Entrée principale:

Brown, Jane, 1938- author.

Titre et auteur:

Beatrix : the gardening life of Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1872-1959 / Jane Brown.

Publication:

New York : Viking, 1995.
©1995

Description:

xv, 252 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, plans, genealogical table ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and index.
How this book came to be written -- The elusive Freddy and the spirited Mary -- Divorce! And solace in an earthly paradise -- Beatrix and the Brahmins -- The hunt for beauty: Europe, 1895 -- Early work and a place in her profession -- Aunt Pussy, Miss Nimrod, and Old Celimare -- The White House connection, 1903-12 -- Beatrix and the son of the morning -- Beatrix and the American way of gardening -- Transatlantic fellows: Dumbarton Oaks and Dartington Hall, 1931-37 -- Many happy and sad returns: 1937-59 -- Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1872-1959: Her legacy, and what has become of it

Résumé:

The biography of Beatrix Jones Farrand, one of America's greatest landscape gardeners.

ISBN:

0670832170 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
9780670832170 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)

Sujet:

Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959.
Farrand, Beatrix 1872-1959
Farrand, Beatrix.
Landscape architects United States Biography.
Landscape architecture United States History.
Gardens United States History.
Architectes paysagistes États-Unis Biographies.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis Histoire.
Jardins États-Unis Histoire.
Gardens
Landscape architects
Landscape architecture
Gartenkunst
United States
Gardens Landscape design
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Classification/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
History
Biografie.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 82834
Cote: ID NA44.F241 B7; ID:95-B3075
Statut: Disponible