TY - BOOK AU - Crawford, Julia TI - Mien Ruys : : the mother of modernist gardens. SN - 9781848225640 AV - SB472.45 C73 2023 PY - 2023/// CY - London PB - Lund Humphries KW - Gardens Design KW - Landscape architecture N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1 Mien’s formative years and influencers 9 -- Perspective : Theo Ruijs 20 -- 2 Initial experiments in garden design 21 -- Perspective : Anet Scholma 31 -- 3 Geometry 33 -- Perspective : Carolien Barkman 46 -- 4 The oblique line 47 -- Perspective : Edwin van Onna 57 -- 5 Collaborations with architects 59 -- Perspective : Freerk Halbesma 85 -- 6 Innovative materials 86 -- Perspective : Jacqueline van der Kloet 104 -- 7 Use of plants 105 -- Perspective : Conny den Hollander 131 -- 8 Legacy 132 -- Appendix: List of Key Organisations and Individuals 139 -- Further Reading 142 -- Index 143 -- N2 - From 1923 until 1980, Mien Ruys created over 3,000 gardens and landscapes. While most of these are in her native Netherlands, the influence of her designs and approaches spread far wider: many of us will have a little bit of Mien in our gardens, be it a railway sleeper, a diagonal line, a Phlomis russeliana or a water ball. This book includes a foreword which sets Mien's work within the wider context, as well as interviews with gardening experts and landscape architects who knew Mien or were deeply influenced by her work, which offer rich insight into Mien's character and the timeless lessons which can still be learnt from her work ER -