Russell Page (1906–1985) became a professional garden
designer in 1928 after studying painting at the Slade School of Art
in London and in Paris. In 1935 he entered into a brief partnership
with the landscapist and architect Geoffrey Jellicoe. He designed a
great variety of gardens throughout Europe, the Middle East, and
North and South America, ranging from windowboxes and small cottage
gardens to those meant for large estates, public parks, and housing
developments for industrial workers. Among his best-known projects
are the gardens at the PepsiCo headquarters, the courtyard of the
Frick Collection, and the Festival Gardens at Battersea Park. Page
was one of only three Englishmen to have received a medal from the
French Academy of Architecture and was an Officer of the British
Empire.
Robin Lane Fox is a fellow at New College, Oxford, and the
gardening correspondent for the Financial Times.
"Page was one of the 20th century's legendary landscape gardeners.
This classic memoir, first published in 1962, is filled with
charming anecdotes and timeless gardening advice." -Library
Journal “A classic of garden literature.” —The Los Angeles
Times “Page is one of the most respected gardening experts in
the world.” —The Washington Postl “It is beyond dispute that
Russell Page, an Englishman now in his 77th year, has designed more
gardens for more people in more parts of the world than anyone in
history…He has moreover had for many years an underground celebrity
as a master of English prose, on the strength of his book The
Education of a Gardener.” —The New York Times (John
Russell) “Russell Page was one of the most gifted landscape
architects in history…Page’s erudition also extended to writing, as
this book demonstrates. Three hundred and sixty three pages of
design advice can be reduced to this: Beauty is not in the eye of
the beholder; it is a quality based on sound artistic and aesthetic
principles. Applying those principles–now that’s the hard part,
even in Page, in his genius, makes it look easy.” —The Washington
Post Book World “One of the most eloquent of all horticultural
testaments. —The Sunday Telegraph (London) “Literary types
will enjoy The Education of a Gardener by Russell Page…a landmark
exposition, first published in 1962, of garden design principles by
one of the 20th century’s leading landscape designers.” —The
Toronto Star “Something of a classic, a manual on the art of
the garden by a man who designed them for over 50 years, but also
much more…” —The Times (London) (Sean French) “I never travel
far without Russell Page’s Education of a Gardener, one of the most
thoughtful and civilized gardening books ever written, by a master
designer.” —The Daily Telegraph (London) “Russell Page was one
of the great English landscape architects of this century…His book
The Education of a Gardener remains, in my view, the best combined
guide to planting and designing a garden ever written, with
inspiration for every sort of gardener, wherever they are placed.
The last chapter on his own dream garden is brilliant.” —The
Independent (London) “Whatever has happened to garden writing?
By that I mean literature, books that one picks up in the same way
that one would a novel or biography for a good read, confident of
the quality of its prose…Going to my bookshelves, I pull down
Russell Page’s The Education of a Gardener or Vita Sackville-West’s
In Your Garden…Virtually no pictures in any of them. We recognize
all of these as somehow belonging to a golden age of garden
writing.” —The Times (London) (Roy Strong) “Page had a great
talent and a sensitivity not only to different types of flora and
to different climates, but also to the architectural requirements
of gardens, both large and small…Combining a painter’s eye (his
only formal training was in art) with a pragmatic and encyclopedic
knowledge of horticulture, he produced gardens that
were–are–extraordinarily lovely.” —New York Times (Witold
Rybczynski) “From garden design to individual plants, he
invests everything with beauty and wonder.” —The Sunday Times
(London)
Russell Page, admittedly a bit of a mystic, is pretty much out
there by himself with his verdant heart and green digits.
— Michael Pollan, Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education
Page has written an astonishingly beautiful book about his
craft.
— Doris Lessing
I reread this book every three years. It explores both the
mechanic and aesthetic side of gardening, while also including
solid information for an academic balance.
— Southern Accents
"Page was one of the 20th century's legendary landscape
gardeners. This classic memoir, first published in 1962, is filled
with charming anecdotes and timeless gardening advice." -Library
Journal "A classic of garden literature." -The Los Angeles
Times "Page is one of the most respected gardening experts in the
world." -The Washington Postl "It is beyond dispute that Russell
Page, an Englishman now in his 77th year, has designed more gardens
for more people in more parts of the world than anyone in
history...He has moreover had for many years an underground
celebrity as a master of English prose, on the strength of his book
The Education of a Gardener." -The New York
Times (John Russell) "Russell Page was one of the most gifted
landscape architects in history...Page's erudition also extended to
writing, as this book demonstrates. Three hundred and sixty three
pages of design advice can be reduced to this: Beauty is not in the
eye of the beholder; it is a quality based on sound artistic and
aesthetic principles. Applying those principles-now that's the hard
part, even in Page, in his genius, makes it look easy." -The
Washington Post Book World "One of the most eloquent of all
horticultural testaments. -The Sunday Telegraph (London)
"Literary types will enjoy The Education of a Gardener by
Russell Page...a landmark exposition, first published in 1962, of
garden design principles by one of the 20th century's leading
landscape designers." -The Toronto Star "Something of a classic,
a manual on the art of the garden by a man who designed them for
over 50 years, but also much more..." -The Times (London) (Sean
French) "I never travel far without Russell Page's Education of
a Gardener, one of the most thoughtful and civilized gardening
books ever written, by a master designer." -The Daily
Telegraph (London) "Russell Page was one of the great English
landscape architects of this century...His book The Education of
a Gardener remains, in my view, the best combined guide to
planting and designing a garden ever written, with inspiration for
every sort of gardener, wherever they are placed. The last chapter
on his own dream garden is brilliant." -The Independent
(London) "Whatever has happened to garden writing? By that I mean
literature, books that one picks up in the same way that one would
a novel or biography for a good read, confident of the quality of
its prose...Going to my bookshelves, I pull down Russell Page's
The Education of a Gardener or Vita Sackville-West's In
Your Garden...Virtually no pictures in any of them. We
recognize all of these as somehow belonging to a golden age of
garden writing." -The Times (London) (Roy Strong) "Page had
a great talent and a sensitivity not only to different types of
flora and to different climates, but also to the architectural
requirements of gardens, both large and small...Combining a
painter's eye (his only formal training was in art) with a
pragmatic and encyclopedic knowledge of horticulture, he produced
gardens that were-are-extraordinarily lovely." -New York
Times (Witold Rybczynski) "From garden design to individual
plants, he invests everything with beauty and wonder." -The
Sunday Times (London)
Russell Page, admittedly a bit of a mystic, is pretty much out
there by himself with his verdant heart and green digits.
- Michael Pollan, Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
Page has written an astonishingly beautiful book about his
craft.
- Doris Lessing
I reread this book every three years. It explores both the mechanic
and aesthetic side of gardening, while also including solid
information for an academic balance.
- Southern Accents
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