{"product_id":"chicago-gardens-cathy-jean-maloney-9780226502342","title":"Chicago Gardens: The Early History","description":"Once maligned as a swampy outpost, the fledgling city of Chicago brazenly adopted the motto \u003ci\u003eUrbs in Horto\u003c\/i\u003e or City in a Garden, in 1837. \u003ci\u003eChicago Gardens \u003c\/i\u003eshows how this upstart town earned its sobriquet over the next century, from the first vegetable plots at Fort Dearborn to innovative garden designs at the 1933 World's Fair.\u003cbr\u003e Cathy Jean Maloney has spent decades researching the city's horticultural heritage, and here she reveals the unusual history of Chicago's first gardens. Challenged by the region's clay soil, harsh winters, and fierce winds, Chicago's pioneering horticulturalists, Maloney demonstrates, found imaginative uses for hardy prairie plants. This same creative spirit thrived in the city's local fruit and vegetable markets, encouraging the growth of what would become the nation's produce hub. The vast plains that surrounded Chicago, meanwhile, inspired early landscape architects, such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Jens Jensen, and O.C. Simonds, to new heights of grandeur. \u003cbr\u003e Maloney does not forget the backyard gardeners: immigrants who cultivated treasured seeds and pioneers who planted native wildflowers. Maloney's vibrant depictions of Chicagoans like \"Bouquet Mary,\" a flower peddler who built a greenhouse empire, add charming anecdotal evidence to her argument-that Chicago's garden history rivals that of New York or London and ensures its status as a world-class capital of horticultural innovation. \u003cbr\u003e With exquisite archival photographs, prints, and postcards, as well as field guide descriptions of living legacy gardens for today's visitors, \u003ci\u003eChicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e will delight green-thumbs from all parts of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cathy Jean Maloney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226502341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226502342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.24h x 7.22w x 1.22d","brand":"Cathy Jean Maloney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44149157921023,"sku":"9780226502342","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b4f49e2-94c5-4052-978c-0802f26d7641.jpg?v=1688455141","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chicago-gardens-cathy-jean-maloney-9780226502342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}