Main entry:

LeClercq, Anne Sinkler Whaley, 1942-

Title & Author:

A grand tour of gardens : traveling in beauty through Western Europe and the United States / Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq.

Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2012.

Description:

xii, 199 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.
pt. 1. An overview : visiting and enjoying gardens -- pt. 2. Italian gardens : from renaissance inspiration to romantic intuition -- pt. 3. Switzerland : the art of seasonal gardening -- pt. 4. French classical elegance -- pt. 5. A plantsman's paradise : England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland -- pt. 6. Germany : from the island of Rügen to the Bavarian mountains -- pt. 7. Iberia : the Moorish influence -- pt. 8. Discovering garden spots closer to home -- Epilogue : stories and memories.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

From Italy to Switzerland, Germany to Spain and Philadelphia to New Orleans, Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq describes the beauty of different historic gardens in a collection of essays. Through her experiences LeClercq enables the garden adventurer to anticipate the world of color, design and horticulture in each magnificent garden described. The essays are filled with history, plant lore, anecdote and gossip of the most famous public and private gardens of the United States and Europe.

ISBN:

9781611170689 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1611170680 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Gardens Europe, Western Anecdotes.
Gardens United States Anecdotes.
Jardins Europe de l'Ouest Anecdotes.
Jardins États-Unis Anecdotes.
Gardens.
Western Europe.
United States.

Form/genre:

Anecdotes

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279107
Call No.: BIB 215002
Status: Available