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Alfred Buxton was the father of landscape design in New Zealand. Working in the early twentieth century, he was one of the first in the country to create expansive and sophisticated gardens. His rural gardens became creative outlets for the wives of the farmers who commissioned them, recreational spaces for their families and meeting places for the community.
Clare Gleeson tells the story of a man who played an important role in developing Aotearoa’s horticultural landscape through the lens of the ‘fairer sex’ who supported and took pleasure in his work.
‘Meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated…a long overdue tribute to this extraordinary man. It is sure to have a wide appeal to gardeners, garden designers and lovers of social and rural history.’ Bee Dawson, A History of Gardening in New Zealand
Available here: https://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au/product/the-fairer-side-of-buxton/