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A grand tour of gardens : traveling in beauty through Western Europe and the United States / Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LeClercq, Anne Sinkler Whaley, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardens--Europe, Western--Anecdotes.
- Gardens.
- Gardens--United States--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- From Italy to Switzerland, Germany to Spain and Philadelphia to New Orleans, Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq describes the beauty of different historic gardens in a collection of essays. Through her experiences LeClercq enables the garden adventurer to anticipate the world of color, design and horticulture in each magnificent garden described. The essays are filled with history, plant lore, anecdote and gossip of the most famous public and private gardens of the United States and Europe.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. An overview : visiting and enjoying gardens
- pt. 2. Italian gardens : from Renaissance inspiration to romantic intuition
- pt. 3. Switzerland : the art of seasonal gardening
- pt. 4. French classical elegance
- pt. 5. A plantsman's paradise : England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland
- pt. 6. Germany : from the island of Rugen to the Bavarian mountains
- pt. 7. Iberia : the Moorish influence
- pt. 8. Discovering garden spots closer to home.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613809438
- 9781282166363
- 1282166360
- 9781611171778
- 1611171776
- OCLC:
- 802068305
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