Du Pont Gardens of the Brandywine Valley [Hardcover]

Celebrates the Du Pont family heritage of land stewardship and horticultural creativity

Renowned as the first family of American horticulture, the du Ponts created magnificent landscapes and gardens that complement the verdant, rolling lands of the Brandywine Valley. Five of their estates  Hagley, Nemours, Mt. Cuba, Winterthur, and Longwood Gardens  are open to the public, each a showplace of formal plantings juxtaposed with carefully nurtured natural woodland. Larry Ledermans photographs capture the essence of these sites, moving through the seasons and through the day from dawn to dusk.

Following a successful career in corporate law,Larry Ledermanturned to photography as a profession. From an initial focus on the forms and foliage of trees, Lederman now captures the beauty of gardens and landscapes through the seasons.

He is the author of many books, includingMagnificent Trees of the New York Botanical Garden,The Rockefeller Family Gardens: An American Legacy, andGarden Portraits: Experiencing Natural Beauty, all published by Monacelli, and the principal photographer for the 125th anniversary edition ofThe New York Botanical Garden(Abrams).

Marta McDowellis a garden historian and writer whose books includeEmily Dickinson's Gardening Life,Unearthing the Secret Garden, andBeatrix Potter's Gardening Life. She teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and is a featured speaker at garden clubs and horticultural organizations.

Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, founder, president, and CEO of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, is the editor ofExperiencing Olmsted, a survey of parks and public spaces.

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