Gardens of Historic Charleston

With the increasing interest in small-space gardening, Gardens of Historic Charleston provides a wellspring of ideas for planning or improving a garden of limited expanse. Using these ideas, individuals living in condominiums, townhouses, and cluster homes can create their own small-space sanctuaries and can incorporate the exotic plants that have become synonymous with historic Charleston - not only camellias and azaleas, but also tea olive, wisteria, star jasmine, gardenia, oleander, chaste tree, Lady Banksia rose, crape myrtle, and Carolina jessamine.

List of contents

Charleston's horticultural heritage -- Charleston's garden tradition -- Charleston's garden setting -- Loutrel Briggs and Charleston's garden style Charleston's small town gardens -- Garden features -- Plants of Charleston gardens.

About the author

James R. Cothran (1941-2012) was a practicing landscape architect and urban planner in Atlanta, Georgia, and adjunct professor in Georgia State University's Heritage Preservation Program. A past president of the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and former member of the City of Atlanta's Urban Design Commission and Tree Preservation Review Board, he held degrees from Clemson University, the University of Georgia, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Product details

• Authors: James R Cothran, James R. Cothran
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1995
• EAN: 9781570030048
• ISBN: 978-1-57003-004-8
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Gartendesign und -planung, GARDENING / Garden Design, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, Gardening / Horticulture