Our Garden Lover's Guide series has been hailed by Garden Design as "eminently practical" and by Home as "authoritative" and "indispensible." These three new volumes complete our survey of American gardens; together, the four books feature over 500 public gardens across the country.Each book is designed for readers to use as they travel through a state or region. Similar to our highly successful European garden guides, the U. S. guides are illustrated in full color with numerous photographic images and watercolor drawings of the most significant gardens, all specially commissioned for these books. In addition to insightful texts, contact data, opening hours, admission fees, and directions are provided. The perfect companion for any garden enthusiast, whether tourist or armchair traveler.
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These fine guidebooks are the traveling gardener's Baedeker. -- Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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Kathleen McCormick is a freelance writer and a former senior editor of Garden Design Magazine.
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This review is from: The Garden Lover's Guide to the West (Paperback)
Featuring 114 gardens from thirteen western states, Kathleen McCormick's The Garden Lover's Guide To The West explains how gardens of these Western states ranging from the diverse climates of Alaska and California to Nevada and Wyoming, are often situated in spectacular natural settings and are the most varied of any geographic region of the United States. An experienced garden writer and certified master gardener, McCormick provides a vivid and informative guide to the best gardens of the West including those of grand estates, botanical gardens, city parks, and private gardens open and available to the general public. Profusely illustrated with full color photography, The Garden Lover's Guide To The West is an ardently recommended addition to any personal or academic collection of gardening and horticultural reference guide books.
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"Given the region's dry climate, intense sunlight and wind, summer hailstorms, and temperature extremes (ranging from below freezing to over 100 degrees), hardy, drought-tolerant plants that can thrive at high altitudes are most welcome here." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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San Francisco, Christmas Day, Los Angeles, Washington Park, Santa Barbara, University of California, New Mexico, Queen Emma, Salt Lake City, New Year's Day, San Diego, South America, Lawai Garden, Allerton Garden, Elk Rock, North America, Pacific Ocean, Palm Springs, United States, Bloedel Reserve, New Zealand, Santa Rosa, South Africa, Balboa Park, Labor Day New!
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"Given the region's dry climate, intense sunlight and wind, summer hailstorms, and temperature extremes (ranging from below freezing to over 100 degrees), hardy, drought-tolerant plants that can thrive at high altitudes are most welcome here." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nearby sights, ioo species, garden open, test garden, rhododendron garden, demonstration garden, perennial flowers, wild lilacs, individual gardens, perennial border, garden lovers, desert garden Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Christmas Day, Los Angeles, Washington Park, Santa Barbara, University of California, New Mexico, Queen Emma, Salt Lake City, New Year's Day, San Diego, South America, Lawai Garden, Allerton Garden, Elk Rock, North America, Pacific Ocean, Palm Springs, United States, Bloedel Reserve, New Zealand, Santa Rosa, South Africa, Balboa Park, Labor Day New!
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- The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen on page 18
- Native Americans (Sacred Symbols Series) by Mark Lehner on page 8
- - George Washington (The Virginia Experience) by Carole Marsh on page 73
- Turning Tables (American Romance, No 304) by Judith Arnold on page 83
- Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carrol on page 27
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