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"Present day: Emma Lovett, who has dedicated her career to breathing new life into long-neglected gardens, has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to restore the gardens of the famed Highbury House estate, designed in 1907 by her hero Venetia Smith. But as Emma dives deeper into the gardens' past, she begins to uncover secrets that have long lain hidden. 1907: A talented artist with a growing reputation for her ambitious work, Venetia Smith...
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"Reporting on a range of historical and contemporary female builders and designers, this educational book strives to inspire a new generation of girls in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math. With many of the profiles set against the backdrop of such landmark events as the women's suffrage and civil rights movements and the Industrial Revolution, and with original interviews from a number of current architects and engineers,...
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This is the true story of Mary Reynolds, a feisty landscape designer whose goal is to share the beauty of wild nature with the world. With the odds stacked against her, Mary enters the prestigious (and conservative) Chelsea Flower Show to execute a competition garden using only wild plants. To achieve her goal, she must enlist handsome botanist, Christy Collard, working in Ethiopia, and a rag-tag group of hippies to help her. From the iconic green...
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A brand new series from USA Today bestselling author Layla Hagen revolving around a large, boisterous family. The Connor clan lives by simple rules: laugh hard, love harder and always look after each other. In this first installment, the oldest brother returns home to reconnect with his family, only to unexpectedly fall in love.
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Harlequin romance volume 4837
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Landscape architect and widow Viviane Westberg plans to jump start her business and her love life in Paris, France, but her first client, the billionaire Rezin Ricard--suffering from both the loss of his wife and his memory--proves to be both attractive and challenging for Viviane's heart and mind.
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Women Designers and Their Gardens presents twenty-seven of the most important and influential women garden designers and their gardens from around the world, showing both their finest commissions as well as the gardens they designed for themselves, in their own space. The carefully researched text examines their influences and their legacy to garden design. Beginning with the remarkable Gertrude Jekyll and Beatrix Farrand, who were working simultaneously,...
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"Thirty-six-year-old Stevie Pollack has earned fame and praise for her landscape architecture projects, though critics complain she's too formal, too rigid. When her lover abruptly drops her, and her Chicago lakefront development project is panned, Stevie seeks solace in her roots, among the calming waters, the vibrant flowers, and the comforting traditions of the islands. Still, in the back of her mind, Hawaii holds troubling memories of a childhood...
11) Crazy for you
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Risking it all novels volume 2
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Presents the second installment in the irresistible contemporary romance series that follows three foster brothers as they return home to start an extreme sports business.
12) Gertrude Jekyll
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Photographic print, b&w, enlarged, on board, in oval frame 64 x 54 cm. Portrait (bust) of Gertrude Jekyll, in hat and coat.
14) Bea Farrand
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Photographic print, b&w, enlarged, on board, in oval frame 64 x 54 cm. Portrait (bust) of Beatrix Farrand.
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"Between 1914 and 1950, Ellen Biddle Shipman (1869-1950) designed more than 650 gardens, and her commissions spanned the United States, from Long Island's Gold Coast to the state of Washington. In high demand for her formal gardens and lush planting style, her elite clients included Fords, Rockefellers, Astors, and du Ponts. Shipman's imaginative approach merged elements from the Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts movements with a distinctive ability...
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"Un híbrido entre obra inspiracional, memorias y compendio botánico. . Tras el amor por las plantas se esconde un mensaje de superación, de creer en lo que uno siente y luchar por ello. . Entre los «millenials» existe un renovado interés por la naturaleza y el mundo de la botánica en particular. Este es un relato inundado de la savia que alimenta los sueños y del empeño que los hace realidad. Es la historia de una niña que supo desde siempre...
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"The story of how one woman's long love affair with New York's Central Park led her to a job in which she was able to organize the rescue of the park from its serious decline in the 1970s, returning it to the beautiful place of recreational opportunity and spiritual sustenance it is today. Elizabeth Barlow Rogers opens with a quick survey of her early life--a middle-class upbringing in Texas; college at Wellesley, marriage, a degree in City Planning...
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