Roy Strong Garden Design
Jul 8 2017 explore mel d s board sir roy strong s garden the laskett followed by 197 people on pinterest.
Roy strong garden design. It has to be seen in the context of the man not as a garden in its own right. Art of the formal garden. A tapestry of their lives.
The laskett sir roy strong i recently visited the laskett the garden made by sir roy strong and his late wife julia trevelyan oman. May 20 2019 the laskett garden transformed. Inspired by the great gardens before 1914 such as hidcote by those of baroque italy and of tudor and stuart england they embarked on designing and planting the incredible garden visible today.
With his wife julia trevelyan oman who died in 2003 he has spent a large part of his life creating altering and adding to the garden he began to carve out of a field when the couple moved to herefordshire in 1973. A practical guide to design and planting by sir roy strong 1992 05 28 3 8 out of 5 stars 7. The national trust rather missed the point by only analysing the laskett for its horticultural perfections rather than as a space exploring modern garden fetishisms.
The gardens created from a bare field were begun in 1974 and have continued to evolve ever since. Sir roy strong and his late wife the designer julia trevelyan oman purchased the house and the undeveloped four acre site in herefordshire in 1973. Sir roy colin strong ch frsl born 23 august 1935 is an english art historian museum curator writer broadcaster and landscape designer he has served as director of both the national portrait gallery and the victoria and albert museum in london.
See more ideas about garden garden design formal gardens. With her background as set designer for opera theatre television and film and his as a historian director of the v a and the national portrait gallery the garden is needless to say theatrical. It is roy strong s garden and his wife julia trevelyan oman.
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