Edith Wharton's Italian Gardens
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In 1903 Edith Wharton was commissioned to write a series of articles on Italian villas and gardens. She selected 70, and spent six months visiting them and taking photographs and making notes. Nearly 100 years later Vivian Russell follows in her footsteps. Some of the gardens had been destroyed by two World Wars, others by tourism, or simply by neglect, but many remained unspoilt and virtually unknown. Extracts of Wharton's writing is used along with accounts of gardeners, architects and designers, and information is given on where to find these gardens
Author: Vivian Russell
Format: Hardback, 168 pages, 250mm x 250mm
Published: 1997, Hachette Australia, Australia
Genre: Gardening
In 1903 Edith Wharton was commissioned to write a series of articles on Italian villas and gardens. She selected 70, and spent six months visiting them and taking photographs and making notes. Nearly 100 years later Vivian Russell follows in her footsteps. Some of the gardens had been destroyed by two World Wars, others by tourism, or simply by neglect, but many remained unspoilt and virtually unknown. Extracts of Wharton's writing is used along with accounts of gardeners, architects and designers, and information is given on where to find these gardens