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books:

From a Victorian Garden: Creating the Romance of a Bygone Age Right in Your Own Backyard
Michael Weishan, Cristina Roig, ..., 2004

From a Victorian Garden is the first gardening book of its kind—a remarkable historical record and the point of departure for modern gardeners replicating the charms of a traditional turn-of-the-century garden for their own delight. Using period photographs and new full color photography together with material from journals and letters, this book remembers the magnificent Victorian garden of the Point Ellice House created more than a century ...

The New Traditional Garden : A Practical Guide to Creating and Restoring Authentic American Gardens for Homes ...
Michael Weishan, Seth Godin Productions

Ballantine Books, 1999

Author Michael Weishan is an expert in recreating gardens of early America; his mission is to resurrect the styles of the 18th and 19th century, when settlers in the New World were trying to distinguish their landscapes from the British style so beloved by gardeners today. This book is particularly targeted toward owners of Colonial- or Victorian-style homes, and the narration has a bit of a highbrow New England feel to it in lines like, "our ...

The Victory Garden Companion
Michael Weishan, Laurie Donnelly

Collins, 2006

During its thirty years on television, "The Victory Garden's" perennial mission has been to share sensible and sage advice that makes gardening both fun and easy. Now, the nation's oldest and most popular gardening program is proud to present The Victory Garden Companion , an indispensable guide that offers the best in gardening expertise in a straightforward and friendly manner, inviting gardeners of all levels to dig in and get their hands in ...