The Cherry Blossom Festival - Sakura Celebration

Informationen zum Autor Ann McClellan's life-long love of trees began in New Jersey where she was lucky enough to grow up on an arboretum-like campus laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted. Now a Washington, DC, resident, she has held executive positions at the Smithsonian Institution, World Wildlife Fund, the American Association of Museums, and the George Washington University Law School. An experienced public speaker, she enjoys Klappentext Lavishly Illustrated, fact-filled and Now in a new, enhanced paperback edition, The Cherry Blossom Festival: Sakura Celebration commemorates 100 years of Washington D.C's Cherry Blossom Festival in a new enhanced paperback edition. Extensive illustrations complement intriguing stories of how the Japanese cherry blossom trees were planted around the tidal basin and of the development of the National Cherry Blossom Festival honoring the trees and their extraordinary beauty. It describes many varieties of cherry trees, Japanese garden design and provides gardening tips

Product details

• Authors: Ann McClellan
• Publisher: Midpoint trade books inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.2012
• EAN: 9781593730994
• ISBN: 978-1-59373-099-4
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Feier- und Festtage, Sociology, GARDENING / Trees, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious)