• See large image

  Cloudehill: A Year in the Garden (Hardback) By (author) Jeremy Francis

  

  $37.76 - Save $1.99 (5%) - RRP $39.75 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
  all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours Add to basket | Add to wishlist |

  Short Description for CloudehillLocated at the top of Melbourne's Dandenong ranges, Cloudehill is inspired by the Arts & Crafts gardens of England and features 20 garden compartments threaded through 80-year-old European beech, magnolias, maples and a collection of Himalayan tree rhododendrons. This title tells the story of Cloudehill, one of Australia's most famous gardens.
  Full description

  • Publisher: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd
  • Published: 01 October 2010
  • Format: Hardback 264 pages
  • See: Full bibliographic data
  • Categories: Gardens (descriptions, History Etc) | Garden Design & Planning
  • ISBN 13: 9781864703771 ISBN 10: 1864703776
  • Sales rank: 75,464

• The Great Gardens of Italy

  

  Add to basket $32.53 - Save $7.22 (18%) - RRP $39.75

• Rural Australian Gardens

  

  Add to basket $45.32 - Save $2.38 (4%) - RRP $47.70

• Around the World in 80 Gardens

  

  Add to basket $13.58 - Save $0.71 (4%) - RRP $14.29

• A Year in My Garden

  

  Add to basket $22.64 - Save $1.20 (5%) - RRP $23.84

• The Morville Hours

  

  Add to basket $13.58 - Save $0.71 (4%) - RRP $14.29

Full description for Cloudehill

• "Cloudehill: A Year in the Garden" tells the story of Cloudehill one of Australia's finest gardens and nurseries. Located at the top of Melbourne's Dandenong ranges, Cloudehill is inspired by the famous Arts & Crafts gardens of England and features some 20 garden compartments threaded through glorious 80-year-old European beech, magnolias, maples and a collection of fabulous Himalayan tree rhododendrons. Glorious herbaceous borders that focus on two of the finest Japanese weeping maples to be seen anywhere in the world further establish Cloudehill as a world-class destination. Cloudehill's owner-turned-author Jeremy Francis begins the book with an engaging account of his childhood on a remote farm in Western Australia and his subsequent farming career. Intertwined with this family history are intimate diary entries paralleling the gardening year and allowing an unforgettable insight into his passionate relationship with the land. Francis' account of his ownership of Cloudehill follows, providing extraordinary details of the more technical aspects of the iconic garden, including plantings, structural design, experiments and failures, the triumphs and disappointments associated with gardening, supplemented with detailed colour photographs. This multi-layered book is not just for gardening enthusiasts. Francis' charming anecdotes about his family, his childhood, farming and his deep insights into the bonds between man and the land will surprise and enchant all readers.