A Vision of Eden. The Life and Work of Marianne North.

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A Vision of Eden. The Life and Work of Marianne North.Brenda Moon. The intrepid botanical artist Marianne North made an epic series of tours from Britain to North and South America, South Africa, India and Ceylon, South East Asia, Japan and Australasia. The story of these journeys is recounted here in an abridged version of her own memoirs. She wished to make a painted record of the tropical and exotic plants of the world and the result was an astonishing collection of over 800 paintings, now housed in

Antique Collectors Club and Royal Horticultural Society

a botanical art classic

to the show of 2000

a conservation organisation dedicated to these trees

such as Gertrude Jekyll

Timber Press

Fine colour photographs

A scholarly survey of the portrayal of plants in three thousand years of human cultural history

John Lindley was a Professor of Botany and an accomplished botanical artist and writer

being a much expanded version of the original Field Guide published in 2012

A practical guide to this kind of gardening utilising the expertise of Royal Horticultural Society specialists

but all suitable for New Zealand garden cultivation