English Country House Style

by Martin Wood

Nancy Lancaster has long been a shadowy eminence whose reputation as a gardener has been hinted at more than studied. Now garden historian Martin Wood reexamines her life and career in this intriguing book, making the case that Nancy Lancaster has been the most influential gardener since Gertrude Jekyll. Of course it would be someone born in Virginia who came to Great Britain and created the template for "English Country House Style." Although the mind-boggling topiary came with the house, her lovely garden at Haseley Court is a marvel. Just think "laburnum tunnel."