On Walnut Hill - The Evolution Of A Garden
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1495163091 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 275 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kathy Hudson s On Walnut Hill: The Evolution of a Garden, is not just a well-told tale of A.C. But it's the Hubbards' story, paired with depictions of the garden throughout the year, that makes this book a pleasure for all season. and Penney Hubbard s 46-year learning curve on a sunny, two-acre hillside on the outskirts of Baltimore. Now, grandchildren live next door, taking their own little path to the rock ledge pool. His nursery in nearby Baldwin was famed not only for its plants but also for his masterful sense of space and scale. Any great garden changes with the seasons, and ever
Over nearly a half-century, passionate gardeners A.C. It is also the story of a family in their garden. and Penney Hubbard moved to Walnut Hill in Ruxton, Maryland. Listed in the Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens, the Hubbard s elegant garden has been featured in national and regional magazines and as a destination for prestigious national and regional garden tours. Featuring more than 270 pages filled with breathtaking photographs of the Hubbard s exquisite gardens, ON WALNUT HILL details this couple s passion and tireless efforts to create the ultimate living landscape.. The garden began in 1969, when A.C. and Penney Hubbard collaborated with renowned plantsman, the late Kurt Bluemel, to transform a two-acre hillside into a horticultural masterpiece. The new book ON WALNUT HILL features essays and text by noted garden writer Kathy Hudson and the images of award-winning photographer Roger Foley. Bluemel s fellow plantsman, Allen Bush, contributes a foreword. This is the story of a garden
His work has been featured in hundreds of books, magazine articles, and websites. For decades she has written garden articles for Baltimore Style magazine, Baltimore Fishbowl, The Baltimore Sun, Chesapeake Life, and Chesapeake Home. Foreword Author Allen Bush has been with Jelitto Perennial Seeds since
John Tagliabue said On Walnut Hill, A Gift for All Seasons. Kathy Hudson's On Walnut Hill: The Evolution of a Garden is one of those rare garden books that does far more than tell the story of a showcase garden. Hudson's spare prose, combined with award-winning landscape photographer Roger Foley's lush photos, paint a verbal and visual history of this spectacular garden, which utterly transformed a sunny hillside near Baltimore over the course of On Walnut Hill, A Gift for All Seasons John Tagliabue Kathy Hudson's On Walnut Hill: The Evolution of a Garden is one of those rare garden books that does far more than tell the story of a showcase garden. Hudson's spare prose, combined with award-winning landscape photographer Roger Foley's lush photos, paint a verbal and visual history of this spectacular garden, which utterly transformed a sunny hillside near Baltimore over the course of 46 years.It helped, of c. 6 years.It helped, of c. A beautiful book I curled up one afternoon during the recent blizzard with a cup of tea and this book and was lost to the world for the next several hours. The photography is stunning and moves effortlessly between botanical studies of plants and portraits of the garden as a whole. Kathy Hudson's prose poems are lovely and I imagine I will reread them as the season the change for many years to come. The book tells the story of a. "With Kathy Hudson’s almost painterly essays and Roger Foley’s striking" according to M. Marani. With Kathy Hudson’s almost painterly essays and Roger Foley’s striking images, On Walnut Hill will inspire gardeners of all kinds. Whether you’re planning to transform your entire property or simply tweak around the edges, this lovely book is full of ideas, shown in Foley’s award-winning photographs and told in Hudson’s elegant prose.