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The California garden tour : the 50 best gardens to visit in the Golden State / Donald Olson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 296 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781604697223
  • 1604697229
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB466.U65 C27 2017
Contents:
San Francisco & peninsula -- East Bay -- Sonoma & vicinity -- Central & north coast -- Los Angeles & vicinity -- Pasadena & vicinity -- South coast -- Santa Barbara & vicinity -- Palm Springs & vicinity -- San Diego & vicinity.
Summary: The 50 California gardens Olson profiles in this guide fall into four basic types: estate gardens that were once private and are now public, botanical gardens, parks, and art gardens. To set the context, he presents a brief history of gardening in California discussing native peoples; the mission era; Beaux-Arts, Spanish colonial revival, and the country place era; the Depression and the Works Progress Administration (WA); and postwar and midcentury modern gardens. He arranges the gardens geographically, first into north and south, then into smaller regions. --Publisher's descripton.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Pacific Northwest Connections Collection SB466.U63 O57 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800166860
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

San Francisco & peninsula -- East Bay -- Sonoma & vicinity -- Central & north coast -- Los Angeles & vicinity -- Pasadena & vicinity -- South coast -- Santa Barbara & vicinity -- Palm Springs & vicinity -- San Diego & vicinity.

The 50 California gardens Olson profiles in this guide fall into four basic types: estate gardens that were once private and are now public, botanical gardens, parks, and art gardens. To set the context, he presents a brief history of gardening in California discussing native peoples; the mission era; Beaux-Arts, Spanish colonial revival, and the country place era; the Depression and the Works Progress Administration (WA); and postwar and midcentury modern gardens. He arranges the gardens geographically, first into north and south, then into smaller regions. --Publisher's descripton.

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