Public spaces, private gardens
Subtitle: a history of designed landscapes in New Orleans
By: Lake Douglas ; afterword by John H. Lawrence
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780807138373
Subjects: Horticulture; Landscape architecture; Gardens; History
Other titles: History of designed landscapes in New Orleans
Description: "Landscape architect Lake Douglas employs written accounts, archival data, historic photographs, lithographs, maps, and city planning documents--many of which have never before been published--to explore public and private outdoor spaces in New Orleans and those who shaped them. The result offers the first in-depth examination of the city's landscape history." -- from publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Public open spaces in New Orleans; title: Commercial open spaces: "for use and for pleasure"; title: Domestic garden design; title: Horticultural content: plants and their uses; title: Nineteenth-century horticultural commerce; title: Workforce characteristics: gardeners, seedsmen, and "flourist" planters; title: Horticultural literature; title: Compiling plant lists for New Orleans gardens.