Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement

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A thorough revision of Judith Tankard's highly praised study of gardens from the Arts and Crafts movement - a style that remains popular more than a century after it started. Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement traces the development of the Arts and Crafts garden, which culminated in the work of William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll. Judith Tankard shows hundreds of examples and provides fascinating details about the gardens and their makers. The new edition features even more gardens and has a chapter on how to incorporate Arts and Crafts features into a modern garden. Approximately one-third of the book consists of new material. AUTHOR: Judith B. Tankard is a landscape historian, author, and preservation consultant. She received an MA in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and taught at the Landscape Institute of Harvard University for over 20 years. She is the author or co-author of nine illustrated books on landscape history and has been honoured with a Historic New England Book Prize, a Quill and Trowel Award from the Garden Writers Association, and a book award from the American Horticultural Society. Tankard's articles and book reviews have been published in Country Life, Horticulture, Hortus, Landscape Architecture, Pacific Horticulture, and other publications, and she served as editor of the Journal of the New England Garden History Society. 291 photographs

Judith B. Tankard is a landscape historian, award-winning author, and preservation consultant. She is the author or coauthor of ten books on landscape history and has been honored with a Quill and Trowel Award from the Garden Writers Association as well as book awards from Historic New England and the American Horticultural Society. She taught at the Landscape Institute of Harvard University for more than twenty years. A popular lecturer in the United States and Britain, Judith is a frequent speaker at conferences devoted to the preservation of historic landscapes.

"A thoroughly researched work as well as being thoroughly readable." --The English Garden "The literate authority of Judith Tankard comes through in this enchanting book, reminding us that the ever-alluring Arts and Crafts garden, with its moral imperatives of environmental stewardship and integrated design, is profoundly relevant to our 21st-century needs." --Sam Watters, author of Gardens for a Beautiful America "Tankard's work achieves the enviable balance of being thoroughly researched, comprehensive and readable." --The English Garden "For readers choosing gifts for architects, clients, students, or interested lay people." --Architectural Record "A journey through the garden design of this important decorative era." --House Garden "Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement provides a compelling narrative in which to understand how this period of garden design remains relevant and important to how we design and interpret landscapes today." --MassHort Society's Leaflet Review "A go-to, scholarly work that reflects thorough knowledge... A must for comprehensive landscape collections." --Choice "Richly illustrated... a "must read" book for experienced hands at garden-making as well as newbies seeking to create their personal expression of paradise." --The American Gardener