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The Lost Gardens Of Heligan

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Lost Gardens Of Heligan
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tim Smit
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 132,Width 201
Category/GenreGardens (descriptions, history etc)
Garden design and planning
Pets and the Natural World
ISBN/Barcode 9780575402454
ClassificationsDewey:712.60942372
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publication Date 8 April 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Until the First World War, the estate gardens at Heligan were one of the glories of Cornwall. Thereafter, through growing neglect, they slipped gradually to sleep. This is the amazing story of their rediscovery and restoration, or the Victorian vision and ingenuity which first created that subtropical paradise, and of the modern obsession and improvisation which recreated it.

Author Biography

Tim Smit was born in 1954 in Scheveningen, Holland, and educated in the UK. After graduating from Durham University he worked as a county archaeologist before spending ten years as a record producer and composer, successful in Europe, the USA and Japan. In 1987 he and his family moved to Cornwall where, with John Nelson, he was to discover Heligan.

Reviews

Only the most stony-hearted could resist the power of such an obsession--New Statesman This is the book for all those people, gardeners and non-gardeners alike, who have visited Heligan and come away inspired and deeply moved by what they have seen. It is every bit as riveting as the garden itself--Country Life