Escape to 22 lush garden retreats through exquisite photography and delightful stories. This privileged tour guides the reader through the colorful flora of Florida's best-kept grounds, while homeowners share the history of their uniquely landscaped abodes. Meet the painter-turned-horticulturist who transformed her garden into a mysterious, forest-like escape; the couple who drew inspiration from their travels to the Near East to create an award-winning oasis worthy of Persian royalty; and many more. Take respite in shaded ...
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Escape to 22 lush garden retreats through exquisite photography and delightful stories. This privileged tour guides the reader through the colorful flora of Florida's best-kept grounds, while homeowners share the history of their uniquely landscaped abodes. Meet the painter-turned-horticulturist who transformed her garden into a mysterious, forest-like escape; the couple who drew inspiration from their travels to the Near East to create an award-winning oasis worthy of Persian royalty; and many more. Take respite in shaded pathways, secluded pools, and enviable ocean views, and take inspiration for a tropical garden of your very own. Jack Staub is the author of Private Edens: Beautiful Country Gardens. With his partner Renny Reynolds, he is the owner of historic Hortulus Farm in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania. Rob Cardillo, photographer of Private Edens, has been photographing gardens, plants, and the people that tend them for over twenty years. His work appears regularly in books, magazines, and advertisements. He lives in Ambler, Pennsylvania.
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Add this copy of Private Gardens of South Florida to cart. $40.00, very good condition, Sold by Black Cat Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sag Harbor, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Gibbs Smith.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book Hardbound in dust jacket. Minor wear to dust jacket edges, otherwise very good. [ Heavy-Please contact for overseas shipping quote ]
Add this copy of Private Gardens of South Florida to cart. $74.44, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Gibbs Smith.
Add this copy of Private Gardens of South Florida to cart. $113.00, like new condition, Sold by Great Expectations Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Staten Island, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Gibbs Smith.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. Folio-over 12-15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in gray cloth lettered in white and publisher's pictorial non price-clipped dust-jacket. 256 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout with magnificent color photographs by Rob Cardillo. First edition, first printing with full number line. A photo-essay on twenty-two of Florida's uniquely landscaped private abodes. No previous ownership marks. A near as new copy, clean, fresh and unmarked. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require extra postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.
