Gardens OF America

Williams, Nina: COUNTRY LIVING COUNTRY GARDENS, New York Hearst Books 1993
0-688-10619-6 Very Good Condition

Country Garden...the very words conjure up images of tree swings and trellises, hollyhock's and pole beans, vine-ripened tomatoes and dewy grass tickling sleepy bare feet. Unlike more rarefied formal gardens, which are primarily stages for precise arrangements of plantings, the country garden is a more user-friendly setting, perfect for quiet afternoons in a shaded hammock, boisterous holiday celebrations, and easy-living family suppers at the picnic table. Some of these country gardens cover acres of rolling hills, others flourish in suburban tracts, still others inhabit city rooftops. Some parade their flowers, from April's daffodils to July's cosmos to the zinnias of September. Others are rich in their bounty - the bushels of peas, potatoes, corn, and cucumbers that will feed family and friends. From the heartland of the Midwest to Maine and Florida, Washington and California, no one has visited more country gardens across America than the editors of Country Living magazine. From the hundreds they have photographed, they have selected their all-time favorites for this new volume, COUNTRY GARDENS. In its pages, wonderful color photographs and an energetic, informative text celebrate the labors and rewards of gardening in America. Begin with a tour of the gardens themselves: a rose-covered cottage in Nantucket, a vineyard in the Delaware Valley, and a perennial garden at an old stagecoach stop in Ohio. Along the way, you'll encounter wildflowers in Colorado, cacti in the Arizona desert, bougainvillea in California, even a yellow rose of Texas. A chapter devoted to classic country gardening includes a country setting deep in the city, a rose farm, a railway hobby garden, a garden of abundant flowers and vegetables, and a garden of spare wild grasses. At each stop, homeowners share their secrets for success, techniques you can easily translate to your own garden. Learn how to establish the "bones" of a garden by selecting and planting trees and shrubs suited to Synopsis Country Garden...the very words conjure up images of tree swings and trellises, hollyhock's and pole beans, vine-ripened tomatoes and dewy grass tickling sleepy bare feet. Unlike more rarefied formal gardens, which are primarily stages for precise arrangements of plantings, the country garden is a more user-friendly setting, perfect for quiet afternoons in a shaded hammock, boisterous holiday celebrations, and easy-living family suppers at the picnic table. Some of these country gardens cover acres of rolling hills, others flourish in suburban tracts, still others inhabit city rooftops. Some parade their flowers, from April's daffodils to July's cosmos to the zinnias of September. Others are rich in their bounty - the bushels of peas, potatoes, corn, and cucumbers that will feed family and friends. From the heartland of the Midwest to Maine and Florida, Washington and California, no one has visited more country gardens across America than the editors of Country Living magazine. From the hundreds they have photographed, they have selected their all-time favorites for this new volume, COUNTRY GARDENS. In its pages, wonderful color photographs and an energetic, informative text celebrate the labors and rewards of gardening in America. Begin with a tour of the gardens themselves: a rose-covered cottage in Nantucket, a vineyard in the Delaware Valley, and a perennial garden at an old stagecoach stop in Ohio. Along the way, you'll encounter wildflowers in Colorado, cacti in the Arizona desert, bougainvillea in California, even a yellow rose of Texas. A chapter devoted to classic country gardening includes a country setting deep in the city, a rose farm, a railway hobby garden, a garden of abundant flowers and vegetables, and a garden of spare wild grasses. At each stop, homeowners share their secrets for success, techniques you can easily translate to your own garden. Learn how to establish the "bones" of a garden by selecting and planting trees and shrubs suited to Hardcover 10 X 11" OVERSIZE

[SW: garden design, home and garden, gardening, garden, decoration, country decorating, cottage gardening, landscape, landscaping, kitchen, cottage garden]

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CHINESE GARDENS AND THEIR INFLUENCE: Books, Scrolls, Paintings and Photographs Relating Thereto. Exhibited by The Library Committee of the Garden Club of America, 598 Madison Avenue, New York City. January 9 to February 14, 1939. (Catalog). (New York: The Garden Club of America, 1939).

- Small quarto [8 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in cream rice paper wraps sewn with cream cord & with Chinese characters printed in black on the front wrap. The wraps are lightly soiled with some foxing along the spine. [8] leaves printed on one side only. There is a light vertical crease to the wraps & to each leaf where the catalog has been folded. Very good. <p>The catalog describes the contents of the exhibition but there are no illustrations.<p>An invitation to attend the opening of the exhibition is laid in. The invitation states that the exhibition is under the patronage of the Hon. Dr. Tsune-Chi Yu, Chinese Consul General, and that there will be an address by Dorothy Graham, author of "Chinese Gardens".

[SW: GARDENING; CHINESE GARDENS AND THEIR INFLUENCE; CATALOG; EXHIBITION; BOOKS; SCROLLS; PAINTINGS; PHOTOGRAPHS; GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA; INVITATION.]

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Tim,Richardson: Great Gardens of America, Frances Lincoln, September 2009 ISBN: 0711228868
Great Gardens of America surveys some of the loveliest grounds in America and Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Quebec to California, from the tropical Southeast to the industrial Midwest. The 25 gardens showcased range from 18th-century landscape gardens, such as Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Virginia, through 20th-century creations, such as the lakeside garden at Innisfree in New York and dramatic Naumkeag in Massachusetts, to the work of exciting new designers, such as Topher Delaney in San Francisco and New Mexico's Martha Schwartz. Many of the gardens are open to the public, so readers can actually visit and draw firsthand inspiration. The others, newer domestic gardens, offer tantalizing glimpses into a glamorous world of luxurious outdoor living. Three hundred stunning color photographs by renowned garden photographer Andrea Jones accompany Tim Richardson's insightful text. <BR><

NEUBUCH! 313 mm x 260 mm x 33 mm 300 colour photographs Einband:Gebunden

[SW: Gardening / Garden Design]

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Mikula, Rick: Garden Butterflies of North America: A Gallery of Garden Butterflies & How to Attract Them, Minocqua, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Willow Creek Pr 1997
ISBN: 1572233060 Good+

Slight cover wear. First few pgs are slightly stuck together in spots. Spine ist ight; pgs are unmarked. Garden Butterflies of North America is a vivid color portfolio of 40 of North America's most treasured and colorful garden butterfly varieties. It's loaded with natural history and illustrated information on how to design and manage gardens and backyards to attract butterflies. Included are plans for all types of gardens, from a container garden to a full-sized formal garden, plantings that attract butterflies, how to build a butterfly hibernating box, and more. Rick Mikula is the founder (in 1980) of the Hole-in-Hand Butterfly Farm. Nature Book Society Main Selection Soft Cover

[SW: BUTTERFLIES NORTH AMERICA NATURE, Gardening]

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