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Title Virginia Woolf's garden : the story of the garden at Monk's house / Caroline Zoob with photography by Caroline Arber ; foreword by Cecil Woolf
Imprint London : Jacqui Small, 2013

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 Bellevue:Vuxen facklitteratur (800-899)  820 engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (page 190)
Content Finding Monk's House -- Settling in. The orchard ; The fig tree garden -- New rooms in the garden. Paths at Monk's House ; The Millstone terrace ; The fishpond garden ; Virginia's bedroom garden ; The flower walk ; The Italian garden ; The terrace ; The writing lodge ; The walled garden -- The last page. The vegetable garden -- After Virginia. The rear lawn garden and conservatory -- After Leonard -- Thoughts from behind the screen
Note A chronological account takes the reader through the key events in the lives of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, and their deaths. This is allied to an account of the garden and its development, and the creation and development of the key areas of the garden. A wonderful selection of full-colour contemporary photographs, archive photographs, illustrated maps and planting plans take the reader through the various garden?rooms?, including the Italian Garden, the Millstone garden, the Orchard, the Vegetable Garden, the Terrace, the Walled Garden, the Fishpond Garden and the Greenhouses and Conservatories. Throughout there are quotations from Virginia and Leonard?s diaries, giving a vivid account of their plans for, views on and activities in the garden
Subject Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Sussex
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Knowledge -- Gardening
Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Sussex
Literary landmarks -- England -- Sussex
Gardens in literature
Gardens -- England -- Sussex
Trädgårdar i litteraturen
Litterära minnesmärken
England -- Sussex
Classmark 823.912
ISBN/ISSN 9781909342132 (hbk.)
1909342130 (hbk.)
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