'Absorbing and readable ... a genuine classic.' The Lady

'A must for understanding the woman, her work and her time.' American Gardener

'[A] delicious volume by two leading experts ... explains the processes and the very human side of a garden designer whose legacy endures.' Country Life

Gertrude Jekyll, one of the most influential garden designers of the early twentieth century has had a lasting impact on modern gardening. In this classic work, Judith Tankard and Martin Wood explore Jekyll's life and work at Munstead Wood, the Arts and Crafts style house in Surrey, designed for her by Edwin Lutyens, where she lived and gardened from 1897 until her death in 1932.

Featuring Jekyll's own photographs, scrapbooks and notebooks, and the recollections of contemporaries from Edith Wharton and Vita Sackville-West to William Robinson and Henry Francis Du Pont, the authors' carefully researched volume, beautifully illustrated throughout, provides an unparalleled portrait of the doynne of garden design through the study of her greatest inspiration.

"Dextrously explores her many interests and varied talents to give an intriguing insight into the world of this indomitable gardener, artist and craftswoman." - House and Garden

"Absorbing and readable...a genuine classic." - The Lady

"This book . . . explores the many activities and enterprise in which she [Jekyll] was engaged and so presents us with a fuller picture of this remarkable woman - artist, craftswoman, designer, photographer and author. It is an excellent book, interesting, informative and enjoyable to read." - Irish Garden Plant Society

"A poetic portrayal that strips back the formidability of Gertrude Jekyll, exposing her warm, yet vulnerable personality." - Gardens Illustrated

"I expect an in-depth reading will bring color to the gray days ahead this winter." - Portland Press Herald (US)

"Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood is certainly worth a reissue by Pimpernel Press and shouldn't be allowed to go out of print. Tankard is an outstanding garden writer and the modern photographs by Wood augment wonderful historic black and white photos of the gardens Jekyll designed." - Daily Hampshire Gazette (US)