Charleston

Charleston

City of Gardens

  • Autor: Cameron, Louisa Pringle; Riley, Jr., Joseph P.
  • Editor: University of South Carolina Press
  • ISBN: 9781611178180
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781611178197
  • eISBN Epub: 9781611178197
  • Lloc de publicació:  South Carolina , United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 2018
  • Mes: Abril
  • Idioma: Anglés

An intimate look at Charleston's lush and inviting green spaces, both private and public, and historic and modern

Long famous for its charming courtyard gardens in the peninsula's historic district, Charleston, South Carolina, has a remarkable southern landscape that also includes dozens of exquisite private gardens, city parks, cemeteries, institutional gardens, and even an urban farm. In Charleston: City of Gardens, Louisa Pringle Cameron shares the splendor of these gems along with accounts from garden owners, an urban forester, a city horticulturalist, and other overseers of the Holy City's beautiful green spaces.

By exploring gardens beyond the Lower Peninsula, Cameron reveals the enormous scope of gardening within the city. Charleston's moderate climate, lengthy growing season, and generous annual rainfall allow thousands of tree and other plant species to thrive. Even certain tropical plants flourish in protected locations. While the more than two hundred color images in Charleston cannot do justice to actually experiencing a lush southern garden with its visual and tactile feasts, gentle sounds of running water and birdsong, and sweet fragrances, they can serve as an inspiration and guide to planning a garden or perhaps a memorable vacation in the Carolinas.

  • Cover
  • Charleston City of Gardens
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Plant Nomenclature
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PRIVATE GARDENS
    • Courtyard Gardens
      • The Courtyard Garden of the William Elliott House
      • A Pied-à-Terre Courtyard
      • An Ansonborough Courtyard
      • A Double Courtyard
      • A Courtyard in the French Quarter
    • Peninsula Gardens
      • The Author’s Garden
      • The Garden of the James Brown House
      • The Garden of the Isaac Motte Dart House
      • The Garden of the Albert Detmar House
      • An Artistic Garden
      • The Garden of the Gaillard-Bennett House
      • For the Love of Gardening
      • The Garden at the George Matthews House
      • An Old Charleston Garden
      • A Garden in the Old Walled City
      • A Garden of Quiet Contrasts
      • A Traditional Small Garden
    • Gardens Farther Afield
      • A Collection of Tropicals
      • A Country Garden in the City
      • A Garden Sanctuary on James Island
      • A Garden of Succulent Delights
      • A Garden with a Waterfall
    • House Museum Gardens
      • The Heyward-Washington House
      • The Nathaniel Russell House
    • Academic Gardens
      • Ashley Hall
      • The Gardens at the Medical University of South Carolina
  • CITY PARKS
    • The Charleston Parks Conservancy
    • Hampton Park
    • Horticulture at Hampton Park
    • The Battery
    • Cannon Park
    • Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park
    • Marion Square
    • Courtenay Square
    • Washington Square
    • Daniel Island
    • Live Oaks in the City
  • CEMETERIES, CHURCHYARDS, AND GRAVEYARDS
    • Magnolia Cemetery
    • The Unitarian Churchyard
  • STREET SCENES
  • Appendix: Fifty-Two Weeks of Bloom
  • Sources for Further Reading
  • Index