Description
This book is Derek Jarman's own record of how this garden evolved, from its earliest beginnings in 1986 to the last year of his life. More than 150 photographs taken since 1991 by his friend and photographer Howard Sooley capture the garden at all its different stages and at every season of the year. Photographs from all angles reveal the garden's complex geometrical plan, its magical stone circles and its beautiful and bizarre sculptures. We also catch glimpses of Jarman's life in Dungeness: walking, weeding, watering, or just enjoying life.
Derek Jarman's Garden is the last book Jarman ever wrote. Like the garden itself, it remains as a fitting memorial to a brilliant and greatly loved artist who, against all odds, made a breathtakingly beautiful garden in the most inhospitable of places. It will appeal to all those who are themselves practising gardeners, as well as the legions of admirers of this extraordinary man.
'Still the best thing on gardening ever published' Observer
About the Author
Derek Jarman (1942 - 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.
Reviews
'Simply beautiful. Howard Sooley's photographs of the garden are stunning and the book will immediately make you want to create a garden full of driftwood sculptures' - Active Life
'A moving reminder about the power of the humble domestic garden' - Waterstones Books Quarterly
Book Information
ISBN 9780500016565
Author Derek Jarman
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 590g