Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes (Hardcover)

Preface 6

Introduction 9

1 The Education of a Landscape Gardener 17

2 From Society Girl to Career Woman 27

3 A Style of Her Own 41

4 The Garden as a Picture 57

5 Two Early Heirloom Gardens 69

6 Long Island Country Estates 83

7 Gardening by the Sea 99

8 The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden 117

9 Three Connecticut Gardens Bloom Again 125

10 Dumbarton Oaks 143

11 Collegiate Landscapes 159

12 California and Beyond 173

13 Reef Point and Its Legacy 193

14 A Garden in Eden 205

Notes 212

Bibliography 223

Autobiographical Statement 228

List of Commissions 230

Places To Visit 234

Index 235

Acknowledgments 239

Credits 240