Transforming The American Garden
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Transforming The American Garden
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Author : Michael Van Valkenburgh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Transforming The American Garden written by Michael Van Valkenburgh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Architecture categories.
Foreign Trends In American Gardens
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Author : Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2017-02-08
Foreign Trends In American Gardens written by Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-08 with Architecture categories.
Foreign Trends in American Gardens addresses the influence of foreign, designed landscapes on the development of their American counterparts. Including essays from an array of significant scholars in landscape studies, this collection examines topics ranging from the importation of Western and Eastern styles of design and theoretical literature to the adaptation of specific plant types. As the variety of topics and influences discussed demonstrates, the essence of American gardens defies simple definition. Examining the translation, imitation, adaptation, and naturalization of stylistic trends and horticultural specimens into American gardens, the book also dwells on the juxtaposition of the foreign and the native. The volume’s contributors consider the experiences both of immigrants, who contributed through their writing, planting, and design efforts to enhance the character of regional gardens, and of Americans, who traveled abroad and brought back with them a passion for naturalizing exotics for scientific as well as aesthetic reasons. The complexity of American gardens—their combination of the historic and the modern, and of foreign cultures and local values—is also their most distinctive characteristic.
Sowing The Seeds Of Victory
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Author : Rose Hayden-Smith
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-05-08
Sowing The Seeds Of Victory written by Rose Hayden-Smith and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-08 with Social Science categories.
Sometimes, to move forward, we must look back. Gardening activity during American involvement in World War I (1917-1919) is vital to understanding current work in agriculture and food systems. The origins of the American Victory Gardens of World War II lie in the Liberty Garden program during World War I. This book examines the National War Garden Commission, the United States School Garden Army, and the Woman's Land Army (which some women used to press for suffrage). The urgency of wartime mobilization enabled proponents to promote food production as a vital national security issue. The connection between the nation's food readiness and national security resonated within the U.S., struggling to unite urban and rural interests, grappling with the challenges presented by millions of immigrants, and considering the country's global role. The same message--that food production is vital to national security--can resonate today. These World War I programs resulted in a national gardening ethos that transformed the American food system.
Transforming Uncommon Ground
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Author : Tempe Macgowan
language : en
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Transforming Uncommon Ground written by Tempe Macgowan and has been published by White Lion Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Gardeners categories.
At once poetic and technologically creative — and in both, fearlessly so — Vladimir Sitta's design work constantly challenges established norms. The elemental forces of nature, earth, fire, water, and gravity are vividly revealed through both his artistry and the sensory, intellectual, and imaginative responses that such artistry demands. These gardens exemplify his international reputation and practice, letting readers see his distinctive style. In the prologue, leading critic Julian Raxworthy considers in depth the elements and allusions apparent in Sitta's garden designs — and in the fluent and flowing drawings Sitta refers to as "doodles" or "fragments," which have provided the starting point for many of the gardens.
Restoring American Gardens
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Author : Denise Wiles Adams
language : en
Publisher: Timber Press
Release Date : 2009-03-27
Restoring American Gardens written by Denise Wiles Adams and has been published by Timber Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-27 with Gardening categories.
Today's gardeners have more plants and design ideas to choose from than ever before. But is there something missing in their gardens if they ignore their ties to the past? Denise Wiles Adams has written a remarkable book of history and horticulture that documents the changing plant palette of American gardens. From the colonial era to the pre-World War II period, no region of the country is neglected and no major plant group unrepresented. From a database of more than 25,000 plants and hundreds of antique nursery catalogs, she has distilled a unique survey of American ornamental gardens. Nobody concerned with historic homes and properties can afford to be without it. An important resource that will be consulted for generations, Restoring American Gardens is a vital link between gardeners and their predecessors throughout history. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.
American Garden Design
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Author : Diane Kostial McGuire
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall Gardening
Release Date : 1994
American Garden Design written by Diane Kostial McGuire and has been published by Prentice Hall Gardening this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Architecture categories.
Garden design in America has a rich and exciting history, and this first-ever volume traces the evolution of garden design in this country through the seminal ideas and writings of twenty-three influential designers from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. American Garden Design examines the changing theories and social styles that helped to shape American gardens. The excerpts in American Garden Design were selected by the eminent designer Diane Kostial McGuire, and they are arranged chronologically from the late eighteenth century to the present. This organization provides an overview of landscape design thinking from formal styles of such gardens as Monticello and those of the Victorian era to the eclectic approaches of the present.
The New American Garden
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Author : James Grayson Trulove
language : en
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Release Date : 1998
The New American Garden written by James Grayson Trulove and has been published by Watson-Guptill Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Gardens categories.
Fertile ideas for home gardens, based on high standards and criteria of design, spring from this lushly illustrated volume which also includes 60 case studies of residential landscape gardens. 400 color illustrations.
Visionary Landscapes
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Author : Kendall H. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2017-10-31
Visionary Landscapes written by Kendall H. Brown and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-31 with Gardening categories.
Japanese gardens are found throughout the world today—their unique forms now considered a universal art form. This stunning Japanese gardening book examines the work of five leading landscape architects in North America who are exploring the extraordinary power of Japanese-style garden design to create an immersive experience promoting personal and social well-being. Master garden designers Hoichi Kurisu, Takeo Uesugi, David Slawson, Shin Abe and Marc Keane have each interpreted the style and meaning of the Japanese garden in unique ways in their innovative designs for private, commercial and public spaces. Several recent Japanese-style gardens by each designer are featured in this book with detailed descriptions and sumptuous color photos. Hoichi Kurisu—transformative spaces for spiritual and physical equilibrium. Takeo Uesugi—bright, flowing gardens that evoke joyful living. David Slawson—evocations of native place that fuse with the surrounding landscape. Shin Abe—dynamically balanced "visual stories" that produce meaning and comfort. Marc Keane—reflections on human connections with nature through the art of gardens. Also included are essays on the designers and mini-essays by them about gardens in Japan which have most inspired their work, as well as commentaries by patrons and visitors to their North American gardens. The book focuses on recently-created gardens to suggest how the art form is currently evolving, and to understand how Japanese garden design principles and practices are being adapted to suit the needs and ways of people living and working outside Japan today.
City In A Garden
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Author : Andrew M. Busch
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2017-05-16
City In A Garden written by Andrew M. Busch and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-16 with Social Science categories.
The natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the city's identity. From the beginning, city leaders, residents, planners, and employers consistently imagined Austin as a natural place, highlighting the region's environmental attributes as they marketed the city and planned for its growth. Yet, as Austin modernized and attracted an educated and skilled labor force, the demand to preserve its natural spaces was used to justify economic and racial segregation. This effort to create and maintain a "city in a garden" perpetuated uneven social and economic power relationships throughout the twentieth century. In telling Austin's story, Andrew M. Busch invites readers to consider the wider implications of environmentally friendly urban development. While Austin's mainstream environmental record is impressive, its minority groups continue to live on the economic, social, and geographic margins of the city. By demonstrating how the city's midcentury modernization and progressive movement sustained racial oppression, restriction, and uneven development in the decades that followed, Busch reveals the darker ramifications of Austin's green growth.
City Bountiful
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Author : Laura J. Lawson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-05-30
City Bountiful written by Laura J. Lawson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-30 with Architecture categories.
"The social history of American cities would not be complete without a full account of the rise of community open spaces. Lawson does exactly this by providing a compelling and poetic account of the history and making of urban gardens. Combining solid scholarship with engaging images of the gardens and stories of their makers, this book sheds new light on the value of urban open space. More important, it explains why community gardens need to stand alongside city parks as permanent open spaces. Essential reading for community developers and landscape architects as well as anyone who ventures outside, enthusiasm and shovel in hand, to improve their local environment.—Mark Francis, author of Urban Open Space and Village Homes "The definitive history of the past hundred years of America's experience with community gardens. A labor of love by a garden activist, the book appears at a most appropriate time—today our city dwellers and suburbanites are retreating onto carpets of passive open space tended by homeowner associations and lawn care outfits. Lawson thoughtfully analyzes the weaknesses of community gardens when used as a response to social crises and, by contrast, investigates community gardens as an alternative to today's managed care of open space. Her history clearly presents a way of community living that we can elect if we choose her wisdom."—Sam Bass Warner, Jr, author of To Dwell Is to Garden "An important book about how the urban gardening movement is transforming our landscape and reconnecting us to the land."—Alice Waters, Owner, Chez Panisse