|
From a Victorian Garden: Creating the Romance of a Bygone Age Right in Your Own Backyard | 
| Authors: Michael Weishan, Cristina Roig, Susan Seubert
Category: Book
List Price: $32.95
Buy New: $6.78
You Save: $26.17 (79%)
New (5) Used (8) from $4.76
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 430650
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 143
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 9 x 0.2
ASIN: B000C4SXKI
Publication Date: April 30, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
From a Victorian Garden is the first gardening book of its kinda remarkable historical record and the point of departure for modern gardeners replicating the charms of a traditional turn-of-the-century garden for their own delight. Using period photographs and new full color photography together with material from journals and letters, this book remembers the magnificent Victorian garden of the Point Ellice House created more than a century ago by the OReilly family. It is here that Judge Peter OReilly and his wife Caroline and daughter Kathleen established a glorious floral landscape, perfectly maintained throughout the decades. Horticulturally inspiring, and filled with wonderful photographs and rich, detailed text, this book takes readers step-by-step through the basics of their own heirloom gardens, to the more advanced concepts such as designing a welcoming driveway or laying a shrubbery border for year-round bloom. Bursting with ideas for gaining abundant pleasure from your own garden, From a Victorian Garden reveals one of the truly magnificent gardens of the paststill very much alive today.
|
| Customer Reviews:
Great book for historic garden theory February 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am currently planning a garden area for my back yard. I have bought a few books specifically on victorian gardening and design and although many were good, I felt that this book really touched on the feeling and the things that make a victorian garden special and unique. The author goes into detail on most aspects of gardening and how the victorians were able to get such lush, peaceful, and interesting gardens and out door spaces.
Gold mine of information for designing a Victorian garden July 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is much more than a "how-to" book on Victorian gardening. It provides insight into Victorian daily family life. Anyone interested in Victorian life or gardening will find it fascinating. Anyone interested in restoring or creating a garden for a Victorian home should consider it essential reading. It has been extremely useful in planning a garden for our late 19th century house. As a lagniappe, the book's appendices provide a wealth of additional information on Victorian gardening and life. This is a great addition to gardening literature, especially since there is so little information available on designing a Victorian garden.
Wow! Fabulous book May 30, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an awesome book. I have started reading it, and can tell it will be a good summer read.
Incredible Book for Old House Gardeners July 16, 2004
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you own a Victorian home, or are simply interested in Victorian gardens, this book is an amazing resource. From period advice on everything from walkways, to drives, to historical shrubs, this is truly the first book EVER (at least that I have found) to advise the American homeowner on practical gardening matters for old houses. Easy to read, with great pictures, From a Victorian Garden is a must for anyone interested in period gardening! I loved it!
 from victorian to me May 17, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I read this book and was amazed at what I learned. It not only
told me about the way it used to be in the garden , but it also gave me so many ideas that I could use right now, in my own garden.
I would heartily recommend this book to anyone if you are interested in gardening or not.
|
|
|
Copyright 2008 - Garden-Guidebooks.com | |
