Contents:

Preface

Introduction: A History of Southern Gardens

The First Colony: 1587
Elizabethan Gardens

Eighteenth-Century Town Gardens, 1700-1776
Williamsburg: Governor's Palace; George Wythe House; Benjamin Walker House
Tryon Palace
Heyward-Washington House

Early Plantation Gardens: 1670-1750
Middleton Place
Magnolia Gardens
Orton Plantation Gardnes
Mount Vernon
Monticello

Inland Gardens: 1750-1825
Old Salem
The Hermitage

Antebellum Plantation Gardens: 1800-1865
Rosedown
Afton Villa
Monmouth
Elms Court

The Great Estates: 1875-1925
Biltmore
Vizcaya
Bellingrath Gardens
Dumbarton Oaks
Longue Vue
Cheekwood
Dixon Gallery and Gardens

Gardens for the People: 1925-1940
Callaway Gardens
Fairchild Tropical Garden
Founders' Memorial Garden
Four Arts Garden
Brookgreen

Modern Gardens: 1940-Present
Morikami Gardens
Le Jardin des Fleurs
Cypress Gardens
Gardens for Peace

Appendices
Suggested Tours
Travel Guide
Gardening Notes
Familiar Plants and Animals
Index