Product Description

This beautifully photographed volume records the creation of Britain’s third most-visited garden.

Ian August was set to retire from his position as the Factor for Northumberland Alnwick Estates when the Duchess asked for his help with a new project. The Duchess of Northumberland’s vision was to create a beautiful public space accessible to everyone. Eight years later, the project has become Alnwick Garden. This is the story of one woman’s stubborn crusade to realize her dream, told by the man who has been by her side since the beginning. Throughout, August documented the garden’s creation, and before-and-after photos record the progress of the largest Tree House in the world, the Poison Garden, the Cascade, David Austen’s Rose Garden, and many other of the garden’s pleasures. A marvelous chronicle of vision and determination.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #652969 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

About the Author
IAN AUGUST was the Factor for the Northumberland Alnwick Estates when the Duchess asked for his help with her new project. Ian is still involved in the project and travels with the Duchess, lecturing on its inception and raising money for the completion of future Alnwick Gardens projects. He lives in Alnwick, Northumberland. THE DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND, who will also promote the book, lives in Alnwick and Syon House, Surrey. THE ALNWICK GARDEN was opened to the general public officially in October 2002 by its patron HRH The Prince of Wales. Experts predicted that 67,000 people would visit The Garden in its first year, but The Garden has a way of provoking interest and intrigue and the actual number of people who visited was 318,000. With over half a million visitors in 2004 The Garden has proved to be real favourite, making The Alnwick Garden the third most visited, paid-entry, garden in the UK. The garden is contributing to the regeneration of a rural community as tourism takes on a new level of importance. As well as a meeting place for local people, The Garden provides an

Customer Reviews

Words, not pictures
It is a book of many words and few pictures, rather than few words and many pictures. I have visited Alnwick Gardens in Northumberland and hoped that this book would be a good pictorial record as a gift to a friend. But it is profoundly disappointing.