Private Gardens of Charleston

Name: Private Gardens of Charleston
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ISBN: 9780941711869

ISBN-10: 0941711862

ISBN-13: 9780941711869

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Authors: Louisa Pringle Cameron

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Beyond the magnificent old walls and gates of Charleston's historic homes lie lush private gardens of extraordinary beauty and distinction. This book presents twenty-five of the city's most superb private gardens in color photographs and essays, from the meticulous restoration of a classic, early-nineteenth-century landscape to the lush attraction of a typical Charleston garden, to a rare collection of exotic tropical plants. The Private Gardens of Charleston offers a detailed view of these gardens in color photographs and essays which explore the diversity of gardening interests and styles, ranging from the elegant distinction of a "typical" Charleston garden-narrow, shady and verdant, and…

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List price: $19.95
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Publication date: 5/3/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 112
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Louisa Pringle Cameron grew up amid historic gardens in her native city of Charleston, South Carolina. Cameron is a graduate of Hollins College in Virginia and of Clemson University's Master Gardener Program in Charleston. She is an accomplished gardener, watercolorist, and lecturer.



Acknowledgements


Introduction


The Garden of the James Huston House


The Courtyard of the Humphrey-Sommers House


The Garden of the Old Brewton Inn


An Atrium Garden


The Author's Garden


A Contemporary Courtyard


The Garden of the Thomas Rose House


A Small Colorful Garden


The Garden of the Simon Chancognie House


An Historic Garden Restoration


A Classical Garden


A Landscape Architect's Garden


A Palm Collector's Garden


The Garden of the Colonel William Rhett House


The Garden of the Colonel Isaac Motte House


The Garden of the Jenkins-Mikell House


The Garden of the William Gibbes House


The Garden of the Robert Trail Chisolm House


An Eighteenth-Century Garden


The Garden of the Benjamin Phillips House


The Garden of the Colonel Robert Brewton House


The Garden of the James Veree House


The Garden of the Timothy Ford House


A Garden in Ansonborough


Garden Glimpses


Suggested Reading


Botanical Nomenclature