The New Traditional Garden: A Practicle Guide to Creating and Restoring Authentic American Gardens for Homes of All Ages - Hardcover
Synopsis
A nationally renowned garden designer and horticulturist explains how to match homeowners with the right gardens, covering Victorian, English-style, and Asian gardens, including detailed plans and a directory of the nation's most beautiful and historic gardens. Reissue. Garden Bk Club
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About the Author
Michael Weishan is a nationally known horticulturist and garden designer who is featured every week on National Public Radio's "Living on Earth," a one-hour gardening program. Weishan owns and operates GardenWorks, Ltd., specializing in historically accurate landscapes. He has developed gardens for the 1720 Gold Ball Tavern in Weston, Massachusetts, early 19th-century whaling cottages in Mattapoisett and Nantucket, carpenter Gothic houses in the Midwest, high Victorian mansions in Cambridge and Boston, and neoclassical revivals in Concord, Massachusetts. He publishes his own newsletter, "Traditional Gardening," and has written for numerous publications, including The Boston Globe, Old House Journal, and Woman's World. He lives in an 1850s fully restored farmhouse and grounds called Stoneybrook Farm in Southb
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ombination of utility and beauty that has been the glory of the American garden for the past three hundred years is once again blooming, as home owners rediscover the magic of individual, homemade, horticultural splendor. Yes, the golden age of gardening is dawning, and much of the current enthusiasm for creating distinctive, unforgettable designs was spurred by nationally respected landscape architect and horticulturist Michael Weishan. His impeccable taste, common sense, and comprehensive knowledge of America's gardening history make him the ideal advisor for today's gardeners.
Respectful of the past and mindful of contemporary needs and lifestyles, Weishan lays down the underlying principles for creating--either from scratch or from the ghost of a lost garden--a domestic landscape with purpose and personality. He explains with utmost clarity how to
- Discover exactly which type and style of garden is right for you
- Analyze the archaeology of your old garden and rec
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