Grounds for pleasure : four centuries of the American garden / Denise Otis.

Main entry:

Otis, Denise.

Title & Author:

Grounds for pleasure : four centuries of the American garden / Denise Otis.

Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2002.

Description:

352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-344) and index.
Introduction: Preparing the Ground 6 -- Part 1 Building a Design Vocabulary over Time -- Part 2 The Forms American Gardens Have Taken and some digressions on the customs or conditions that influenced them -- Part 3 The Art of Selection and Combination 261.

Summary:

An illustrated survey of four centuries of gardening in America covers the subject from pre-Columbian Native American designs to the private gardens of America's suburban landscape.

ISBN:

0810932733
9780810932739

Subject:

Gardens United States Design History.
Landscape design United States History.
Gardening United States History.
Jardins Architecture États-Unis Histoire.
Aménagement paysager États-Unis Histoire.
Gardening.
Gardens Design.
Landscape design.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.
Illustrated works.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229386
Call No.: SB466.U6 O84 2002
Status: Available

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