The Cover of Judith B. Tankard鈥檚 book 鈥楪ertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden: From the Archives of Country Life.鈥�
Gertrude Jekyll beside the terrace bridge at Deanery Garden.
Gertrude Jekyll鈥檚 home, Munstead Wood. Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the house to compliment Jekyll鈥檚 gardens, which were created first.
One of Jekyll鈥檚 iconic flower borders at Munstead Wood. (Image: Wikimedia Commons/Judithcomm, licensed under CC BY 2.0)
The garden at Munstead Wood in 1921, and today.
Jekyll鈥檚 design for Munstead Wood.
Hestercombe House in Somerset, England, one of Lutyens and Jekyll鈥檚 most famous collaborations.
The pergola at Hestercombe, lined with Jekyll鈥檚 signature flower borders.
Architectural details in the gardens at Hestercombe. (Photo: Robert Freidus/Victorianweb.org)
Architectural details in the gardens at Hestercombe.
A rill in one of the sunken gardens at Hestercombe.
The orangery at Hestercombe. (Photo: Robert Freidus/Victorianweb.org)
A classic 鈥楲utyens garden bench鈥� in the gardens at Hestercombe. (Image: Tankard, Judith, 鈥楪ertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden: From the Archives of Country Life,' Aurum Press, 2011)
By 黑料头条
April 11, 2019
On Wednesday, April 3, the 黑料头条 was honored to host award-winning landscape architect Edmund Hollander, FALSA, and Melissa Reavis of , for a discussion of Judith B. Tankard’s book Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden: From the Archives of Country Life.
The talk was a part of Breakfast & Books, in partnership with Rizzoli Bookstore, a series that gives 黑料头条 members and guests the opportunity to hear renowned practitioners discuss the books that have influenced their work.
In describing their decision to discuss Tankard's book, Hollander said “I remember walking into Hestercombe (designed by Jekyll and Lutyens) for the first time and just being dumbstruck by the relationship between the architecture and landscape. The buildings and gardens were so complete, the flow was so natural between inside and outside that you couldn’t really tell where Lutyens work stopped and Jekyll’s work started. This has since informed my own work over the decades.”
Using beautiful images from the book, Reavis gave an overview of Jekyll’s life and work, exploring her unique working relationship with Lutyens and the design philosophies that made her gardens and landscapes so influential.
A 鈥楥ountry House鈥� residence designed by Hollander Design Landscape Architects in Collaboration with Leroy Street Studio Architects, with gardens inspired by Hestercombe House. (Photo: Charles Mayer)
The 鈥楥ountry House鈥� herb garden, similar to the one found at Hestercombe. (Photo: Charles Mayer)
Another view of the 鈥楥ountry House鈥� herb garden, otherwise known as a potager. (Photo: Charles Mayer)
A ha-ha wall helps to manage deer at the 鈥楥ountry House.鈥� (Photo: Charles Mayer)
A 鈥楩orest Retreat鈥� residence designed by Hollander Design Landscape Architects in Collaboration with Boris Baranovich Architects. (Photo: Charles Mayer)
The driveway through the 鈥楩orest Retreat鈥� uses the landscape to create a sense of anticipation and mystery as one approaches the house. (Photo: Charles Mayer)
Living and built elements at the 鈥楩orest Retreat鈥� appear inseparable. (Photo: Charles Mayer)
Changes in grades and elevations at the 鈥楩orest Retreat鈥� help to create different 鈥榬ooms鈥� and spaces. (Photo: Charles Mayer)
鈥楾opping Farm鈥� residence designed by Hollander Design Landscape Architects in Collaboration with Peter Pennoyer Architects and Robert Stilin Design. (Photo: Charles Mayer)
A modern interpretation of Jekyll鈥檚 flower borders and a Lutyens garden bench at 鈥楾opping Farm.鈥� (Photo: Charles Mayer)
Mixed planting borders are used in the modern garden at 鈥楾opping Farm.鈥� (Photo: Charles Mayer)
Flower borders at 鈥楾opping Farm.鈥� (Photo: Charles Mayer)
Hollander proceeded to use projects completed by his firm to show how the working relationship between architecture and landscape remains just as important in contemporary work.
"Where does landscape start? Where does architecture start?" Hollander asked, "Buildings create the framework for our gardens and In the best of all worlds, they work together to create unified spaces where one doesn’t know where the architect's drawings stop and the landscape architect's drawings begin."
View the clip below to hear Hollander discussing his collaboration process on a recent project.
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