Great Gardens of America

by Tim Richardson, Andrea Jones (Photographs)

An authoritative and superbly illustrated celebration of the great gardens of the United States and Canada from the author of the highly acclaimed Theÿ New English Garden . The gardens chosen for this book range from eighteenth-century landscape gardens such as Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in North Carolina, through twentieth-century creations such as the lakeside garden at Innisfree in New York State and dramatic Naumkeag in Massachusetts to the work of exciting new designers such as Topher Delaney in San Francisco and Martha Schwartz in New Mexico. Many of the gardens are open to the public, so readers can actually visit them. The others, newer domestic gardens, offer instead glimpses into a glamorous world of luxurious outdoor living.

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Genres: Gardening

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Joy]

This is a beautiful coffee table book that was loaned to us. I spent four hours one Saturday afternoon reading the entire book, looking at the pictures, then going back over favorite scenes. The gardens in the book included Viscaya in Miami (pronounced biscaya). Most of the gardens were in New York and California. Texas is apparently not known for it's lush gardens. Sigh! Monticello was a featured garden. I learned that Jefferson gardened a half hour each evening, commenting, "The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another." Most of the gardens were connected with private homes, inspired by the travels of their owners. I've long known that academic libraries will not be begging for my private papers; now I realize that tourists will not be paying for a tour of my yard.

[Roxanne]

Beautiful book am keeping it right on my coffee table to read at will... just wish Winterthur were in it, BUT Longwood Gardens are so the oversight is forgiven

this was a glorious birthday gift who could ask for more

[Robin]

My review is here: http://tinyurl.com/ygz2f9j