Autor/-in: Frank Lawley

Frank Lawley. was born in Bloxwich, Staffordshire. His wife Marjorie. was born Marjorie Louisa Tinlin at Wallington in Northumberland. In an attempt to understand something of the essence of Englishness as expressed in the English landscape, they have spent the past four decades rescuing Herterton House near Wallington, a long-abandoned sixteenth century farmhouse, and designing, creating and maintaining around it a new but appropriate country garden. Val Corbett. is a freelance photographer based in the Lowther Valley on the eastern fringe of the Lake District. She is well known for her landscape photography which features in books such as†Winter in the Lake District. ,†A Year in the Life of the Eden Valley. †and†Rainy Days in the Lake District. Her garden photography regularly appears in†Country Life. as well as in the award winning book†Gardens of the Lake District. Her most recent book†Arts and Crafts Houses of the Lake District. †demonstrates her skill in photographing interiors. Charles Quest-Ritson. is the author of many books on gardens and gardening, including Ninfa: the Most Romantic Garden in the World. (Frances Lincoln, 2009) the RHS Encyclopaedia of Roses. (Dorling Kindersley, 2011) and Gardens of Germany. (Mitchell Beazley, 1998). Charles Quest-Ritson lives in Hampshire and Normandy.