The Laskett

by Roy Strong

The Laskett is an intimate history of the garden Roy Strong made with his wife, Julia Trevelyan Oman—the largest formal garden created in the country since 1945. This personal book is the tale of a marriage as much as the tale of a garden, as into the Laskett they etched their own biographies, including many of the people who have crossed their lives and are commemorated within it.

Genres: Gardening

251 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Sir Roy Colin Strong FRSL (23 August 1935 - ) is an English art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer.

He has been director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He was knighted in 1983.

Reviews

[Michael Heath-Caldwell]

Interesting book on the making of a formal garden in England.

[Ratforce]

Roy Strong’s The Laskett: The Story of a Garden will delight readers both for the beautiful pictures of an English countryside garden and for the story attached to the creation of the garden.