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All the Presidents' gardens, Madison's cabbages to Kennedy's roses : how the White House grounds have grown with America, Marta McDowell

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All the Presidents' gardens, Madison's cabbages to Kennedy's roses : how the White House grounds have grown with America, Marta McDowell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

All the Presidents' gardens

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

922836044

Responsibility statement

Marta McDowell

Sub title

Madison's cabbages to Kennedy's roses : how the White House grounds have grown with America

Summary

The front and back yard for the first family, the White House is by extension the nation's first garden. McDowell starts his story with the seed-collecting, plant-obsessed George Washington and ends with Michelle Obama's focus on edibles, to create a compelling narrative of how the garden is also the story of America

Table Of Contents

Prologue: the pursuit of happiness -- Versailles on the Potomac: the 1790s -- Founders' grounds: 1800-1809 -- Gentlemen's occupation: 1810s-1830s -- Embellishments: 1840s-1880s -- Gilded gardens: 1880s-1900s -- Home front: 1910s-1940s -- America the beautiful: 1940s-1990s -- Is green the new red, white, and blue?, 1990s and beyond -- Epilogue -- First gardeners: the men who planted for presidents -- All the presidents' plants: two centuries of shrubs, trees, and vines

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