Rosemary Houseman, one of Australia's best-known authorities on old roses, is an artist to the core: her garden designs have a relaxed formality, her house overflows with much-loved objects and glorious flower arrangements, and her influential nursery, the Rose Arbour, was renowned for its presentation of old roses.
In this book she traces the development of her lifelong passion for collecting, for gardening and for cultivating old roses. Her memoir subtly evokes place and period, as well as the essence of favourite roses and favourite gardens. It also pithily conveys her extensive knowledge of roses, and how to grow, care for and incorporate them - old and new - into garden designs.
The book's glowing photographs will take readers on an intimate journey through Rosemary Houseman's life and kindle in them a similar passion for good design and for using roses in the garden and the house.
