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- ISBN 9781917055321
- Dimensions: 150 x 190mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Tate Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Step inside the gardens of some of history's most celebrated artists. Both elegant giftbook and quiet manifesto, gardener and writer Jonny Bruce celebrates gardens as artworks in themselves – and as vital sources of inspiration, wellbeing, and ecological connection.
Step inside the gardens of some of history's most celebrated artists in this beautifully crafted gift book by gardener and writer Jonny Bruce. Here the living landscapes where artists found inspiration, refuge and creative clarity are revealed, where gardens are more than just backdrops: they are creative sanctuaries, shaped with intention, history and care. Exploring planting schemes, garden histories and natural details that influenced particular works, rich parallels between the practices of the gardener and the artist are discovered and the artist's garden is celebrated as a living artwork — an immersive collaboration between nature and human creativity.
Step inside the gardens of some of history's most celebrated artists in this beautifully crafted gift book by gardener and writer Jonny Bruce. Here the living landscapes where artists found inspiration, refuge and creative clarity are revealed, where gardens are more than just backdrops: they are creative sanctuaries, shaped with intention, history and care. Exploring planting schemes, garden histories and natural details that influenced particular works, rich parallels between the practices of the gardener and the artist are discovered and the artist's garden is celebrated as a living artwork — an immersive collaboration between nature and human creativity.
Jonny Bruce is a gardener, writer, and planting consultant. After graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in History of Art, Bruce moved to Wales to become a horticultural apprentice at Aberglasney Gardens under the careful eye of Joseph Atkins. A year later he was awarded the Christopher Lloyd Scholarship, and lived for two years at Great Dixter in East Sussex, working alongside Fergus Garrett before leaving for the Netherlands where he spent over four years with Hans and Miranda Kramer at the organic, perennial nursery, De Hessenhof. He now looks after Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, and travels widely researching gardens and landscapes with his dog Frida.
