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Author:

Cody, Beth, author.

Title:

Iowa gardes of the past : lost and historic gardens of Iowa, 1850-1980 / Beth Cody

Publisher:

Iowa Garden Press ,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

319 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Subject:

landscape architecture--History--Iowa.

Summary:

There's something about vintage garden photos: Moments of beauty preserved, from gardens long gone. Iowa Gardens of the Past features more than 250 color and grayscale images of beautiful gardens created by Iowa gardeners from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1970s. Beautifully bound in hardcover, with 320 glossy color pages and packed with vintage Iowa seed catalog art, Iowa Gardens of the Past is the perfect gift for garden enthusiasts and Iowa history buffs. From impressive mansion grounds to flower-filled farmsteads, Iowa's garden history includes: formal rose gardens, Victorian-style flower bedding, Japanese-inspired gardens, naturalistic ponds and rock gardens, mid-century modern landscaping, notable Iowa garden writers, hybridizers and seed company entrepreneurs. Despite severe weather, world wars, grasshopper plagues and Dutch elm disease,Iowans have made countless gardens of great beauty. Now these gardens can be enjoyed and admired once again in these hauntingly beautiful images of Iowa Gardens of the Past. -- from the back cover.

ISBN:

1733842101
9781733842105 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2019917358

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