Remembered Gardens: Eight Women and Their Visions of an Australian Landscape by Holly Kerr Forsyth

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Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Tiny mark on top foredge. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective covering. Interior and binding are also in very good condition. Signed by author.

Remembered Gardens is the story of Elizabeth Macarthur, Georgiana Molly, Louisa Anne Meredith, Una Falkiner, Winifred West, Beatrice Bligh, Edna Walling and Kath Carr - women whose passions for their gardens and for garden making have shaped our relationship with the Australian landscape.

Through personal records and public archives, Holly Kerr Forsyth brings these women's experiences to life. Their challenging and sometimes tragic stories are set against the backdrop of their gardens, which provided them with sanctuary and a way to express themselves in this often hostile environment. For later women like Edna Walling and Kath Carr, gardens also allowed them to build significant careers and reputations.

Beautifully illustrated, Remembered Gardens celebrates these women's lives with more than two hundred photographs of some of Australia's foremost gardens. It is a rich commemoration of more than two centuries of gardening in Australia and the role women played in establishing a rich gardening heritage. Australia's gardens would not be the same without them.