Charleston : city of gardens /

An intimate look at Charleston's lush and inviting green spaces, both private and public, and historic and modern.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Cameron, Louisa Pringle, 1953- (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:James R. Cothran series in southern garden history.
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Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Charleston City of Gardens; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Plant Nomenclature; INTRODUCTION; PRIVATE GARDENS; Courtyard Gardens; The Courtyard Garden of the William Elliott House; A Pied-Ã -Terre Courtyard; An Ansonborough Courtyard; A Double Courtyard; A Courtyard in the French Quarter; Peninsula Gardens; The Authorâ#x80;#x99;s Garden; The Garden of the James Brown House; The Garden of the Isaac Motte Dart House; The Garden of the Albert Detmar House; An Artistic Garden; The Garden of the Gaillard-Bennett House; For the Love of Gardening.
  • The Garden at the George Matthews HouseAn Old Charleston Garden; A Garden in the Old Walled City; A Garden of Quiet Contrasts; A Traditional Small Garden; Gardens Farther Afield; A Collection of Tropicals; A Country Garden in the City; A Garden Sanctuary on James Island; A Garden of Succulent Delights; A Garden with a Waterfall; House Museum Gardens; The Heyward-Washington House; The Nathaniel Russell House; Academic Gardens; Ashley Hall; The Gardens at the Medical University of South Carolina; CITY PARKS; The Charleston Parks Conservancy; Hampton Park; Horticulture at Hampton Park.
  • The BatteryCannon Park; Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park; Marion Square; Courtenay Square; Washington Square; Daniel Island; Live Oaks in the City; CEMETERIES, CHURCHYARDS, AND GRAVEYARDS; Magnolia Cemetery; The Unitarian Churchyard; STREET SCENES; Appendix: Fifty-Two Weeks of Bloom; Sources for Further Reading; Index.