Overseeing a public garden remains a most underappreciated vocation. If the gardener-in-chief is doing his or her job, the space carries the sense that no one has been there and done anything and it is simply sacred space, destined for the magical transport of people who stroll there. Baraton’s fascinating memoir corrects this misreading with an intimate and visceral look into his complicated relationship with one of Europe’s most astonishing public gardens, Versailles. Read more about Rizzoli ex LIbris forthcoming The Gardener of Versailles via Publishers Weekly: bit.ly/1anqGDv
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:56:16 +0000