in 1954. In 1954, Page married Mme Vera Milanova Daumal, widow of the poet Rene Daumal and former wife of the poet Hendrick Kramer. She died in 1962. Page's autobiography, The Education of a Gardener, was published in 1962. Page died on 4 January 1985 in London and was buried in an unmarked grave in Badminton, Gloucestershire. Spiritual interests In an interview by Christopher Woodward in The Telegraph, Page's niece, Vanessa showed Woodward some of the "treasured fragments" of her uncle's life, including a pamphlet on medicinal herbs by the writer and thinker, Idries Shah who, she explained, was a teacher in the Sufi mystical tradition, and who became "Page's spiritual mentor in Sixties London." Further reading About Russell Page R. Page, The Education of a Gardener by Russell Page (1962 and reprints) G. van Zuylen and M. Schinz, The Gardens of Russell Page (1991; reprinted 2008) Other 945 pages Publisher: Hacker Art Books; Facsimile edition (June 1972) ; . Gothein, Marie. Geschichte der Gartenkunst. München: Diederichs, 1988 . References External links 'Gardens that Look Inevitable' by Russell Page (1980) Great British Gardens biography Biography of Russell Page British landscape and garden designers English landscape architects English gardeners 1906 births 1985 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School LGBT architects