The Gardens of Mien Ruys - a book review
I don't know how I missed her, but I was totally unfamiliar with Mien Ruys. A beautiful new book The Gardens of Mien Ruys details her life and work. Born in the Netherlands in 1904, she was the daughter of Bonne Ruys, who founded Moerheim Nursery in 1888. She grew up in a liberal atmosphere and encouraged to learn and study. She found great comfort in the natural world around her and learned all the plants in her father's nursery at a young age. After leaving school at the age of 19, she knew that she wanted to work in the garden center. The Moerheim Nursery, in addition to selling plants, had an on-site design studio where they published a detailed catalog and sold landscape design plans to customers. It was in the design studio where Ruys first began to work and she was soon encouraged to venture beyond her country and study abroad. Her father's connections helped her secure a traineeship with Wallace & Sons Nursery in Tunbridge Wells in England. There, she met Gertr...
What in the world? That thing looks like i feel! It's our first week back at school.
ReplyDeleteIt does look a bit haggard, doesn't it? That is a "Mutabalis" rose bloom.
ReplyDeleteI was just going to ask what the pink flower was, i think it's beautiful and the background of the photo is unusual, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love the way Mutabilis changes color on the bush....
ReplyDeleteWhat a striking photo! I really love it! :o)
ReplyDeleteI've loved that rose from afar since I first met it.
ReplyDeleteSweet!
ReplyDeleteYou've made even this tattered bloom look beautiful, Phillip!
ReplyDeleteWhat happen to the beautiful thing?
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