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National Geographic Guide to America's Public Gardens

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I have visited hundreds of gardens on four continents and, at a national level, this guide is the most pleasing to the eye and has the best general descriptions of gardens and their histories that I have used. It is a powerful incentive to travel, and a most useful guide for finding the best public gardens on one's route.

One of the less-frequently mentioned reasons to tour this great country is the wonderful array of public gardens that are out there, waiting to unfold their splendors to the visitor. This handsomely photographed book should provide a lot of people with the excuse to get up and go. Too bad it doesn't include scratch and sniff features as the flowers depicted leave one wishing to satisfy the sense of smell as well. By the way, I was pleasantly surprised to find some gardens that I had not only never seen in a book before, but never even heard of. The editors are to be congratulated for their wide-ranging survey, but then I always expect that of the Smithsonian crew. WBM, Kent, CT

"Small enough to travel with and detailed enough to learn from, this book is a must for the garden loving traveler". THE AMERICAN GARDENER

This book gave me mant great ideas on what to do to make my own garden look as nice as the ones in the pictures. They were all so colorful and beautiful. Anyone who is a gardener like myself would enjoy the book as much as i did.

This book is excellent. I love gardening and this book had some of the most bueatiful gardens i have ever seen, now i have a long list of places i want to visit so i can see those gardens myself.

This is a great book, even for those of us who are not traditional garden-lovers. It tempts you to plan your weekends and vacations to see the glorious and diverse gardens displayed with lush photography. Now that winter is upon us, this is a great book to read. When it is cold outside, the glorious photos and informative descriptions will color my evenings at home. Congratulations on a wonderful book.

I personally think the book is fasanaiting and it covers so many beautiful gardens, what a brilliant book. exellent pictures, and the quality of the pictures is amazing! I'm a big fan of the "National Giographic" series, and it's certainly one of the best i've read... (sorry about the spelling errors, i can't spell..)

I loved it. Every page I turned was another great picture of a garden. It helps me calm down before every night befor bed. I'm proud to have this book on my coffe table for all my friends to see.

What an amazing number of gardens we have! Such beautiful and varied gardens across our country. This book makes me proud of yet another American accomplishment. Readers will be surprised and entertained.

Now that gardening has become a major hobby of many Americans,Mary Zuazua Jenkins' beautifully photographed National Geographic Guide to America's Public Gardens is a must. How delightful when traveling in the U.S. or Canada to use this guide and spend an afternoon enjoying one of our finest garden spots. A great Xmas gift.