Title: Minnesota gardens : an illustrated history /
Authors: Price, Susan Davis.
Publisher: Afton Historical Society Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Gardens Minnesota History.; Gardening Minnesota History.
Contents: Contents: Settlers & early statehood 1840s-1870. Homesteading -- Fences and flowers -- Victorian gardens 1870-1910. Places of delight -- Gardens of the dead -- Pleasure grounds -- Great estates & passionate gardeners - Early 20th century. Grand and glorious -- Private efforts, public benefits -- Public efforts, private benefits -- Home ground 1930s-late 1940s. Outdoor living rooms -- The home front -- The good life - Late 1940s-1970. Lawns and roses -- Public spaces -- The trade: a footnote to history 1850s-1990s. How cold is it? -- Gardening renaissance 1970-1990s. Ideas from abroad -- Grandmother's garden -- Working with nature.