New York City Gardens - Hardcover

Hofer, Veronika

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3777427217 ISBN 13: 9783777427218

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH, 2010

New York a garden paradise? You would hardly think so, but the city on the Hudson is a hidden El Dorado of garden design. This book shows some of the best examples of New York's gardens, from the public parks to luxury roof gardens and private oases in the heart of Manhattan.

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About the Author:

Veronika Hofer is an author on the subjects of garden culture and art history. She has directed programs for European television, including films on the gardens of Marrakech, Delhi, and New York. Betsy Pinover Schiffstudied at the International Center of Photography and the School of Visual Arts in New York before making her name as a specialist in photography of landscape architecture and gardens. She lives in New York City.

Review:

"In New York City Gardens,Veronika Hofer and Betsy Pinover Schiff offer up a visually inviting respite from the city of steel, glass, concrete and asphalt. They celebrate the city’s luxuriant public and private spaces — including one real estate company’s office terrace, which required 98 tons of planters, dirt, trees and material delivered over six months. . . . New York City Gardens is an ambrosial paean to public and private spaces." (Sam Roberts New York Times)

“Eclectic mix of traditional backyards with chic roof gardens and public parks.”

(Gardens Illustrated)

“This book had me at hello, with the opening garden on a rooftop terrace overlooking Central Park. Other little wonders featured have views overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge, or the Manhattan skyline, or are so extraordinary that you could never guess from the pictures that they were even in a city. . . . Very cool and unexpectedly marvelous.”

(English Garden)

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