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