TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carter,George
AU  - Majerus,Marianne
TI  - Setting the scene: a garden design masterclass from Repton to the modern age 
SN  - 1910258598
AV  - SB472.45 .C37 2018
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - [London]
PB  - Pimpernel Press Ltd
KW  - Repton, Humphry,
KW  - Gardens
KW  - Design
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index
N2  - "In Setting the Scene, leading landscape/garden designer and Chelsea Gold medallist George Carter distills a career of over thirty years in garden design into pithy lessons that will be invaluable to any garden designer (or garden owner). George Carter's work has been inspired by the gardens of the past, from the formality of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the informal landscapes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He cites the landscape designer Humpry Repton (1752-1818) as his greatest influence. Setting the Scene shows us how successful gardens are designed and made. Following the pattern set by Repton in his famous Red Books, George Carter takes us through the process in meticulous detail, leading us from the initial site plan to the glory of the finished garden, and illustrating each chapter with photographs and plans of gardens from his own portfolio, including Albemarle House in Charlottesville, Virginia, a cottage in Pennsylvania, farmhouses in Mirmande in south-eastern France, Los Moritos in Trujillo, The Garden of Surprises in Burghley, Lincolnshire, Penshurst Place, Kent, Holkham Hall, Norfolk, the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, his own garden at Silverstone Farm, Norfolk, and the garden of the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace."--
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