Private edens : beautiful country gardens /

Staub, Jack, 1951-

Private edens : beautiful country gardens / Beautiful country gardens Jack Staub ; photographs by Rob Cardillo. - 1st ed. - Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, ©2013. - 255 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Passion for plants, Marshall, VA -- Feeding the soul, North Salem, NY -- Water fall, Lakeville, CT -- Stewards to history, Aldie, VA -- One & one make one, Hudson, NY -- An educator's eye, Southbury, CT -- Living rooms, Potomac, MD -- Sense of place, Chadds Ford, PA -- A new perspective, New Preston, CT -- Harmonious convergence, Cockeysville, MD -- Divine inspiration, Washington, CT -- Northern exposure, Canaan, NY -- Grace land, Middleburg, VA -- Revival meeting, Lewisboro, NY -- An American story, Wrightstown, PA -- Peapack, NJ -- Manor reborn, Orange, VA -- One woman, one wilderness, Bedford Hills, NY -- Pilgrim's progress, Ashley Falls, MA.

Private country paradises boasting remarkable plant palettes and combinations Garden design expert Jack Staub presents more than twenty beautiful and sumptuous private country gardens in Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. From a romantic garden with cottagey plantings that pays homage to the best of English garden vernacular to a splendid Eden of Maryland countryside meets Himalayan serenity, these garden paradises stand alone on their own terms but offer us examples of what we can all achieve with a modicum of respect, partnership and imagination.

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Gardens--Northeastern States.
Gardens--Design.

SB466.U65 / N758 2013

SB466.U65 / A11584 2013

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