The Eighth Wonder of the World: Exbury Gardens and the Rothschilds
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The Eighth Wonder of the World: Exbury Gardens and the Rothschilds
W037048 | $45.00 / 10% library disc.
Lionel de Rothschild and Francesca Murray Rowlins. Unicorn, Unicorn Publishing Group, London, 2022.
200 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 27 x 22 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9781916040205
This book celebrates Lionel de Rothschild (1882–1942) and his vision in creating Exbury Gardens, a two-hundred-acre woodland garden in Hampshire, and all those who have worked to realize its beauty. Ten chapters tell the story of the prominent Rothschild family and their horticulture project at Exbury, detailing Lionel’s life, the intrepid plant hunters he sponsored, and the influence the plants had on gardens in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Richly illustrated with more than two hundred color plates, many published for the first time, The Eighth Wonder of the World chronicles the life of Exbury itself from before the arrival of the Rothschilds, into the war years, and beyond. The book places Exbury at the center of the development of private and public gardens—above all for rhododendrons—in the British Isles during the interwar years. In a stunning exploration of the woodland gardens, the book showcases the fascinating collections of rare plants, shrubs, and trees that remain on show today, as well as the famed rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias, and camellias.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Great Britain -- 1900-1945 -- Landscape and Garden Design --
W037048 | $45.00 / 10% library disc.
Lionel de Rothschild and Francesca Murray Rowlins. Unicorn, Unicorn Publishing Group, London, 2022.
200 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 27 x 22 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9781916040205
This book celebrates Lionel de Rothschild (1882–1942) and his vision in creating Exbury Gardens, a two-hundred-acre woodland garden in Hampshire, and all those who have worked to realize its beauty. Ten chapters tell the story of the prominent Rothschild family and their horticulture project at Exbury, detailing Lionel’s life, the intrepid plant hunters he sponsored, and the influence the plants had on gardens in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Richly illustrated with more than two hundred color plates, many published for the first time, The Eighth Wonder of the World chronicles the life of Exbury itself from before the arrival of the Rothschilds, into the war years, and beyond. The book places Exbury at the center of the development of private and public gardens—above all for rhododendrons—in the British Isles during the interwar years. In a stunning exploration of the woodland gardens, the book showcases the fascinating collections of rare plants, shrubs, and trees that remain on show today, as well as the famed rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias, and camellias.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Great Britain -- 1900-1945 -- Landscape and Garden Design --
