More than 150 full-color photographs explore the wonderful gardens at Mount Vernon in a study--based on eighteenth-century archival material--that reveals the little known aspect of America's first president as a landscaper, farmer, and gardener. 20,000 first printing. First serial, House Beautiful. Tour.
Mac Griswold, a garden historian, is co-author of The Golden Age of American Gardens. She writes frequently for the New York Times and many magazines, and she lectures extensively. She lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, Long Island, where she is experimenting with drought-resistant plants in her backyard.