The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg

The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg
Author: M. Kent Brinkley
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1996
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780879351588

""The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg" features twenty gardens in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area. Stunning photography complements the text and detailed garden plans identify the plantings in each garden. Experience the sights, colors, and textures found in Colonial Williamsburg's gardens each season of the year."--Book jacket.

Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way

Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way
Author: Wesley Greene
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1609611624

A Colonial Williamsburg garden historian outlines traditional methods for planting and tending 50 different kinds of vegetables, profiling such 18th-century utilities as shelter paper and fermented manure while sharing complementary weather-watching guidelines, organic techniques and seed-saving advice.

Flowers and Herbs of Early America

Flowers and Herbs of Early America
Author: Lawrence D. Griffith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780300164541

A leading historic plant expert bring the botanical heritage of early America back to life, documenting more than fifty species of flowers and herbs and providing details on how they were cultivated and used.

Plants of Colonial Williamsburg

Plants of Colonial Williamsburg
Author: Joan Parry Dutton
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1979
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780879350420

Offers a guide to over 200 species of trees, flowers, and herbs from colonial Williamsburg

Williamsburg Before and After

Williamsburg Before and After
Author: George Humphrey Yetter
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780879350772

George Yetter's informative text describes why Williamsburg was founded and flourished during the colonial period. He traces the deterioration that followed when the capital moved to Richmond in 1780, and concludes with the exciting story of how Williamsburg's past was saved. Old photographs, daguerreotypes, watercolors, sketches, and maps capture "pre-restoration" Williamsburg. Lovely color "after" photographs show that the vision and dream have been fulfilled.

Plants of Colonial Days

Plants of Colonial Days
Author: Raymond L. Taylor
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 129
Release: 1996-11-29
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0486294048

Detailed line drawings, Latin and common names, physical descriptions and anecdotes for 160 trees, shrubs, and flowers found in the restored gardens of Colonial Williamsburg.