Description

The Well-Tempered Garden

Christopher Lloyd was a life-long gentleman gardener, who wrote a column for The Observer. He was a flamboyant agent provocateur. Not only was he incredibly knowledgeable, he enjoyed winding people up and he knew exactly what he was doing. His garden at Great Dixter was a monument to his gardening skills and sometimes outrageous ideas. Any time someone said, ‘You should colour-coordinate,’ he would do the opposite: ‘I’m going to put orange with purple.’ The title of his book is slightly ironic, I think – The Well-Tempered Garden – because he was rather more interested in making bold and daring statements.

Features;

• Folio Society First Edition
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2008
• Hardback Bound in Cream Cloth, Blocked with a Floral Design by Petra Börner 426pp
• Colour Photographs & Artwork Throughout
• Size 270mm x 205mm, 1.83kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Condition

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