{"product_id":"seeking-eden-staci-l-catron-9780820353005","title":"Seeking Eden: A Collection of Georgia's Historic Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeking Eden\u003c\/i\u003e promotes an awareness of, and appreciation for, Georgia's rich garden heritage. Updated and expanded here are the stories of nearly thirty designed landscapes first identified in the early twentieth-century publication \u003ci\u003eGarden History of Georgia, 1733-1933\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSeeking Eden\u003c\/i\u003e records each garden's evolution and history as well as each garden's current early twenty-first-century appearance, as beautifully documented in photographs. Dating from the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, these publicly and privately owned gardens include nineteenth-century parterres, Colonial Revival gardens, Country Place-era landscapes, rock gardens, historic town squares, college campuses, and an urban conservation garden. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeking Eden\u003c\/i\u003e explores the significant impact of the women who envisioned and nurtured many of these special places; the role of professional designers, including J. Neel Reid, Philip Trammel Shutze, William C. Pauley, Robert B. Cridland, the Olmsted Brothers, Hubert Bond Owens, and Clermont Lee; and the influence of the garden club movement in Georgia in the early twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFEATURED GARDENS: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Low House and Garden Savannah\u003cbr\u003eAshland Farm Flintstone\u003cbr\u003eBarnsley Gardens Adairsville\u003cbr\u003eBarrington Hall and Bulloch Hall Roswell\u003cbr\u003eBattersby-Hartridge Garden Savannah\u003cbr\u003eBeech Haven Athens\u003cbr\u003eBerry College: Oak Hill and House o' Dreams Mount Berry\u003cbr\u003eBradley Olmsted Garden Columbus\u003cbr\u003eCator Woolford Gardens Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eCoffin-Reynolds Mansion Sapelo Island\u003cbr\u003eDunaway Gardens Newnan vicinity\u003cbr\u003eGovernor's Mansion Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eHills and Dales Estate LaGrange\u003cbr\u003eLullwater Conservation Garden Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eMillpond Plantation Thomasville vicinity\u003cbr\u003eOakton Marietta\u003cbr\u003eRock City Gardens Lookout Mountain\u003cbr\u003eSalubrity Hall Augusta\u003cbr\u003eSavannah Squares Savannah\u003cbr\u003eStephenson-Adams-Land Garden Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eSwan House Atlanta\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Georgia: North Campus, the President's House and Garden, and the Founders Memorial Garden Athens\u003cbr\u003eValley View Cartersville vicinity\u003cbr\u003eWormsloe and Wormsloe State Historic Site Savannah vicinity\u003cbr\u003eZahner-Slick Garden Atlanta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Staci L. Catron, Mary Ann Eaddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820353000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820353005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.30h x 10.30w x 1.40d","brand":"Staci L. Catron","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047023964415,"sku":"9780820353005","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b6fd216-92c3-4b13-9a56-84e58a04a6a5.jpg?v=1684987834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeking-eden-staci-l-catron-9780820353005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}