The Life and Gardens of Harvey Ladew
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 16, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780801861123
Subjects: Biography: general; Gardens (descriptions, history etc); Naturalists & Gardeners; General; Landscape Design And Planting; Maryland - Local History; Socialites; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Maryland; Ladew, Harvey; Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA); Biography; Social life and customs; Topiary; Upper class; Baltimore Region; Baltimore Region (Md.)
First sentence: "I wish you wouldn't use my middle name, 'Smith,' when you establish the foundation," Harvey Ladew wrote his attorney friend Nicholas Penniman, then roughing out plans for incorporating the Ladew Topiary Gardens.