Mien Ruys : the mother of modernist gardens / Julia Crawford ; foreword by Noel Kingsbury ; with photography by Deyan Minchev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, Julia (Garden designer), author.

Contributor:

Kingsbury, Noël, writer of foreword.

Minchev, Deyan, photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ruys, Mien, 1904-1999.

Ruys, Mien.

Gardens--Design.

Gardens.

Landscape architecture.

landscape gardening.

landscape architecture (discipline).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Lund Humphries, 2023.

Summary:

From 1923 until 1980, Mien Ruys created over 3,000 gardens and landscapes. While most of these are in her native Netherlands, the influence of her designs and approaches spread far wider: many of us will have a little bit of Mien in our gardens, be it a railway sleeper, a diagonal line, a Phlomis russeliana or a water ball. This book includes a foreword which sets Mien's work within the wider context, as well as interviews with gardening experts and landscape architects who knew Mien or were deeply influenced by her work, which offer rich insight into Mien's character and the timeless lessons which can still be learnt from her work.

Contents:

Mien's formative years and influences

Perspective: Theo Ruijs

Initial experiments in garden design

Perspective: Anet Scholma

Geometry

Perspective: Carolien Barkman

The oblique line

Perspective: Edwin van Onna

Collaborations with architects

Perspective: Freerk Halbesma

Innovative materials

Perspective: Jacqueline van der Kloet

Use of plants

Perspective: Conny den Hollander

Legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1848225644

9781848225640

OCLC:

1372130684