Review
... a highly recommended book (Robin Lane Fox Financial Times )
[A] celebration of the greatest gardening triumph in Britain over the last 25 years (World of Interiors )
The gardening world has thrown up quite a few truly great figures in the 20th century. Lady Salisbury at Hatfield House is definitely among them. Her knowledge is phenomenal, her taste is exquisite and her enthusiasm boundless. A book to treasure (English Garden )
[A] celebration of the greatest gardening triumph in Britain over the last 25 years (World of Interiors )
The gardening world has thrown up quite a few truly great figures in the 20th century. Lady Salisbury at Hatfield House is definitely among them. Her knowledge is phenomenal, her taste is exquisite and her enthusiasm boundless. A book to treasure (English Garden )
The World of Interiors, March, 2006
[a]celebration of the greatest gardening triumph in Britain over the last 25 years
Product Description
The Marchioness of Salisbury's re-creation of the great gardens at Hatfield House has been one of the most exciting garden enterprises of the last 30 years. This is Lady Salisbury's own account of the gardens, their history and her work there, to accompany the photographs taken by Sue Snell over 8 years. This is a book that will delight anyone with an interest in garden history and in one of Britain's greatest gardens.
About the Author
Sue Snell is a leading documentary and horticultural photographer and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She has been involved in many projects and exhibitions including work with the Royal Opera House, the Royal Horticultural Society, the Chelsea Physic Garden, the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Lady Salisbury has been a gardener since, as a child in the 1930s, she cultivated tiny patches of her parents' gardens in Ireland and the West of England. Later, as chatelaine first of Cranborne Manor and then of Hatfield House, she revived two of the great historic gardens of England. And then there are the gardens that, as a professional garden designer, she has created for others, notably for the Prince of Wales at Highgrove and for the Museum of Garden History and Cosby Hall in London. Renowned for her depth of scholarship and her design skill, she has also led the way as a pioneer of organic gardening ('when I began, in 1948, I was written off as a complete crank').
Lady Salisbury has been a gardener since, as a child in the 1930s, she cultivated tiny patches of her parents' gardens in Ireland and the West of England. Later, as chatelaine first of Cranborne Manor and then of Hatfield House, she revived two of the great historic gardens of England. And then there are the gardens that, as a professional garden designer, she has created for others, notably for the Prince of Wales at Highgrove and for the Museum of Garden History and Cosby Hall in London. Renowned for her depth of scholarship and her design skill, she has also led the way as a pioneer of organic gardening ('when I began, in 1948, I was written off as a complete crank').
From 1971 until 2004 she lived and worked at Hatfield House, where she oversaw the restoration of the garden. Now in her eighties, she not only continues to tend her garden in Provence, she is also making a roof garden ('the first I've ever done') for her house in Chelsea, and designing gardens for clients in England, Ireland, Italy and the United States.
