Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The Garden Club of America
Author: William SealePublisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588343286
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
How women changed the American landscape from planting war victory gardens to saving the redwoods, beautifying the highway to creating horticultural standards. In 1904, Elizabeth Price Martin founded the Garden Club of Philadelphia. In 1913, twelve garden clubs in the eastern and central United States signed an agreement to form the Garden Guild. The Garden Guild would later become the Garden Club of America (GCA), now celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2013. GCA is a volunteer nonprofit organization comprised of 200 member clubs and approximately 18,000 members throughout the country. Comprised of all women, GCA has emerged as a national leader in the fields of horticulture, conservation, and civic improvement. As an example, in 1930, GCA was a key force in preserving the redwood forests of California, helping to create national awareness for the need to preserve these forests, along with contributing funds to purchase land on which they stood. The Garden Club of America Grove and the virgin forest tract of Canoe Creek contain some of the finest specimens of the redwood forests. The Garden Club of America is a centennial celebration of strong women who nurtured the country, helped spread the good word of gardening, and continue to plant seeds of awareness.
Bulletin of the Garden Club of America
Author: Gardens Private & Personal
Author: Nancy D'OenchPublisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810972803
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Photos of more than 90 exquisite gardens from around the United States are organized according to parts of the garden--entryways, herbaceous borders, water features, hedges, etc.--and are accompanied by insightful commentaries and extended captions. Quotations from the owners offer an additional source of inspiration to any garden lover.Abrams
The Garden Club of America
Author: Ernestine Abercrombie GoodmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Bulletin of the Garden Club of America
Author: Gardening by the Book
Author: Arete Swartz WarrenPublisher: Grolier Club
ISBN: 9781605830445
Category : Botanical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This lush volume celebrates the centenary of the Garden Club of America. Drawing on the Garden Club's little known but remarkable collection, the curators of the eponymous Grolier Club exhibition have assembled over a hundred works representing 400 years of botanical and gardening literature. Included are treatises on garden design and landscape architecture, botanical, and early photographic works on gardening, horticultural journals and dictionaries, works on the art of Japanese flower arranging, and fascinating early studies on indigenous flowers of the New World, from Hawaii to Colorado. A delight for the eye that will appeal to all lovers of the botanical.
Bulletin
Author: Garden Club of AmericaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The Garden Club of America
Author: William SealePublisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588343294
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
How women changed the American landscape from planting war victory gardens to saving the redwoods, beautifying the highway to creating horticultural standards. In 1904, Elizabeth Price Martin founded the Garden Club of Philadelphia. In 1913, twelve garden clubs in the eastern and central United States signed an agreement to form the Garden Guild. The Garden Guild would later become the Garden Club of America (GCA), now celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2013. GCA is a volunteer nonprofit organization comprised of 200 member clubs and approximately 18,000 members throughout the country. Comprised of all women, GCA has emerged as a national leader in the fields of horticulture, conservation, and civic improvement. As an example, in 1930, GCA was a key force in preserving the redwood forests of California, helping to create national awareness for the need to preserve these forests, along with contributing funds to purchase land on which they stood. The Garden Club of America Grove and the virgin forest tract of Canoe Creek contain some of the finest specimens of the redwood forests. The Garden Club of America is a centennial celebration of strong women who nurtured the country, helped spread the good word of gardening, and continue to plant seeds of awareness.
Bulletin of the Garden Club of America
Author: Annual Meeting
Author: Garden Club of AmericaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description