Outstanding American gardens : a celebration : 25 years of the garden conservatory

The Garden Conservancy is celebrating their 25th anniversary with this beautifully illustrated book that documents a selection of the outstanding public and private gardens they have worked with since their founding in 1989. The book showcases eight gardens the conservancy has helped preserve and 43 of the more than 3,000 private gardens across the country that have been opened to the public through its Open Days Program. The private gardens cover a wide variety of regions, habitats, designs and plants, from early spring through autumn. Featured private gardens include Panayoti Kelaidis's rock garden in Denver, Colorado; Deborah Whigham and Gary Ratway's collection of native and Mediterranean plants and earth walls in Albion, California; and James David's imaginative mix of heat-tolerant plants, rills and pools in Austin, Texas.;Part one: preservation gardens. The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California ; Rock Hils, Mount Kisco, New York ; Joh P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, Mill Neck, New York ; The Chase Garden, Orting, Washinton ; Hollister House Garden, Washington, Connecticut ; The Gardens of Alcatraz, San Francisco, California ; The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Bishopville, South Carolina ; Peckerwood Garden, Hempstead, Texas -- Part two: private gardens, open days.The Mid-Atlantic. Ed & Vivian Merrin's Garden, Cortlandt Manor, New York ; The White Garden, Lewisboro, New Y ork ; Ice Pond Farm, The Garden of Dick Button, North Salem, New York ; Duck Hill, The Garden of Page Dickey & Bosco Schell, North Salem, New York ; An Oehme, Van Sweden Garden, Westchester County, New York ; Iroki, The Garden of Judy & Michael Steinhardt, Mount Kisco, New York ; Landcraft Environments, Mattituck, New York ; The Garden of Andrea Filippone, Pottersville, New Jersey ; Bird Haven Farm, The Garden of Janet Mavec & Wayne Nordberg, Pottersville, New Jersey ; David Culp's Brandywine Cottage, Downingtown, Pennsylvania ; Hooverness, the Garden of Tom Armstrong, Fishers Island, New York -- The Northeast. Susan Burke's Garden, Nantucket, Massachusetts ; Grey Gulls, The Garden of Peter & Carolyn Lynch, Marblehead, Massachusetts ; Maureen Ruettger's Gardens at the Clock Barn, Carlisle, Massachusetts ; Bill Noble's Garden, Norwich, Vermont ; The Garden of Margaret Roach, Copake Falls, New York ; The Garden of Lee Link, Sharon, Connecticut ; Bunny Williams' Garden, Falls Village, Connecticut ; In Situ, Redding, Connecticut -- The South. Cindy & Ben Lenhardt's Garden, Charleston, South Carolina ; The Garden of Gene & Betsy Johnson, Charleston South Carolina ; The Garden of Peter & Patti McGee, Charleston, South Carolina ; Whilton Farm, The Garden of Courtnay Daniels, Greenwood, Virginia ; Hilltop Farm, The Garden of Caesar & Dorothy Stair, Knoxville, Tennessee -- The Midwest. Camp Rosemary, Lake Forest, Illinois ; John & Neville Bryan's Crab Tree FArm, Lake Bluff, Illinois ; The Garden of Peggy & Jack Crowe, Lake Forest, Illinois ; Greenfire Woods, The Garden of Hattie & Ted Purtell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- The West. The Stitelers Garden, Phoenix, Arizona ; The Anne Bass Garden, Fort Worth, Texas ; James David & Gary Peese's Garden, Austin Texas ; Panayoti Ikelaidis's Garden, Dever, Colorado -- The West Coast. Ernie & Marietta O'Byrne's, Eugene, Oregon ; The Jane Platt Garden, Portalnd Oregon ; The Gardens at Digging Dog Nursery, Albion, California ; The Reider Garden, San Francisco, California ; Marcia Donahue's Garden, Berkeley, California ; Donivee Nash's Garden, Pasadena, California ; Woodacres, Suzanne & Ric Kayne's Garden, Santa Monica, Calfornia ; The Garden of Joseph Marek & John Bernatz, Santa Monica, California ; Suzanne Rheinstein's Garden, Los Angeles, California. Pt. 1. Preservation gardens The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California Rocky Hills, Mount Kisco, New York John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, Mill Neck, New York The Chase Garden, Orting, Washington Hollister House Garden, Washington, Connecticut The Gardens of Alcatraz, San Francisco, California The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Bishopville, South Carolina Peckerwood Garden, Hempstead, Texas Pt. 2. Private gardens, open days The Mid-Atlantic Ed and Vivian Merrin's Garden, Cortlandt Manor, New York The White Garden, Lewisboro, New York Ice Pond Farm, The Garden of Dick Button, North Salem, New York Duck Hill, the Garden of Page Dickey and Bosco Schell, North Salem, New York An Oehme, Van Sweden Garden, Westchester County, New York Iroki, the Garden of Judy and Michael Steinhardt, Mount Kisco, New York Landcraft Environments, Mattituck, New York The Garden of Andrea Filippone, Pottersville, New Jersey Bird Haven Farm, the Garden of Janet Mavec and Wayne Nordberg, Pottersville, New Jersey David Culp's Brandywine Cottage, Downingtown, Pennsylvania Hooverness, the Garden of Tom Armstrong, Fisher's Island, New York The northeast Susan Burke's Garden, Nantucket, Massachusetts Grey Gulls, the Garden of Peter and Carolyn Lynch, Marblehead, Massachusetts Maureen Ruettgers's Gardens at the Clock Barn, Carlisle, Massachusetts Bill Noble's Garden, Norwich, Vermont The Garden of Margaret Roach, Copake Falls, New York The Garden of Lee Link, Sharon, Connecticut Bunny Williams's Garden, Falls Village, Connecticut Ken Uhle's Woodland Garden, Ridgefield, Connecticut In Situ, Redding, Connecticut The south Cindy and Ben Lenhardt's Garden, Charleston, South Carolina The Garden of Gene and Betsy Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina The Garden of Peter and Patti McGee, Charleston, South Carolina Whilton Farm, the Garden of Courtnay Daniels, Greenwood, Virginia Hilltop Farm, the Garden of Caesar and Dorothy Stain, Knoxville, Tennessee The midwest Camp Rosemary, Lake Forest, Illinois John and Neville Bryan's Crab Tree Farm, Lake Bluff, Illinois The Garden of Peggy and Jack Crowe, Lake Forest, Illinois Greenfire Woods, the Garden of Hattie and Ted Purtell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin The west The Stitelers' Garden, Phoenix, Arizona The Anne Bass Garden, Fort Worth, Texas James David and Gary Peese's Garden, Austin, Texas Panayoti Kelaidis's Garden, Denver, Colorado The west coast Ernie and Marietta O'Byrne's, Eugene, Oregon The Jane Platt Garden, Portland, Oregon The Gardens at Digging Dog Nursery, Albion, California The Rieder Garden, San Francisco, California Marcia Donahue's Garden, Berkley, California Donivee Nash's Garden, Berkeley, California Woodacres, Suzanne and Ric Kayne's Garden, Santa Monica, California The Garden of Joseph Marek and John Bernatz, Santa Monica, California Suzanne Rheinstein's Garden, Los Angeles, California. The Garden Conservancy is celebrating its 25th anniversary with this beautifully illustrated book that documents a selection of the outstanding public and private gardens it has worked with since its founding in 1989. The book showcases eight gardens the conservancy has helped preserve and 43 of the more than 3,000 private gardens across the country that have been opened to the public through its Open Days Program. The private gardens cover a wide variety of regions, habitats, designs, and plants, from early spring through autumn. Featured private gardens include Panayoti Kelaidis’s rock garden in Denver, Colorado; Deborah Whigham and Gary Ratway’s collection of native and Mediterranean plants and earth walls in Albion, California; and James David’s imaginative mix of heat-tolerant plants, rills, and pools in Austin, Texas.