Died 1999 Nationality Australian | Occupation Architect Name Gordon Ford | |
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WKU: Gordon Ford College of Business Spring 2019 Recognition Ceremony
Gordon Ford (1918–1999) created ruggedly beautiful gardens in a distinctly Australian style.
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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 Eltham architect, Alistair Knox. He trained as a landscape gardener with Ellis Stones.
In the last years of his life he, in turn, trained landscape designer, Sam Cox.
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