TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berridge,Vanessa
AU  - Glover,John
TI  - Borde Hill Garden: a plant hunter's paradise 
SN  - 1858946905
AV  - SB466.G73 B673 2022
PY  - 2022///
CY  - London
PB  - Merrell
KW  - Borde Hill (Haywards Heath, England)
KW  - Borde Hill Garden (Haywards Heath, England)
KW  - History
KW  - Gardens
KW  - England
KW  - West Sussex
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 198) and index
N2  - Borde Hill Garden is set in historic parkland in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in West Sussex. The Elizabethan mansion was purchased in the 1890s by Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke (known as Stephie), who set about creating the garden and woodland using plants from several continents brought back to England by the great plant hunters of the early 1900s. Well over a century and three generations later, Borde Hill remains in the ownership of the Stephenson Clarke family, and today is renowned for its collection of rare shrubs and trees. This beautiful new book - the first dedicated to Borde Hill - is structured in two main parts. For the first, 'The History', Vanessa Berridge has had exclusive access to the Borde Hill archive, which contains not only family photographs but also a wealth of written sources, such as letters between Stephie and nurserymen, directors of botanical gardens, other landowners, and plant hunters. Giving unique insight into the horticultural world and social history of the interwar years, this correspondence reveals acts of courage by such famed plant explorers as George Forrest and Ernest Wilson and the professional level of accomplishment of Stephie and his gardening acquaintances. The second part of the book takes the reader on an extended tour of the garden, illustrated by the glorious photography of John Glover
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