Gordon Ford Explained

Gordon Ford
Nationality:	Australian
Spouse:	Gwen

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

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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Ford. Gordon Ford with Gwen. Gordon Ford : the natural Australian garden. 1999. Bloomings Books. Hawthorn, Vic.. 9781876473099. 1 May 2015.
2. Web site: Jones . Philip . Gordon Ford . Landscape designers . Sydney Morning Herald . 1 May 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162629/http://www.landscapedesigners.com.au/news/1999/7/2/gordon-ford/ . 17 March 2015 .
3. Woodhouse. Fay. Knox, Alistair Samuel (1912–1986). knox-alistair-samuel-12750. 14 May 2015.
4. Book: Latreille. Anne. The natural garden : Ellis Stones - his life and work. 1990. O'Neil. Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. 0-670-90235-7.
5. Web site: Cox. Sam. Portfolio Design Bio. samcoxlandscape. 10 May 2015.
6. News: Zable. Arnold. Gardener the 'beating heart' of Eltham. 1 May 2015. Sydney Morning Herald. 30 April 2012.