Olive Percival
The Children's Garden Book
$24.95, £14.95 hardcover
978-0-87328-210-9
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64 pages, 9-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches, 84 line illustrations, 4 b/w photographs
November 2005, Available worldwide
Categories: Recreation & Leisure; Gardening
November 2005, Available worldwide
Categories: Recreation & Leisure; Gardening
"The multi-talented Arts and Crafts proponent, Olive Percival, left a legacy of artful garden plans and stories for children, which have just been published for all garden lovers. The fifteen garden designs and her sketches reflect a time when young imaginations could be entranced by romantic stories of fair maidens, enchanted places, and the magic of Aladdin. . . . The book is charming and contains creative works that stand the test of time."—National Garden Clubs, Inc.
"Penned by Percival more than 80 years ago, the library has opened a window to the enchanted fairyland she hoped all children could enter. . . . Children will find advice dispensed as if from a loving grandmother . . . this book will delight and inspire. Percival's dream, it would seem, is posthumously fulfilled."—Kim Yeager, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Olive Percival's The Children's Garden Book is a charming array of previously unpublished blueprints for garden design -- and an ascent into an enchanted old flax-and-sundial world."—East Bay Express
"The text and 106 line illustrations are endearingly dated, and the philosophy of the Arts and Crafts period is timeless. . . . Percival's inspiring book is bound in beautiful sage green linen with gold lettering and violet trim - exactly as she envisioned it more than 80 years ago. The author would have been pleased."—Lili Singer, Los Angeles Times
"Penned by Percival more than 80 years ago, the library has opened a window to the enchanted fairyland she hoped all children could enter. . . . Children will find advice dispensed as if from a loving grandmother . . . this book will delight and inspire. Percival's dream, it would seem, is posthumously fulfilled."—Kim Yeager, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Olive Percival's The Children's Garden Book is a charming array of previously unpublished blueprints for garden design -- and an ascent into an enchanted old flax-and-sundial world."—East Bay Express
"The text and 106 line illustrations are endearingly dated, and the philosophy of the Arts and Crafts period is timeless. . . . Percival's inspiring book is bound in beautiful sage green linen with gold lettering and violet trim - exactly as she envisioned it more than 80 years ago. The author would have been pleased."—Lili Singer, Los Angeles Times
A gardener "ought to have a little make-believe," the Southern California garden maven Olive Percival mused more than eighty years ago. Inspired by this principle, she devised plans for whimsical gardens that could be created by children and adults alike. Her delightful schemes included "The Garden of Aladdin," an enchanted, sunken orchard fragrant with kumquat, persimmon, and orange trees; "The Fairy Ring," a blue fairyland of forget-me-nots, larkspur, and borage; and "The Sliced Cake," a round, pink-and-white garden divided into wedges—the perfect setting for afternoon tea.
Percival's charming illustrations and instructions for fifteen fanciful children's gardens, all selected from her unpublished manuscript in the Huntington Library, are reproduced for the first time in this volume, designed in keeping with her own arts and crafts aesthetic. Described by Percival as "a potpourri of flowery facts and garden lore," The Children's Garden Book shows children that the pleasures of one's own garden may be achieved through planning, patience, dedication, and imagination.
Percival's charming illustrations and instructions for fifteen fanciful children's gardens, all selected from her unpublished manuscript in the Huntington Library, are reproduced for the first time in this volume, designed in keeping with her own arts and crafts aesthetic. Described by Percival as "a potpourri of flowery facts and garden lore," The Children's Garden Book shows children that the pleasures of one's own garden may be achieved through planning, patience, dedication, and imagination.
FROM THE BOOK:
Some flowers will not like your garden and, to prove it, they will disappear. Others will like it so much that they will never leave it,willingly, and they will self-sow and refuse to give up their place to later comers. It is hard to be stern and to dismiss such flowers, even when they are magenta and opaque yellow.
Some flowers will not like your garden and, to prove it, they will disappear. Others will like it so much that they will never leave it,willingly, and they will self-sow and refuse to give up their place to later comers. It is hard to be stern and to dismiss such flowers, even when they are magenta and opaque yellow.
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