{"product_id":"seeking-eden-a-collection-of-georgias-historic-gardens-1","title":"Seeking Eden: A Collection of Georgia's Historic Gardens","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSeeking Eden: A Collection of Georgia's Historic Gardens\u003c\/h1\u003eMary Ann Eaddy,Staci L Catron,Mary Ann Eaddy,Staci L Catron\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003eApril 15 2018\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780820353005\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0820353000\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeking Eden\u003c\/i\u003e promotes an awareness of, and appreciation for, Georgia's rich garden heritage. Updated and expanded here are the stories of nearly thirty designed landscapes first identified in the early twentieth-century publication \u003ci\u003eGarden History of Georgia, 1733-1933\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSeeking Eden\u003c\/i\u003e records each garden's evolution and history as well as each garden's current early twenty-first-century appearance, as beautifully documented in photographs. Dating from the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, these publicly and privately owned gardens include nineteenth-century parterres, Colonial Revival gardens, Country Place-era landscapes, rock gardens, historic town squares, college campuses, and an urban conservation garden. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeking Eden\u003c\/i\u003e explores the significant impact of the women who envisioned and nurtured many of these special places; the role of professional designers, including J. Neel Reid, Philip Trammel Shutze, William C. Pauley, Robert B. Cridland, the Olmsted Brothers, Hubert Bond Owens, and Clermont Lee; and the influence of the garden club movement in Georgia in the early twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFEATURED GARDENS: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Low House and Garden Savannah\u003cbr\u003eAshland Farm Flintstone\u003cbr\u003eBarnsley Gardens Adairsville\u003cbr\u003eBarrington Hall and Bulloch Hall Roswell\u003cbr\u003eBattersby-Hartridge Garden Savannah\u003cbr\u003eBeech Haven Athens\u003cbr\u003eBerry College: Oak Hill and House o' Dreams Mount Berry\u003cbr\u003eBradley Olmsted Garden Columbus\u003cbr\u003eCator Woolford Gardens Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eCoffin-Reynolds Mansion Sapelo Island\u003cbr\u003eDunaway Gardens Newnan vicinity\u003cbr\u003eGovernor's Mansion Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eHills and Dales Estate LaGrange\u003cbr\u003eLullwater Conservation Garden Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eMillpond Plantation Thomasville vicinity\u003cbr\u003eOakton Marietta\u003cbr\u003eRock City Gardens Lookout Mountain\u003cbr\u003eSalubrity Hall Augusta\u003cbr\u003eSavannah Squares Savannah\u003cbr\u003eStephenson-Adams-Land Garden Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eSwan House Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Georgia: North Campus, the President's House and Garden, and the Founders Memorial Garden Athens\u003cbr\u003eValley View Cartersville vicinity\u003cbr\u003eWormsloe and Wormsloe State Historic Site Savannah vicinity\u003cbr\u003eZahner-Slick Garden Atlanta\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390841421869,"sku":"WHS-59fd603bb4a1496ebad2ca9d5a245b38","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_c92db1c6-1a15-4e83-9f7d-c30eb797e39b.jpg?v=1787348116","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/seeking-eden-a-collection-of-georgias-historic-gardens-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}