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Private edens : beautiful country gardens / Jack Staub ; photographs by Rob Cardillo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, ©2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: 255 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 9781423621089
  • 1423621085
Other title:
  • Beautiful country gardens
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB466.U65 N758 2013
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.

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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