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The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia

Hardcover • 2017 • English

The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia

By Peter Martin

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About the book

Using a rich assortment of illustrations and biographical sketches, Peter Martin relates the experiences of colonial gardeners who shaped the natural beauty of Virginia's wilderness into varied displays of elegance. He shows that ornamental gardening was a scientific, aesthetic, and cultural enterprise that thoroughly engaged some of the leading figures of the period, including the British governors at Williamsburg and the great plantation owners George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, William Byrd...Show more

Landscape architecture and design

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ISBN

9780691654355

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia

Format

Hardcover

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