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Author Hawley, Janet, 1944- author

Title Wendy Whiteley and the secret garden / Janet Hawley ; photography by Jason Busch
Published Penguin Random House, [publisher not identified], 2015
[Melbourne, Vic.]. : Lantern an imprint of Penguin Books, 2015
©2015

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  712.099441 Whitel Haw/Wwa  AVAILABLE
Description 289 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 33 cm
Contents Introduction from Wendy -- Optical ecstasy -- Wendy's childhood secret garden -- Wendy and Brett -- Discovering the secret garden -- The history of the secret garden -- The gardeners -- Through the eyes of friends -- The Whiteley house at Lavender Bay -- Vignettes, visitors and volunteers -- Wendy's gift -- Afterword -- Impressions from the photographer
Summary For more than twenty years Wendy Whiteley has worked to create a public garden at the foot of her harbourside home in Sydney's Lavender Bay. This is the extraordinary story of how a determined, passionate and deeply creative woman has slowly transformed herself. Wendy Whiteley was Brett Whiteley's wife, muse and model
Analysis Australian
Notes Includes index
Audience Adult
Subject Whiteley, Brett, 1939-1992.
Whiteley, Wendy.
Art -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Gardens -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Design -- Anecdotes
Gardens -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Pictorial works
Gardens -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Illustrated works.
Author Busch, Jason, photographer
ISBN 1921383933
9781921383939 (hardback)