Vintage Wisconsin Gardens: A History of Home Gardening - Somerville, Lee
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As Wisconsin's population moved from farmsteads into villages, towns, and cities, the state saw a growing interest in gardening as a leisure activity and source of civic pride. In "Vintage Wisconsin Gardens," Lee Somerville introduces readers to the region's ornamental gardens of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, showcasing the "vernacular" gardens created by landscaping enthusiasts for their own use and pleasure. Filled with period and contemporary images, recommended plant lists, and garden layouts, "Vintage Wisconsin Gardens "will interest those curious about the history of the…mehr

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As Wisconsin's population moved from farmsteads into villages, towns, and cities, the state saw a growing interest in gardening as a leisure activity and source of civic pride. In "Vintage Wisconsin Gardens," Lee Somerville introduces readers to the region's ornamental gardens of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, showcasing the "vernacular" gardens created by landscaping enthusiasts for their own use and pleasure. Filled with period and contemporary images, recommended plant lists, and garden layouts, "Vintage Wisconsin Gardens "will interest those curious about the history of the state's cultural landscape and inspire readers to restore or reconstruct period gardens.
Autorenporträt
Lee Somerville is a landscape historian and master gardener. Originally from Liverpool, England, her home for the past thirty-five years has been northeastern Wisconsin. Between 1985 and 2001, Somerville was a volunteer at Heritage Hill State Historical Park in Green Bay, where she helped develop garden and landscape plans and organized volunteers to maintain those gardens. She recently received her master's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.