Gordon Ford (1918–1999) was an Australian landscape designer who created rugged gardens which were noted to be of a distinctly Australian style.
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.
Ford worked closely with British architect Alistair Knox.
He trained as a landscape gardener with
Ellis Stones.
In the last years of his life he trained landscape designer Sam Cox.
Books
* Gordon Ford: The Natural Australian Garden, Gordon & Gwen Ford
(Bloomings Books)
* Australian Garden Design, Ellis Stones (Macmillan)
* Capability Brown, Dorothy Shroud (Faber)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Gordon
Australian landscape architects
1918 births
1999 deaths
Australian Army personnel of World War II
20th-century Australian architects
Australian Army soldiers