Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, was more than just a country house, and many of its finest features were outside, not inside. In Hearst's San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land, the castle's official historian Victoria Kastner takes readers on a time-traveling tour of the estate, from the beginning of its construction to the present.
Featuring two spectacular swimming pools, 120 acres of luxuriant gardens, and 450 square miles of pristine coastal landscape, it's no wonder that the estate was named "La Cuesta Encantada" (The Enchanted Hill). From the 1920s through the 1940s, publisher William Randolph Hearst and actress Marion Davies hosted the country's elite here, encouraging them to enjoy the outdoors at "the ranch," which Hearst created with the architect Julia Morgan. With stunning photographs, original drawings, and lively anecdotes, Hearst's San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land tells the story of one of California's most beautiful and unspoiled treasures.
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This issue features A History of School Gardens in America, 1891 to 1920, Play and the Subculture of Infants, Feng-shui as Clue: Identifying Ancient Indian Landscape Setting Patterns in the American Southwest, and more~!
A veteran of gardening in small spaces and a teacher of garden and landscape design, Mitchell helps townhouse owners turn their tiny yards into sanctuaries. Fifteen garden plans with three-dimensional drawings are included.
Pre-drawn symbols and editing tools plus 21 garden templates and slideshows to start planning the perfect garden. Contains information on over 850 plants. Tools, information and graphic capability to design a dream landscape
Heritage gardens create huge management headaches. How does one preserve a garden designed for the enjoyment of the few when the advent of the many grinds it away to nothing? The answer, as presented in Heritage Gardens is a subterfuge: preserve the illusion of the created environment as originally conceived, but adjust it using more durable materials: plants and designs which require less cultivation. Of all the problems facing the heritage industry today, the managment of gardens and landscape environment create some of the greatest difficulties. This book seeks to provide some of the answers.
Providing a survey of tropical farming systems around the world and an in-depth analysis of Kandy, Sri Lanka, this book offers an economic and ecological description and evaluation of this ancient agroforestry system and its relationship to a wide range of global agro-development and environmental problems.
Established in the Middle Ages for the protection of the royal deer, the parks that surround Windsor Castle have served a practical and ornamental purpose for more than a thousand years. This book is the first to tell the story of the Windsor parks and gardens, where generations of gardeners, architects, and farmers have worked and developed the 4,800-acre Great Park and 650-acre Home Park.
Amazing what you can create with inexpensive, ordinary candy products. Every project is made with pre-packaged confections... Lifesavers, chewing gum, chocalte kisses, M&M's, Skittles and many more! Because there's no cooking, even the little ones can help. Make candy land creations for Halloween, Christmas or for any occasion. These projects are perfect for birthday favors and projects for classes, scout troops, church groups, camps, classroom parties and rainy day fun! Kids will love embellishing their favorite candies with craft foam, stems, beads, ribbons, styrofoam, wiggle eyes, acrylic paint and markers. This magical book is a delight that is chock-full of enough imaginative candy art to satisfy anybody's sweet tooth.
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Although there are thousands of community gardens all across North America, only a few cities, such as Seattle, include them in their urban planning process. This book reports on the making of SeattleÂ's community gardens and the multiple roles they play in the cityÂ's life. It touches on such issues as planning and design strategies; stewardship; community, professional, and government participation; and programs built around the gardens, especially those aimed at low-income and minority communities, immigrants, and seniors. It will appeal to a broad audience of professionals, educators, community organizers, citizens, and policy makers interested in improving the quality of life in their own communities.![Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer [OLD VERSION]](/611KT3J49HLSL500.jpg)
With the Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer, you can say good-bye to all those cookie-cutter yards that populate new developments. Say hello to an outdoor living area that reflects your tastes and interests -- an outdoor that anyone can experience and love as much as you do, day in and day out, for years to come. Assign the materials you want for your new patio design Quickly lay out your deck, add stairs, then place and arrange furniture Deck foundations automatically generate to match sloped lots Design and visualize your areas in 3D Import your own photos of houses, plants, people, and more