Chicago and its botanic garden : the Chicago Horticultural Society at 125 / Cathy Jean Maloney.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maloney, Cathy Jean (Author)
Corporate Author: Chicago Botanic Garden (Issuing body)
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Illinois : [Glencoe, Illinois] : Chicago Botanic Garden, Northwestern University Press ; 2015.
Subjects:
Chicago Horticultural Society > History.
Chicago Botanic Garden > History.
Horticulture > Illinois > Chicago > Societies, etc.
Botanical gardens > Illinois > Glencoe > History.
Chicago Botanic Garden.
Chicago Horticultural Society.
Botanical gardens.
Horticulture > Societies, etc.
Illinois > Chicago.
Illinois > Glencoe.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:ix, 264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The early years : the Gilded Age to the garden
  • Building the garden : magic from the marsh
  • Flower shows : days of mums and roses
  • Plants : for posterity and progress
  • Landscape design : style in living color
  • Education and outreach : bringing the garden home
  • Plant science : save the plants, save the planet.