentury modern garden design for the home, revealing how designers at the time blurred the divisions between indoors and outdoors, creating gardens that were for living, a style that went on to inspire contemporary gardens around the world.

The Midcentury Modern Landscape is a fresh guide for those seeking bold approaches to redefine their outdoor space, or wishing to learn more about the history of mid century modern aesthetics.

Ethne Clarke is an award-winning journalist, former garden editor of Traditional Home, and contributing editor for House & Garden. Well-known as the author of a number of best-selling books on practical gardening, design and landscape history, she holds a Master of Philosophy from the faculty of Fine Art, De Montfort University, England. Her research has involved a close study of architectural history between the Arts and Crafts period and early Modernism, and this has been a guiding influence on the renovation of her house and garden in Colorado--a small midcentury modern ranch built in 1958.

Ethne Clarke is a former garden editor of Traditional Home and a contributing editor for House & Garden, as well as an award-winning journalist. She earned a Master of Philosophy from the school of Fine Art, De Montfort University, England, and is the author of a number of best-selling books on practical gardening, design, and landscape history. Her research included an in-depth examination of architectural history from the Arts and Crafts period through early Modernism, which influenced the remodeling of her Colorado home and garden, a small midcentury modern ranch built in 1958.