As aptly categorized in the foreword: "This is gardening at ground level, history with (you might say) dirty fingernails." The late son of the Huxley dynasty of

"Minnesota Gardens" glimpses gardening as practiced by pioneer and Victorian Minnesotans. Details Depression-era and gret estate gardens, and celebrates today's

A fascinating, definitive history of garden development and design. From the earliest documented gardens of ancient Mesopotamia to the eclectic landscapes of th

Account of the land and its flora, both native and naturalized, and of the men and women who devoted themselves to its cultivation.