Gardens of the Garden State

Gardens of the Garden State

A glorious photographic tour of the public and private gardens of New Jerseyâ€”from historic formal gardens of former estates, to suburb gardens, horticulturistsâ€™ havens, and fresh takes on front yards.
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The most densely populated state in the nation and one of the original thirteen, home to the largest public iris garden in the country, and the glacier-swept endpoint of the last Ice Ageâ€”for Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry, who look to gardens as an entry to the history and culture of a region, New Jersey presents an array of surprising diversity. Its temperate climate makes it possible to grow a wide range of plants, while its complex topographyâ€”ranging from mountains to rolling hills and flat basins, the scrubby Pine Barrens and the rich Coastal Plainâ€”demands innovative approaches to design.
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The twenty-eight selected gardensâ€”from Skylands, with its specimen trees, woodland and rock gardens, and lilac collection close to the New York border, to the elegant formal gardens of Short Hills, Bernardsville, and Oldwick, to a wildlife garden filled with frogs and butterflies and a lighthouse garden near Cape Mayâ€”illustrate the ways in which New Jerseyâ€™s long garden traditions are upheld to this day. Gemma and Andrew Ingallsâ€™ stunning photographs bring out the manifold ways in which a garden might speak to us in its ownerâ€™s or designerâ€™s voice, expressing a particular point of view.
Country USA
Brand The Monacelli Press
Manufacturer The Monacelli Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 200
Color Green
ReleaseDate 2014-10-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781580933742

Country	USA
Brand	The Monacelli Press
Manufacturer	The Monacelli Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	200
Color	Green
ReleaseDate	2014-10-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781580933742

Gardens of the Garden State

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