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Great Lives: Roger Saul chooses Gertrude Jekyll

Roger Saul chooses Gertrude Jekyll

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Fashion designer Roger Saul chooses garden designer Gertrude Jekyll

Fashion designer Roger Saul chooses early 20th century garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll. With Matthew Parris. From 2015.

Matthew Parris invites fashion designer Roger Saul, who created the Mulberry brand, to nominate a great life. He has chosen the early 20th century garden designer Gertrude Jekyll whose beautiful gardens instilled in him a love of plants and landscaping. 
 
Inspired by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement, together with architect Edward Lutyens, Gertrude Jekyll designed many great gardens including Hestercombe in Somerset and at her home in Surrey.
 
Producer: Maggie Ayre

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

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