{"product_id":"wendy-whiteley-and-the-secret-garden-9781761344329","title":"Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Janet Hawley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin (Au Adult)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin (Au Adult)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Pictorial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is Wendy's story but it's also the story of the countless people who cherish the Secret Garden. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than twenty years Wendy Whiteley has worked to create a public garden at the foot of her harborside home in Sydney's Lavender Bay. This is the extraordinary story of how a determined, passionate and deeply creative woman has slowly\u003cb\u003e transformed an overgrown wasteland into a beautiful sanctuary \u003c\/b\u003efor everyone to enjoy - and in the process, transformed herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wendy Whiteley was Brett Whiteley's wife, muse and model. An artist herself, with a finely honed aesthetic sense, she also created the interiors at the heart of Brett's iconic paintings of their Lavender Bay home. When Brett died, followed by the death nine years later of their daughter Arkie, Wendy threw her grief and creativity into making \u003cb\u003ean enchanting hidden oasis out of derelict land \u003c\/b\u003eowned by the New South Wales Government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This\u003cb\u003e glorious guerrilla garden is Wendy's living artwork\u003c\/b\u003e, designed with daubs of color, sinuous shapes and shafts of light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'I've loved making this garden. It's been a great gift to my life. It let me find myself again, and it's my gift to share with the public.' Wendy Whiteley","brand":"Penguin (Au Adult)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45030319718551,"sku":"9781761344329","price":3420.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781761344329.webp?v=1769205510","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/wendy-whiteley-and-the-secret-garden-9781761344329","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}