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Author:

McDowell, Marta.

Title:

All the presidents' gardens : Madison's cabbages to Kennedy's roses : how the White House grounds have grown with America / by Marta McDowell.

Publisher:

Workman Pub Co

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

264 p. ;

Subject:

White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.)--History.
Gardens--Washington (D.C.)--History.
Horticulture--Washington (D.C.)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: the pursuit of happiness -- Versailles on the Potomac: the 1790s -- Founders' grounds: 1800-1809 -- Gentlemen's occupation: 1810s-1830s -- Embellishments: 1840s-1880s -- Gilded gardens: 1880s-1900s -- Home front: 1910s-1940s -- America the beautiful: 1940s-1990s -- Is green the new red, white, and blue?, 1990s and beyond -- Epilogue -- First gardeners: the men who planted for presidents -- All the presidents' plants: two centuries of shrubs, trees, and vines.

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ISBN:

1604695897 : HRD
9781604695892 : HRD

LCCN:

2015029811

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

KXPA353 -- Coulter Public Library (Coulter)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

SWPB124 -- Dumont Community Library (Dumont)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)