Nicole De Vésian: Gardens by Louisa Jones & Clive Nichols


ISBN
9782330120375
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
152
Dimensions
210 x 240mm

Newly updated edition of the first book in French and English devoted to Nicole de V?sian and her work

After a career as a designer working for the great design houses, especially Herm?s, Nicole de V?sian (1916-1996) moved to Provence and created her first garden. Her green and grey tapestry-gardens soon inspired gardeners and landscapers around the world. Today, few gardens have been imitated as readily as those of Nicole de V?sian, because, writes Louisa Jones, 'she has a feeling for space like musicians have a feeling for music.' Her finest work was La Louve, her own garden in Bonnieux, a hilltop village in the Luberon area of Provence.

On the narrow terraces around her Bonnieux home, Nicole de V?sian created her own very personal garden in a minimal but far from austere style, composed mainly of heath-land plants (varieties of thyme, lavender, rosemary, rockrose and box tree), in which she pruned all her plants to cushion shapes of varying, yet superbly proportioned sizes. Nicole de V?sian advises us to 'learn to listen to the soil.' Her plant sculptures are always somehow a reference to the wild hills of the surrounding countryside, reflecting an age-old Mediterranean landscape mindset, with a distinctly modern twist.

The work is also a tribute to Nicole de V?sian and her life. Her close friend, Louisa Jones, shares her own thoughts on the work of this atypical creator, accompanied by accounts from her friends and pupils: Christian Lacroix, the nursery owner Jean-Marie Rey, the landscape artists Arnaud Mauri?res, ?ric Ossart and Marc Nucera, as well as the garden historians Roy Strong and John Brookes.
Christmas Catalogue 2024 x BookFrenzy
50.99
RRP: $59.99
15% off RRP



Instore Price: $59.99
Enter your Postcode or Suburb to view availability and delivery times.
If ordered before the 26th of November, this product should arrive by Christmas unless it is going to regional Australia

Other Titles by Louisa Jones & Clive Nichols


You might also like

Gardens Of The World
55.00
20.00
64% Off
Garden of Your Dreams
45.00
38.25
15% Off
Big Garden Design
90.00
69.99
22% Off
Paul Bangay
79.99
59.99
25% Off
Small Garden Design
59.99
50.99
15% Off

RRP refers to the Recommended Retail Price as set out by the original publisher at time of release.
The RRP set by overseas publishers may vary to those set by local publishers due to exchange rates and shipping costs.
Due to our competitive pricing, we may have not sold all products at their original RRP.