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Gerald Loder, maker of Wakehurst Place: a portrait
Author(s) -
Townsend Harry
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
curtis's botanical magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8748
pISSN - 1355-4905
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8748.2004.00420.x
Subject(s) - portrait , enthusiasm , estate , foundation (evidence) , art history , art , head (geology) , environmental ethics , history , philosophy , archaeology , political science , law , theology , biology , paleontology
Summary. Gerald Loder, created Baron Wakehurst, (1861–1936), purchased the Wakehurst estate in 1902. His great enthusiasm for trees and shrubs, shared by his head gardener Alfred Coates, laid the foundation for the garden as it is today.