The Crosby Arboretum : a sustainable regional landscape / Robert F. Brzuszek ; foreword by Neil G. Odenwald.

Main entry:

Brzuszek, Robert F., 1959-

Title & Author:

The Crosby Arboretum : a sustainable regional landscape / Robert F. Brzuszek ; foreword by Neil G. Odenwald.

Publication:

Description:

xx, 137 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Series:

Reading the American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129) and index.
The land and its people -- The story -- The genesis of the Crosby Arboretum -- The architecture of Fay Jones -- Design and construction of the Piney Woods Lake -- The major exhibits of Pinecote -- An arboretum grows.
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award Nominee, 2015

Summary:

"Since its genesis in 1980, Crosby Arboretum in southern Mississippi has attracted international recognition for its contributions to architecture, biology, and landscape design. Now owned and operated by Mississippi State University, Crosby is the first fully realized ecologically designed arboretum in the United States and the premier native plant conservatory in the Southeast. Former site director and curator Robert F. Brzuszek provides a detailed survey of the arboretum's origins, planning, construction, and ongoing management. More than just a botanical center, Crosby emerged as one of the first American landscape projects to successfully balance natural habitat and planned design. The book's generous selection of photographs and drawings illustrate the beauty and purpose of the site's components: the award-winning Pinecote Pavilion, designed by architect Fay Jones; a 104-acre focus area that includes the Piney Woods Lake, which displays native water plants in their natural setting; and seven hundred additional acres of savanna, woodland, and aquatic environments that nurture more than 300 species of indigenous trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and grasses. Utilizing the interactions between two opposing natural forces, fire and water, Crosby Arboretum protects the biological diversity indigenous to the Pearl River Drainage Basin, in southern Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana. Brzuszek's inspiring and informative account will help further Crosby's role as a model of sustainable landscape design and management across the country."--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9780807154335 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0807154334 (cloth ; alk. paper)
(pdf)
9780807154342
(epub)
9780807154359
(mobi)
9780807154366
0807154342 (pdf)
9780807154342 (pdf)
0807154350 (epub)
9780807154359 (epub)
0807154369 (mobi)
9780807154366 (mobi)

Subject:

Crosby Arboretum (Picayune, Miss.)
Arboretums Mississippi Picayune.
Landscape architecture Mississippi Picayune.
Arboretums
Landscape architecture
Mississippi Picayune

Added entries:

Odenwald, Neil G.
Reading the American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288405
Call No.: BIB 230083
Status: Available

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