Beatrix Farrand
private gardens, public landscapes
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Author
Publication
2009 - Monacelli Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781580932271
- ISBN-101580932274
- Goodreads6483736
- Library of Congress Control Number2009017705
- OCLC Control Number299708737
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781580932271
- Open LibraryOL23223620M
Classifications
- DDC712.092
- DDCB
- LCCSB470.F37 T36 2009
and 1 more
- LCCSB470.F37T36 2009
Alternate Titles
- Private gardens, public landscapes
Description
Presents the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for landscape and plants. Many of her clients were members of the highest society with estates in Newport, the Berkshires, and Maine, but Farrand ultimately became a consultant for university campuses, including Yale and Princeton, and for public gardens, including the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the Rose Garden at The New York Botanical Garden. Perhaps her best-known work is Dumbarton Oaks, originally a private residence and now a research institute of Harvard University. Known for broad expanses of lawn with deep swaths of borders in a subtle palette of foliage and flowers, her gardens have been photographed at their peak for this book, and complemented by watercolor wash renderings of her designs.--From publisher description.
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