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Garden Design In America Has A Rich And Exciting History, And This First-ever Volume Traces The Evolution Of Garden Design In This Country Through The Seminal Ideas And Writings Of Twenty-three Influential Designers From The Eighteenth Through The Twentieth Centuries. American Garden Design Examines The Changing Theories And Social Styles That Helped To Shape American Gardens. The Excerpts In American Garden Design Were Selected By The Eminent Designer Diane Kostial Mcguire, And They Are Arranged Chronologically From The Late Eighteenth Century To The Present. This Organization Provides An Overview Of Landscape Design Thinking From Formal Styles Of Such Gardens As Monticello And Those Of The Victorian Era To The Eclectic Approaches Of The Present. A Tour To Some Of The Gardens Of England / Thomas Jefferson -- Treatment Of Water / Andrew Jackson Downing -- Walks And Talks Of An American Farmer In England / Frederick Law Olmsted -- The American Handbook Of Ornamental Trees / Thomas Meehan -- Laying Out The Grounds / Charles Howard Shinn -- An Island Garden / Celia Thaxter -- Garden Boundaries / Alice Morse Earle -- Planning The Pleasure-garden And Grounds / John Mclaren -- Situation

Author

Diane Kostial McGuire

Publisher

Macmillan General Reference

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780671799212

Subjects

Art, Agriculture, Arts

Updated

2026-03-24