A fascinating and beautiful study of the Australian modernist garden.
Richard Aitken is a Melbourne-based architect, historian, and
curator.
He has been in private practice since 1978 and has prepared
conservation plans for many of Australia's most historic gardens,
including the botanic gardens of Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney,
and government houses in Melbourne, Hobart, and Sydney.
In 2006 Richard was awarded honorary membership of the National
Trust of Australia for his advocacy role in the identification and
conservation of significant gardens and designed landscapes.
Richard's books include The Oxford Companion to Australian
Gardens (2002), Gardenesque (2004), Botanical
Riches (2006), Seeds of Change (2006), and The Garden
of Ideas (2010). He has also contributed chapters to The Art
of the Collection (2007), Reframing Darwin- Evolution and
Art in Australia (2009), and Capturing Flora- 300 Years of
Australian Botanical Art.
He is currently co-editor of Australian Garden History,
quarterly journal of the Australian Garden History Society.
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