Willmott Joan (2 results)

Quarto, hardcover (slick green boards), 200 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: As colorful and luscious as the flowers it describes, this beautifully illustrated book offers everyone interested in tropical gardens, a guide to the multitude of plants, trees and exotic species that thrive in subtropical conditions. Based on the hands-on experience of members of the Garden Club of Palm Beach, it includes chapters on palms, aroids, shrubs, flowering trees and vines, tropical fruit, the beautiful exotics -- orchids, bromeliads, heliconias and strelitzia, and hibiscus -- roses, herbs, and mangroves. Each chapter gives you a discussion and plant selections to choose from along with beautiful photography taken in the gardens of the members themselves. There are special chapters on salt tolerant plants and on xeriscape gardening, presenting new techniques to reduce water requirements. There is also a chapter on Designing a Seaside Garden, with a step-by-step discussion of how to go about designing such a garden together with suggestions of plantings, and full-page examples of professionally landscaped gardens to draw ideas from. The book's dramatic photographs were taken in the gardens of the members themselves as well as protected areas that the club helps to preserve. From flowering ground cover and cascading vines to the handsome palms that arch gracefully overhead, the pictures convey the colors, shapes, patterns and textures of an astonishing array of spectacular blossoms and foliage. Both a knowledgeable reference work for serious gardeners and beginners, and an exquisite coffee table book for browsing, Gardens by The Sea opens up for the reader the magnificent world of tropical plants and some equally magnificent settings. This book was written by members of the Garden Club of Palm Beach horticulturalists maintain their own gardens and public landscapes in Palm Beach. The club has been an influential and creative force int he community since its inception in 1928, even hiring the city planners who drew up the town plan that created the layout of parkways and public spaces. Over the years it has planted the palms along the town's celebrated Royal Palm Way, established the first demonstration garden in south Florida, and provided grants to beautification, environmentalist and wildlife projects. The club also maintains the gardens at the Society of the Four Arts. Florida, Floridiana, Florida History, Natural History, Palm Beach, Photograph, Gardening, Landscaping, Tropical Gardening, Beautification nslic.

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light fading to edges, several dog eared pages). 200 pps.