Garden Monographs
PRIVATE GARDENS OF CONNECTICUT
Written by Garmey, Jane
Connecticut is uniquely rich in beautiful landscape, encompassing more than six hundred miles of serene shoreline along Long Island Sound, untold acres of open farmland, and the rolling hills and lakes of the famed northwest corner on the New York/Massachusetts border. The varied topography and microclimates have given rise to an unusual range of gardens.
FRIDA KAHLO'S GARDEN
Written by Zavala, Adriana
Accompanying the groundbreaking exhibition Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life at The New York Botanical Garden, this vibrant book provides a thrilling new perspective from which to appreciate Frida Kahlo's paintings against the backdrop of her home and garden. Frida Kahlo created a natural paradise in her home at the Casa Azul in Mexico City.
SISSINGHURST: VITA SACKVILLE-WEST AND THE CREATION OF A GARDEN
Written by Raven, Sarah
From 1946 to 1957, Vita Sackville-West, the British poet, bestselling author of All Passion Spent and maker of Sissinghurst, wrote a weekly column in the Observer depicting her life at Sissinghurst, showing her to be one of the most visionary horticulturalists of the twentieth-century.
PRIVATE GARDENS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY
Written by Garmey, Jane
Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley surveys the majestic landscape that borders the Hudson River, an area rich in history and unique garden designs.The scenery, which encompasses riverfront meadows, craggy hills, and long open valleys, is inherently dramatic.
ROCKEFELLER FAMILY GARDENS: AN AMERICAN LEGACY
Written by Forrest, Todd
Larry Lederman takes readers on a privileged photographic tour through the Rockefeller family gardens in the Hudson Valley and Maine.
LANDSCAPE OF DREAMS: THE GARDENS OF ISABEL & JULIA BANNERMAN
Written by Bannerman, Julian
Isabel and Julian Bannerman have been described as "mavericks in the grand manner, touched by genius" (Min Hogg, World of Interiors) and "the Bonnie and Clyde of garden design" (Ruth Guilding, The Bible of British Taste). Their approach to design, while rooted in history and the classical tradition, is fresh, eclectic and surprising.
NEW BRAZILIAN GARDENS: THE LEGACY OF BURLE MARX
Written by Silva, Roberto
Brazilian Roberto Burle Marx was indisputably one of the greatest garden and landscape architects of the twentieth century. His distinctive style, incorporating bold, abstract patterns and native flora, still influences garden and landscape projects around the world.
GARDENS OF BUNNY MELLON
Written by Holden, Linda Jane
Throughout her long and storied life, Rachel "Bunny" Mellon's greatest passion was garden design. She and her husband, Paul Mellon, one of the wealthiest men in America, maintained homes in New York, Cape Cod, Nantucket, Antigua, and Upperville, Virginia, and she designed the gardens at all of them.
ATLAS OF POETIC BOTANY
Written by Halle, Francis
Botanical encounters in the rainforest: trees that walk, a leaf as big as an awning, a plant that dances.This Atlas invites the reader to tour the farthest reaches of the rainforest in search of exotic--poetic--plant life.
PRIVATE GARDENS OF SMI LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
The garden design firm of SMI Landscape Architecture is known for its estate masterplanning, its public gardens and streetscapes, and its thoughtful private gardens for clients across the United States, particularly in Florida, and in the Bahamas.
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