Author: Arleen A. Levee
Publisher: Giles
ISBN: 9781911282594
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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A compelling story about the decline and rebirth of a 100 year old garden.

Author: Bettie Bearden Pardee
Publisher: Bulfinch
ISBN: 9780821228487
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Newport, Rhode Island, blessed with stunning ocean vistas and constant sea breezes, is home to some of the most exceptional private residences in America. Its deeply rooted history makes it a perennial destination, with more than 3.5 million visitors each year. Although it is one of the most high profile towns in the country, Newport is also one of the most cloistered. Private Newport: At Home and in the Garden offers an invitation to venture beyond the privet hedges and massive iron gates. It is the first book to step inside the privately owned mansions to reveal a diverse collection of architectural jewels complemented by spectacular gardens. These homes, created by distinguished architects and landscape designers, are stunning examples of Newport's 375-year "old-world" heritage. Eighteen exquisite and unique homes are prominently featured-from the resilient crescent curve of majestic Seafair, which withstood the Hurricane of '38, to the prizewinning Japanese garden at Wildacre, to the nostalgic working farm of heritage breeds at Swiss Village-each contributing its own part to the "Eden of America."

Author: Michael Barsa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781630230890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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A car lies at the bottom of an icy ravine. Slumped over the steering wheel, dead, is the most critically acclaimed horror writer of his time. Was it an accident? His son Milo doesn't care. For the first time in his life, he's free. Or so he thinks . . .

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Publisher: Sierra Club Books
ISBN: 0871569191
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Describes how to plant and grow a variety of colorful vegetables, including red corn, yellow watermelons, and multicolored radishes.

Author: Andrew M. Busch
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469632659
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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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.

Author: K. Emily Hutta
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781579730727
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Steve and Blue discover gardens and growing vegetables.

Author: Arleyn Levee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692578971
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Among the many notable gardens created by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and the Olmsted firm, the ?Blue Garden,? designed for Arthur Curtiss and Harriet Parsons James for their Newport estate, Beacon Hill House, remains a unique expression of landscape art. This classic Italianate garden room was celebrated in its heyday [1913-c.1930s] for its unusual horticultural palette?a monochromatic concentration of blues and purples ?with a touch of white,? all nestled like a secret garden behind dense evergreen plantings amid the rugged boulders on this Rhode Island peninsula. Seemingly forever lost, this unique garden room has been rescued from under its mantle of weeds by a dedicated and philanthropic preservationist, Dorrance H. Hamilton. At her behest, a wide-ranging team of landscape professionals thoroughly studied the history of this garden?s origins, evaluated the remaining integrity of its features and has overseen the reconstruction and reinterpretation of this extraordinary space.

Author: Sabra Chebby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936669530
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14

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When a little girl goes to her garden to harvest vegetables, she comes into contact with animals made from vegetables, including a carrot fox and a zucchini snake.

Author: Kazuko Aoki
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1611802660
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Whimsical, beautiful embroidery motifs created by an avid gardener—stitch roses, bees, or whole garden scenes. Kazuko Aoki has a unique talent for translating the beauty of the garden with needle and thread. By offering forty motifs, Aoki invites us to explore her gardens through embroidery. The forty motifs explore the roses and wildflowers that appear season to season, as well as the bees and butterflies that enjoy their nectar. The designs here are exquisite, detailed, and artfullly rendered. Beyond the motifs themselves, Aoki also presents projects that feature the embroidery: brooches, notebook covers, pin cushions, and pouches. For those new to embroidery, detailed how-to illustrations are included.

Author: Kristin Hannah
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429938463
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn't know her mother? From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors comes Kristin Hannah's powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time—and all the way to the end. Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya's life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago. Alternating between the past and present, Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother's life, and what they learn is a secret so terrible and terrifying that it will shake the very foundation of their family and change who they believe they are.