Tania Compton is a garden designer, writer and plantswoman, who spent twelve years as Gardens Editor for British House & Garden. Books include Dream Gardens (2007, Merrell) and The Private Gardens of England (Constable, 2015). She is a contributing Garden Editor to The World of Interiors and a Trustee of the Garden Museum.

• Preface by Christopher Woodward, Director of the Garden Museum; Biographical Essay by Tania Compton. Russell Page’s Gardens: 70th Street Garden, The Frick Collection, New York, USA; The Cottage gardens, Badminton Estate, UK; Bass Residence, Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Château de Bléneau, France; Kendall Sculpture Gardens, PepsiCo World Headquarters, New York, USA; Hemelrijk, Belgium; Elbow Beach Hotel, Bermuda; La Mortella, Ischia, Italy; Leeds Castle, Kent, UK; Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain; Owley Farm, Kent, and Park Street, London, UK; Pavillon Colombe, France; Roxbury Falls, Connecticut, USA; San Liberato, Lazio, Italy; Property of Mohamed Sultan, Giza, Egypt; RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK; Sa Torre Cega, Cala Ratjada, Mallorca, Spain; Villa Silvio Pellico, Piedmont, Italy; Villar Perosa, Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Tania Compton is a garden designer, writer and plantswoman, who spent twelve years as Gardens Editor for British House & Garden. Books include Dream Gardens (2007, Merrell) and The Private Gardens of England (Constable, 2015). She is a contributing Garden Editor to The World of Interiors and a Trustee of the Garden Museum.

• Preface by Christopher Woodward, Director of the Garden Museum; Biographical Essay by Tania Compton. Russell Page’s Gardens: 70th Street Garden, The Frick Collection, New York, USA; The Cottage gardens, Badminton Estate, UK; Bass Residence, Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Château de Bléneau, France; Kendall Sculpture Gardens, PepsiCo World Headquarters, New York, USA; Hemelrijk, Belgium; Elbow Beach Hotel, Bermuda; La Mortella, Ischia, Italy; Leeds Castle, Kent, UK; Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain; Owley Farm, Kent, and Park Street, London, UK; Pavillon Colombe, France; Roxbury Falls, Connecticut, USA; San Liberato, Lazio, Italy; Property of Mohamed Sultan, Giza, Egypt; RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK; Sa Torre Cega, Cala Ratjada, Mallorca, Spain; Villa Silvio Pellico, Piedmont, Italy; Villar Perosa, Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Tania Compton is a garden designer, writer and plantswoman, who spent twelve years as Gardens Editor for British House & Garden. Books include Dream Gardens (2007, Merrell) and The Private Gardens of England (Constable, 2015). She is a contributing Garden Editor to The World of Interiors and a Trustee of the Garden Museum.

• Preface by Christopher Woodward, Director of the Garden Museum; Biographical Essay by Tania Compton. Russell Page’s Gardens: 70th Street Garden, The Frick Collection, New York, USA; The Cottage gardens, Badminton Estate, UK; Bass Residence, Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Château de Bléneau, France; Kendall Sculpture Gardens, PepsiCo World Headquarters, New York, USA; Hemelrijk, Belgium; Elbow Beach Hotel, Bermuda; La Mortella, Ischia, Italy; Leeds Castle, Kent, UK; Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain; Owley Farm, Kent, and Park Street, London, UK; Pavillon Colombe, France; Roxbury Falls, Connecticut, USA; San Liberato, Lazio, Italy; Property of Mohamed Sultan, Giza, Egypt; RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK; Sa Torre Cega, Cala Ratjada, Mallorca, Spain; Villa Silvio Pellico, Piedmont, Italy; Villar Perosa, Turin, Piedmont, Italy