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Shades of Green: My Life as the National Trust's Head of Gardens by John Sales
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Specificaties
- Objectstaat
- Publication Date
- 2018-02-20
- ISBN
- 9781911604181
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Shades of Green : My Life As the National Trust's Head of Gardens
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Unicorn Publishing
- Genre
- Travel, Gardening
- Topic
- Regional / General, General, Europe / Great Britain
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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This book incorporates lessons learned over a quarter of a century of managing, renewing and caring for the gardens of the National Trust; negotiating change with a variety of colourful characters, including former owners, now tenants. It traces the very British way the Trust learned about conserving historic gardens towards an overdue national commitment to leading this unique contribution to European culture. By the time John Sales was appointed in 1971, the National Trust had already acquired an eclectic range of gardens and designed landscape parks, more than any independent organisation ever. The Trust was in the process of taking them in hand and beginning to acquire many more, sometimes with great houses and estates but also in their own right as significant documents of history, important plant collections, unsung works of art and reservoirs of disappearing expertise. Before then there was little national interest or understanding of the extraordinary richness and diversity of Britain's historic designed landscape. Neither was it realised that the Trust's assembly of gardens and landscape parks, including those of Lancelot ("Capability") Brown, is the greatest in the world.With fifty of these places John Sales records first-hand experience of the garden's modern history at a crucial time of transition from private to corporate ownership, sometimes smooth, sometimes difficult but always fascinating. This involved grappling with mass garden visiting of a scale never before envisaged, severe fiscal and staffing constraints and the perceived need to accommodate outdoor events which may or may not bear any relationship to the traditions and historic values of the place. In each case he has tried to draw out the specific lessons learned. Above all shines through the pleasure of relating routinely to an extraordinary range of people from all walks of life and levels of understanding, including former owners, expert committees and dedicated staff, not least the gardeners, who inevitably have to cope at the sharp end.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Unicorn Publishing
ISBN-10
191160418x
ISBN-13
9781911604181
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309692579
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shades of Green : My Life As the National Trust's Head of Gardens
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Regional / General, General, Europe / Great Britain
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Travel, Gardening
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.5in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Sb466
Reviews
Shades of Green is a testament to Sales's incredible tenacity and clarity of vision, and his wisdom, charm, and wry humour shines through its pages., Here's a book that will restore your faith in the National Trust; life members should be given a free copy. John Sales, the trust's head of gardens for 25 years, sets out his experience of helping to turn its gardens into the world-class collection they are today. If you enjoy big gardens, you should read it. We owe this wise and unassuming, but determined man so much. It's also on luxuriously heavy paper--I bet the trust would disapprove., [A]n exceptional new book...I recommend it to all garden visitors, garden historians and connoisseurs of the human race. . . . It is written with winning modesty and quiet humour but it throws a fascinating light on the vexed questions of garden 'conservation', the aims of the National Trust and the nature of gardening for the long term., The key words in this history of the rich experiences of author John Sales are managing, renewing, conserving, and caring for the gardens of Britain's National Trust. Beginning in 1971 with his appointment as head of gardens, Sales brought a wealth of knowledge based on hands-on as well as academic preparation to his position. This book offers a personal history of Sales' experiences with 50 sites--less than a third of the total number of gardens owned by the National Trust. Sales oversaw the transitions of each of these gardens--cherished contributions to British culture--from private to corporate ownership. Some transitions were smooth, others less so; the stories of his interactions with the individuals involved make for fascinating reading. Beautifully illustrated, Sales' book is a welcome history of some of Britain's most celebrated gardens, and the descriptive details provided will enlighten anyone interested in the management of gardens visited by the public and maintained for their aesthetic pleasure. . . . Recommended.
Copyright Date
2018
Dewey Decimal
712.60941
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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