Heritage gardens, heirloom seeds
Subtitle: melded cultures with a Pennsylvania German accent
By: Michael B. Emery & Irwin Richman
Contributors: Richman, Irwin, author
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780764348631
Subjects: Seeds; Flower gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture
Description: Lavishly illustrated, it is a how-to manual, a history, and a guide to gardens and historic landscapes. The basics of heritage garden design from California to the East Coast are here, with special attention to the Pennsylvania four-square garden. Plans and suggestions for your garden are included, and seed-saving techniques are clearly enumerated. A gallery of heirloom plants and lists of suppliers are featured. There are travel suggestions for visiting gardens ranging from Bethabara Park in North Carolina, to The Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Pennsylvania, to the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia. This book is sure to delight historians, traditionalists, green thumbs, and horticulturists alike--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: Which came first, the garden or the seed?; title: The heritage garden; title: Visiting gardens, garden sites, and heritage landscapes; title: Heirloom seeds; title: The galleries : A gallery of heirloom vegetables ; A gallery of heirloom flowers and herbs ; A love for exotics ; An endnote.