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213 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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1740s-1890s : Middleton Place, Charleston, South Carolina ; Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden, Portsmouth, New Hampshire ; William Paca House and Garden, Annapolis, Maryland ; Barnsley Gardens, Adairsville, Georgia ; Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire ; Blithwold Gardens, Bristol, Rhode Island -- 1900s-1930s : Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut ; Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida ; Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, Detroit, Michigan ; The Fells, Newbury, New Hampshire ; Untermyer Park and Gardens, Yonkers, New York ; Filoli, Woodside, California ; Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills, New Jersey ; Historic Deepwood Estate and Gaiety Hollow, Salem, Oregon ; The Kampong, Miami, Florida ; The Gardens of Alcatraz, San Francisco, California ; Innisfree Garden, Millbrook, New York ; Anne Spencer Garden, Lynchburg, Virginia ; Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland -- 1940s-1990s : Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, Crestwood, Kentucky ; Lotusland, Santa Barbara, California ; Garland Farm, Bar Harbor, Maine ; Madoo Garden, Sagaponack, New York ; Peckerwood Garden, Hempstead, Texas ; Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Bishopville, South Carolina ; Hollister House Garden, Washington, Connecticut ; Montrose, Hillsborough, North Carolina ; Charles Richards Garden, Great Wass Island, Maine -- A life in the garden -- Gardens to visit. |
| Summary |
The rich tradition of landscape design in the United States encompasses both simple eighteenth and early nineteenth century gardens and the lavish estates of the Gilded Age. Over time, and especially in the mid-twentieth-century, much of America's garden heritage was destroyed by creeping development and suburbanization. Thanks to the Garden Conservancy and other garden trusts and associations, this trend has been reversed and today many of these once-threatened treasures have been restored. Thirty gardens are presented, selected for the drama of their original creation and rescue and for their historical and horticultural importance. The gardens range from wonderful to woebegone, from grand estates to suburban plots, Each has its own character, and each has been brought back from the brink through a combination of imagination and tenacity. |
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Historic gardens -- United States.
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Historic gardens -- Conservation and restoration -- United States.
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Botanical gardens -- United States.
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| Added Name(S) |
Taylor, Curtice, photographer.
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| ISBN |
9781580934084 |
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1580934080 |
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