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GARDEN DESIGN
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COASTAL GARDEN PLANTS 978-0-7643-4402-2 $24.99 160 pp. | 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) | PB WINDOWS ON CENTRAL PARK 978-0-7643-3835-9 $45.00 160 pp. | 11 3/4" x 9" (298 x 228 mm) | HC
Repose in the Metropolis
The Private Gardens of New York City
Lisa Zeiger, Foreword by Mitch Owens
The first-ever book about private gardens in New York City, featuring plans, plant lists, and lavish color photographs
For gardeners, designers, and lovers of all forms of visual art
Uncovers small worlds heretofore kept secret in Manhattan and Brooklyn
This book goes where few have gone before, into 13 very different gardens belonging to residents of New York City. These private worlds are the work of nine major landscape designers, who brilliantly balance visual pleasure with ecological sustainability in challenging urban settings. Design historian Lisa Zeiger tells lively stories about the designers and their plants, bringing to their work her eye for historical precedent and contemporary aesthetics. Readers will appreciate their individual ways of highlighting plant life with architectural structures, natural stone and repurposed woods, old and custom vessels, and carefully curated furniture. Although the gardens are high-end by definition, they are all respites in which Nature transcends luxury. They answer to the lives of plants, and to the residents’ desire for private outdoor space that enhances quiet time and social life.
About the Author
Lisa Zeiger, a design historian and former decorative arts editor of the legendary Nest Magazine, writes about every form of visual culture for her blog, bookandroom.com, and for riotmaterial.com.
Author Location: Elizabeth, NJ
Featured designers: Michael Van Valkenburg Thomas Woltz, Nelson Byrd Woltz Kim Hoyt Klaus Brooking Julie Ferris, XS Space Michael Trapp Stephen Eich, Holland Design Landscape Architects Billie Cohen Steve Tupu, Terrain-NYC
AVAILABLE MAY
ISBN 978-0-7643-6602-4
Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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DIPLOMATIC GARDENS OF WASHINGTON 978-0-7643-3978-3 $34.99 128 pp. | 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) | HC LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURAL STYLE 978-0-7643-3106-0 $49.99 256 pp. | 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) | HC
Private Gardens of the Potomac and Chesapeake
Claudia Kousoulas, Foreword by Adrian Higgins
Spectacular photographs and insightful text provide an in-depth tour of 15 private gardens designed by well-known landscape architects
For everyone interested in creating modern, environmentally attuned gardens in the Potomac and Chesapeake region
The region’s top landscape architects share their design and planting approaches for urban, suburban, and rural settings
Spanning from the Washington, DC, Metro Area to the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, this fascinating tour of 15 gardens by well-known designers illuminates the sophisticated yet inviting landscape style of the Capital region. Hidden from the public, they are tucked into tiny urban backyards, are set into suburban enclaves, or preside over open views: a waterfront garden of natives that draws local wildlife, a refined townhouse terrace with crisp paving, a sprawling property with plants massed to create year-round color and sculptural effect. In addition to a plan and plant list, each project includes a description of the owners’ goals and the principles behind the design. Every garden responds to the demands of the site, climate, and clients’ needs. Together they share the light-handed information about design and ecological intelligence that modern gardeners will appreciate.
About the Author
Claudia Kousoulas is a freelance writer and editor whose work focuses on design, architecture, urban planning, and culinary history. She is the author of Contemporary Architecture in Washington, DC; Bread & Beauty: A Year in Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve; and A Culinary History of Montgomery County, Maryland. She lives in Washington, DC.
Author Location: Washington, DC
Garden locations: Washington, DC Bethesda, Maryland Alexandria, Virginia Montgomery County, Maryland Arnold, Maryland North Shores, Delaware Falls Church, Virginia Annapolis, Maryland Easton, Maryland
Landscape architects featured: Oehme, van Sweden Campion Hruby Lila Fendrick Jordan Honeyman
AVAILABLE MAY
ISBN: 978-0-7643-6601-7 Size: 9" x 10" (228 x 254 mm) Pages: 160 Price: $34.99 Greg Bleam Clinton & Associates Loch Collective Moody Graham
ISBN 978-0-7643-6601-7
Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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WORKING HORSES OF LANCASTER COUNTY 978-0-7643-6161-6 $34.99 192 pp. | 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206 mm) | HC PLAIN MEETINGHOUSES 978-0-7643-5301-7 $34.99 232 pp. | 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206 mm) | HC
Amish Gardens of Lancaster County
Kitchen Gardens and Family Recipes
Beth Oberholtzer, Photographs by Don Shenk
This rare, intimate tour of more than 18 Amish vegetable gardens celebrates their eclectic mix of the utilitarian and decorative
The book will appeal to people interested in homesteading, folk art, and Lancaster County’s Plain people
Includes 32 irresistible family recipes made from garden ingredients
Kitchen gardens are a long-standing Amish tradition, characterized by their eclectic mix of vegetables, fruit, herbs, and colorful flowers. Planned by the women of the household, they are used not only to feed their families but as an artistic outlet. This book explores the family gardens as a portrait of the women who design, tend, and harvest them. Color photographs of more than 18 gardens capture their trademark mix of orderliness and ornamentation: marigolds tucked among the melons, cockscombs with the cabbage, and a whimsically painted chair, iron gate, or old balustrade. Included are 32 family recipes straight from the garden: hot-pepper jam, fried green tomatoes, sweet dill pickles, sauerkraut for a crowd, corn fritters, and creamed celery. Like the resourceful women who tend them, each garden has its own personality and beauty.
About the Author
Beth Oberholtzer is an author and book designer who grew up on a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Her previous books are Working Horses of Lancaster County and Plain Meetinghouses of Lancaster County, both coauthored with John Herr.
Award-winning photographer Don Shenk spent decades photographing Lancaster County’s bucolic agrarian landscapes. He also authored Seasons of Lancaster County and Lancaster County: A Keepsake.
Author Location: Lancaster, PA
A sampling of recipes: Red Raspberry Juice Red Raspberry Mush Cheesy Stuffed Bell Peppers Creamed Peas Preserved Horseradish Potato Chips Herb Salt All-in-a-Pot Meadow Tea Chow Chow Roasted Delicata Squash Lazy Wife Beans
AVAILABLE MARCH
ISBN 978-0-7643-6599-7
Illustrations: 281 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: GARDENING / Vegetables GARDENING / Regional / Middle
Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY,
PA) GARDENING / Essays & Narratives
