All the presidents' gardens Madison's cabbages to Kennedy's roses -- how the White House grounds have grown with America
"In this rich and compelling narrative, garden historian Marta McDowell traces the story of how the White House grounds were conceived and how they have changed from administration to administration. From George Washington's obsession with collecting trees to Michelle Obama's kitchen garden, McDowel...
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Portland, Oregon :
Timber Press, Inc.,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: the pursuit of happiness
- Versailles on the Potomac: the 1790s
- Founders' grounds: 1800-1809
- Gentlemen's occupation: 1810s-1830s
- Embellishments: 1840s-1880s
- Gilded gardens: 1880s-1900s
- Home front: 1910s-1940s
- America the beautiful: 1940s-1990s
- Is green the new red, white, and blue?, 1990s and beyond
- Epilogue
- First gardeners: the men who planted for presidents
- All the presidents' plants: two centuries of shrubs, trees, and vines.
