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Author Cameron, Louisa Pringle, 1953- author.

Title Charleston : city of gardens / Louisa Pringle Cameron ; foreword by the Honorable Joseph P. Riley Jr
Published Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series James R. Cothran series in southern garden history
James R. Cothran series in southern garden history.
Contents Cover; Charleston City of Gardens; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Plant Nomenclature; INTRODUCTION; PRIVATE GARDENS; Courtyard Gardens; The Courtyard Garden of the William Elliott House; A Pied-Ã -Terre Courtyard; An Ansonborough Courtyard; A Double Courtyard; A Courtyard in the French Quarter; Peninsula Gardens; The Authorâ#x80;#x99;s Garden; The Garden of the James Brown House; The Garden of the Isaac Motte Dart House; The Garden of the Albert Detmar House; An Artistic Garden; The Garden of the Gaillard-Bennett House; For the Love of Gardening
The Garden at the George Matthews HouseAn Old Charleston Garden; A Garden in the Old Walled City; A Garden of Quiet Contrasts; A Traditional Small Garden; Gardens Farther Afield; A Collection of Tropicals; A Country Garden in the City; A Garden Sanctuary on James Island; A Garden of Succulent Delights; A Garden with a Waterfall; House Museum Gardens; The Heyward-Washington House; The Nathaniel Russell House; Academic Gardens; Ashley Hall; The Gardens at the Medical University of South Carolina; CITY PARKS; The Charleston Parks Conservancy; Hampton Park; Horticulture at Hampton Park
The BatteryCannon Park; Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park; Marion Square; Courtenay Square; Washington Square; Daniel Island; Live Oaks in the City; CEMETERIES, CHURCHYARDS, AND GRAVEYARDS; Magnolia Cemetery; The Unitarian Churchyard; STREET SCENES; Appendix: Fifty-Two Weeks of Bloom; Sources for Further Reading; Index
Summary An intimate look at Charleston's lush and inviting green spaces, both private and public, and historic and modern
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2018)
Subject Gardens -- South Carolina -- Charleston
Gardens -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Pictorial works
GARDENING -- Essays.
GARDENING -- Reference.
GARDENING -- Vegetables.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
GARDENING -- Regional -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Gardens
Travel
SUBJECT Charleston (S.C.) -- Description and travel
Subject South Carolina -- Charleston
Genre/Form Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017010817
ISBN 9781611178197
1611178193