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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Staci L Catron; Mary Ann Eaddy; James R Lockhart |
| ISBN: | 9780820353005 0820353000 |
| OCLC Number: | 1005817770 |
| Description: | xiii, 471 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Andrew Low House and Garden, Savannah -- Ashland Farm, Flintstone -- Barnsley Gardens, Adairsville -- Barrington Hall and Bulloch Hall, Roswell -- Bettersby-Hartridge Garden, Savannah -- Beech Haven, Athens -- Berry College: Oak Hill and House o'Dreams, Mount Berry -- Bradley Olmsted Garden, Columbus -- Cator Woolford Gardens, Atlanta -- Coffin-Reynolds Mansion, Sapelo Island -- Dunaway Gardens, Newnan vicinity -- Governor's Mansion, Atlanta -- Hills and Dales Estate, LaGrange -- Lullwater Conservation Garden, Atlanta -- Millpond Plantation, Thomasville vicinity -- Oakton, Marietta -- Rock City Gardens, Lookout Mountain -- Salubrity Hall, Augusta -- Savannah Squares, Savannah -- Stephenson-Adams-Land Garden, Atlanta -- Swan House, Atlanta -- University of Georgia: North Campus, the President's House and Garden, and the Founders Memorial Garden, Athens -- Valley View, Cartersville vicinity -- Wormsloe and Wormsloe State Historic Site, Savannah vicinity -- Zahner-Slick Garden, Atlanta. |
| Other Titles: | Collection of Georgia's historic gardens Georgia's historic gardens |
| Responsibility: | Staci L. Catron and Mary Ann Eaddy ; photography by James R. Lockhart. |
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I was pleased to see the Governor's Mansion featured in this book. I am very proud of the University of Georgia Press and its work to preserve Georgia's history!--Sandra Deal, First Lady of Georgia Seeking Eden significantly contributes to our knowledge of historic gardens and landscapes, heirloom plants, and early gardening in Georgia. The book should have broad appeal to garden club, garden history, and preservation society members; horticulturists; landscape architects; and scholars as well as nonscholars of the subject. The book essentially updates the status of many of the gardens described in the cardinal publication Garden History of Georgia 1733-1933, published by the Peachtree Garden Club. Not surprisingly a number of those gardens have ceased to exist, although a number of extant gardens still flourish or new ones have replaced the old, all of which are described.--A. Jefferson Lewis III, director emeritus of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Seeking Eden is an extraordinary book and should be well received by anyone who appreciates our gardening heritage. The authors combine a pleasant style with solid scholarship as they offer important insights into some of the region's most magnificent gardens. It will be a great reference for southern gardeners, both new and old, and it should be required reading for every southern college student pursuing a degree in plant sciences, landscape design, or historic preservation.--William C. Welch "coauthor of Heirloom Gardening in the South: Yesterday's Plants for Today's Gardens " Read more...
