TY - BOOK AU - Staub,Jack AU - Cardillo,Rob TI - Private edens: beautiful country gardens SN - 9781423621089 AV - SB466.U65 N758 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Layton, Utah PB - Gibbs Smith KW - Gardens KW - Northeastern States KW - Design N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -