The Lost Gardens Of Heligan

The Lost Gardens Of Heligan

by TimSmit (Author)

Synopsis

The glorious No.1 bestseller Until the First World War, the estate gardens at Heligan were one of the glories of Cornwall. Thereafter, through growing neglect, they slipped gradually to sleep. This is the amazing story of their rediscovery and restoration, or the Victorian vision and ingenuity which first created that subtropical paradise, and of the modern obsession and improvisation which recreated it.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 08 Apr 2010

ISBN 10: 0575402458
ISBN 13: 9780575402454
Book Overview: The glorious No.1 bestseller, reissued in a sumptuous paperback edition.

Media Reviews
Only the most stony-hearted could resist the power of such an obsession--New Statesman
This is the book for all those people, gardeners and non-gardeners alike, who have visited Heligan and come away inspired and deeply moved by what they have seen. It is every bit as riveting as the garden itself--Country Life
Author Bio
Tim Smit was born in 1954 in Scheveningen, Holland, and educated in the UK. After graduating from Durham University he worked as a county archaeologist before spending ten years as a record producer and composer, successful in Europe, the USA and Japan. In 1987 he and his family moved to Cornwall where, with John Nelson, he was to discover Heligan.