An award-winning garden writer and gardening expert offers 30 of Washington, DC's most glorious gardens to visitors and locals - complete with signature plans,

New York may be most easily recognized by its trademark skyscrapers and brick tenement buildings, but the truth is that the city is actually teeming with luxuri

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of the role of gardens in cities throughout different historical periods. It shows that, thanks to various form

"The social history of American cities would not be complete without a full account of the rise of community open spaces. Lawson does exactly this by providing

Seeks to understand the roles played by gardens from Roman antiquity to approximately 1850, particularly as they relate to public life in large cities.