Rosemary Verey: The Life and Lessons of a Legendary Gardener

Rosemary Verey was the last of the great English garden legends. She was a natural teacher, encouraging Americans to believe that they were fully capable of creating beautiful gardens in a native vernacular. She also re-introduced the English to their own gardening traditions. Drawing from garden history and its literature, she developed a language of classical formal design, embellished with her exuberant planting style. This is Rosemary Verey's story and the lessons she taught. In her life as in her work, she was the very personification of the English garden style.

Barbara Paul Robinson worked as a gardener for Rosemary Verey at Barnsley House and later wrote the Godine title, Rosemary Verey: The Life & Lessons of a Legendary Gardener. Ms. Robinson and her husband created their own gardens at Brush Hill in northwestern Connecticut, that have been featured in articles, books, and on television.