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The Victory Garden Companion
Michael Weishan, host of America's oldest and most popular gardening TV show, shows you how to create a beautiful landscape for your home.

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The New Traditional Garden
The New Traditional Garden
A Practical Guide to Creating and Restoring Authentic American Gardens for Homes of All Ages.

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From a Victorian Garden
From a Victorian Garden
Creating the Romance of a Bygone Age Right in Your Own Backyard.


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TITLES IN THE CATEGORY GARDEN DESIGN HISTORY:

Michael's Rating Title
Author
4 Stars ANTIQUES FROM THE GARDEN

Alistair Morris
5 Stars A CLEARING IN THE DISTANCE: FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND AMERICA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Witold Rybczynski

5 Stars A CONTEMPLATION UPON FLOWERS: GARDEN PLANTS IN MYTH AND LITERATURE

Bob J. Ward and Ann Lovejoy

3 Stars COUNTRY, PARK AND CITY: THE ARCHITECTURE AND LIFE OF CALVERT VAUX

Francis Kowsky
3 Stars THE FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF MONTICELLO

Peter J. Hatch
4 Stars GERTRUDE JEKYLL AT MUNSTEAD WOOD

Judith Tankard
2 Stars GERTRUDE JEKYLL: ESSAYS ON THE LIFE OF A WORKING AMATEUR  
THE HISTORY OF GARDEN DESIGN

Monique Mosser and Georges Teyssot

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GARDENING

Anthony Huxley

3 Stars THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN ON THE SOUTHERN LANDSCAPE  
4 Stars JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND GARDEN HISTORY SOCIETY  
3 Stars KNOT GARDENS AND PARTERRES

Robin Whalley, Anne Jennings
5 Stars PERFECTLY DELIGHTFUL: THE LIFE AND GARDENS OF HARVEY LADEW

Christopher Weeks

4 Stars RECLAIMING THE COMMONS: COMMUNITY FARMS AND FORESTS IN A NEW ENGLAND TOWN

Brian Donahue

4 Stars ROYAL GARDENERS

Alan Titchmarsh

5 Stars SO FINE A PROSPECT: HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND GARDENS

Alan Emmet
3 Stars WILDERNESS BY DESIGN: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Ethan Carr

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