A City of Gardens: Glorious Public Gardens in and Around the Nation's Capital (Washington Weekends)
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Maybe you have already visited the new air and space museum and the pandas at the National Zoo; you've seen the cherry blossoms and you've eaten Ethiopian food. So what is left for the jaded traveler to do in the Washington area?....
'A City of Gardens' by Barbara Seeber takes you to 23 green spaces, including such historic estates as Mount Vernon and Dumbarton Oaks; botanical gardens such as the National Arboretum; the Elizabethan Garden, a contemplation garden at the Folger Shakespeare Library; and such parks as Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens."
Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times - June 13, 2004, Winston-Salem Journal - June 11, 2004, Northern Virginia Journal - June 9, 2004, InsideBayArea.com (Oakland, CA) - June 13, 2003, The Bryan - College Station Eagle (Bryan, TX) - June 13, 2003
"Judy Karpinski's photos and Karen Thompson's illustrations enhance Barbara Seeber's 'A City Of Gardens,' an impressively informative surveying of public gardens in and around Washington D.C. Any who live on the East Coast will find City Of Gardens to be an excellent destination-oriented guide which invites gardeners and tourists to enjoy the city's garden wonders. Notes on rare plants, old trees, and more pinpoint what makes each destination special."
Midwest Book Review, July 2004
"'A City of Gardens: Glorious Public Gardens In and Around Washington DC' by Barbara Seeber, the third entry in the Washington Weekends series, works as an all-in-one travel and botanical guide to 30 of the area's most spectacular public gardens."
Publishers Weekly, January 19, 2004
"The combination travel and gardening volume, 'A City of Gardens: Glorious Public Gardens In and Around the Nation's Capital,' includes more than 700 garden photographs by area photographer Judy Karpinski and 45 botanical illustrations by Karen Thompson, as well as a chapter featuring Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. The new book is the third in Capital Books' 'Washington Weekend' series."
The Connection Newspapers, April 29, 2004
Book Description
Few cities can boast the rich history and diversity of gardens as the Nation's Capital. City of Gardens provides a guide to 30 public gardens in the Washington area - a look at the traditional and the contemporary; the manicured and the naturalized; the aesthetic and the practical; national treasures and national parks. These gardens range from kitchen garden to historic showplace, from arboretum to downtown pocket garden. This newest guide in Capital's popular Washington Weekends series offers natives and visitors a rich array of treks through DC's gardens, with up-close and in-depth looks at the plants, the plans, and the personalities that shape them. It is an insider's guide to these remarkable spaces, highlighting designs and designers, new cultivars and native species, garden ornament and sculpture, greenhouse and gift shop attractions, garden trivia and historic tidbits. Web sites and directions tell visitors exactly how and why to visit each. Illustrated with spectacular black-and-white photographs, "City of Gardens" is a regional travel guide written by a highly knowledgeable garden-lover for all who love plants and gardens, botany and horticulture, and landscape architecture in a city rich in all. Barbara Seeber captures the essence of each individual garden, and her enthusiasm shines through in each chapter, making this is a garden feast - much more than a guide book!
A City of Gardens: Glorious Public Gardens in and Around the Nation's Capital (Washington Weekends)
A City of Gardens: Glorious Public Gardens in and Around the Nation's Capital (Washington Weekends),Barbara H. Seeber,Capital Books (VA),1931868409,Gardening,Gardening/Plants,Gardens,General,Guidebooks,Photography,Regional - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA),Subjects & Themes - Landscapes,United States - South Atlantic - D.C.,Washington (D.C.)
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