EDEN’S KEEPERS
THE LIVES AND GARDENS OF HUMPHREY WATERFIELD AND NANCY TENNANT
BY SARAH BARCLAY
Without Nancy Tennant, the exquisite gardens designed by Humphrey Waterfield might never have existed. He was the admired landscape designer who created, amongst others, the extraordinary gardens at Le Clos du Peyronnet in Menton, South of France and Hill Pasture, "the most beautiful small garden in England.". Hill Pasture was more than a horticultural triumph; it was a personal Eden for them both.
Nancy was ten years Humphrey's senior. Educated and energetic, she helped to turn the Women's Institute into a national platform that gave women a voice for the first time. Yet her emotional and creative life was with Humphrey - a confirmed bachelor - and their story of paradise lost, changing position of women in society, the transformative power of the natural world and the best of human love.
Sarah Barclay is a journalist and author, having written a column for The Mail on Sunday for over 16 years as well as for Vogue, Tatler The Sunday Times and many others. She is a keen gardener herself.
Publication date: June 2022
Price: £25
Extent: 208pp
Format: 234mm x 153mm
Binding: Hardback
Territory: World
ISBN: 978-1908337 634