Gordon Ford
Australian landscape designer
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Gordon Ford (1918–1999) was an Australian landscape designer who created rugged gardens which were noted to be of a distinctly Australian style.[1]
Born1918
Died (aged 81)
OccupationArchitect
SpouseGwen
Gordon Ford | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1918 |
| Died | (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse | Gwen |
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)