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Gordon Ford

Gordon Ford

Australian landscape designer

For the British surrealist artist, see Gordon Onslow Ford.

Gordon Ford (1918–1999) was an Australian landscape designer who created rugged gardens which were noted to be of a distinctly Australian style.[1]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

After returning from service in New Guinea in WWII, he settled near Montsalvat, where he dug out a site and built a house made out of mud bricks from the clay.[2]

Ford worked closely with British architect Alistair Knox.[3] He trained as a landscape gardener with Ellis Stones.[4]

In the last years of his life he trained landscape designer Sam Cox.[5]

Books

  • Gordon Ford: The Natural Australian Garden, Gordon & Gwen Ford[6] (Bloomings Books)
  • Australian Garden Design, Ellis Stones (Macmillan)
  • Capability Brown, Dorothy Shroud (Faber)

References

  1. [1]
    Ford, Gordon Ford with Gwen (1999). Gordon Ford : the natural Australian garden. Hawthorn, Vic.: Bloomings Books. ISBN 9781876473099. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. [2]
    Jones, Philip. "Gordon Ford". Landscape designers. Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. [3]
    Woodhouse, Fay. "Knox, Alistair Samuel (1912–1986)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. [4]
    Latreille, Anne (1990). The natural garden : Ellis Stones - his life and work. Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: O'Neil. ISBN 0-670-90235-7.
  5. [5]
    Cox, Sam. "Portfolio Design Bio". samcoxlandscape. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. [6]
    Zable, Arnold (30 April 2012). "Gardener the 'beating heart' of Eltham". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
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