This book, using the paintings that Mary McMurtrie left to illustrate an unpublished book on cottage garden flowers, records how she created the garden at Balbithan and used her nursery to distribute the double primroses and cottage garden plants which her husband, John McMurtrie, bequeathed to her. Mary McMurtrie belonged to the small band of enthusiasts, which included Margery Fish and Gladys Emmerson, who grew double primroses during the period after the Second World War. At a time when every fifth day a house of some architectural importance was being demolished, these enthusiasts, along with fellow gardeners, preserved many of the plants from our gardening heritage of the previous centuries. Gently proud of her Scots ancestry, Mary would have been delighted to know that one of her paintings was chosen as a gift for Prince Charles during a visit to The Gordon Highlander Regiment in 2006.
| ISBN: | 9781870673600 |
| Publication date: | 23rd June 2009 |
| Author: | Timothy Clark |
| Publisher: | Garden Art Press an imprint of ACC Art Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 191 pages |
| Series: | ACC Art Books |
| Genres: |
Gardening: plants and cultivation guides Botanical art Gardens (descriptions, history etc) |
This book, using the paintings that Mary McMurtrie left to illustrate an unpublished book on cottage garden flowers, records how she created the garden at Balbithan and used her nursery to distribute the double primroses and cottage garden plants which her husband, John McMurtrie, bequeathed to her. Mary McMurtrie belonged to the small band of enthusiasts, which included Margery Fish and Gladys Emmerson, who grew double primroses during the period after the Second World War. At a time when every fifth day a house of some architectural importance was being demolished, these enthusiasts, along with fellow gardeners, preserved many of the plants from our gardening heritage of the previous centuries. Gently proud of her Scots ancestry, Mary would have been delighted to know that one of her paintings was chosen as a gift for Prince Charles during a visit to The Gordon Highlander Regiment in 2006.
Mary McMurtrie's Country Garden Flowers features in the following genres: Gardening: plants and cultivation guides, Botanical art, Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
Mary McMurtrie's Country Garden Flowers is available in Hardback
Mary McMurtrie's Country Garden Flowers was written by Timothy Clark and published by Garden Art Press an imprint of ACC Art Books
Mary McMurtrie's Country Garden Flowers has 191 pages
Yes it is part of ACC Art Books series
£22.50