Washington's Gardens at Mount Vernon Landscape of the Inner Man

Name: Washington's Gardens at Mount Vernon Landscape of the Inner Man
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ISBN: 9780395929704

ISBN-10: 0395929709

ISBN-13: 9780395929704

Edition: 1999

Authors: Mac Griswold

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For gardeners and readers of early American history, here is the first book to document the unknown George Washington --- landscaper, farmer, and gardener of Mount Vernon. Remarkably, the George Washington who spent forty-five years designing and planting the gardens at Mount Vernon is virtually unknown today, hidden behind the icon of the first president's frozen dignity. In her new book, Mac Griswold reveals to us a man who gathered seed, transplanted and pruned trees, and designed a kitchen garden, a pleasure garden, and even a botanical garden, where he did all the experimental work himself. Washington left for historians and restorationists a wealth of memos, directives, diaries,…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 5/15/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 10.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English




A Plantation Portrait



Making a Landscape: The Design



Making a Landscape: Plants for Vistas and Screens



The Upper Garden



The Lower Garden



The Botanical Garden and the Vineyard Enclosure



A Storehouse and Granary for the World



Plant Lists


A Timeline for Mount Vernon's Gardens and Landscape


Notes


Bibliography of Works Consulted


Index