Derek Jarman's Garden

Derek Jarman's Garden

by Derek Jarman (Author), Derek Jarman (Author), Howard Sooley (Photographer)

Synopsis

Derek Jarman created his own garden in the flat, bleak expanse of shingle that faces the nuclear power station in Dungeness, Kent. A passionate gardener from childhood, he combined his painter's eye, his horticultural expertise and his ecological convictions to produce a landscape which mixed the flint, shells and driftwood of Dungeness; sculptures made from stones; the area's indigenous plants; and shrubs and flowers introduced by Jarman himself. This book, the last he ever wrote, is his own record of how this garden evolved, from its beginnings in 1985 to the day of his death in 1994.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Edition: 1
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Published: 05 Jun 1995

ISBN 10: 0500016569
ISBN 13: 9780500016565
Book Overview: 'Still the best thing on gardening ever published' Observer

Media Reviews
'Simply beautiful. Howard Sooley's photographs of the garden are stunning and the book will immediately make you want to create a garden full of driftwood sculptures' - Active Life
'A moving reminder about the power of the humble domestic garden' - Waterstones Books Quarterly
Author Bio
Derek Jarman (1942 - 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.