Public Gardens of Michigan

by Miriam Easton Rutz

Michigan's glorious public gardens display the rich tapestry of the garden design traditions of the Great Lakes State. The earliest public gardens date from 1701, when Cadillac founded Detroit. These French baroque style elements, their Dutch counterparts, and the English Landscape traditions brought by waves of settlers and intellectuals exist side by side with more recent innovations such as Arts and Crafts influences, Japanese gardens, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870136275
• ISBN13: 9780870136276
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.0" x 11.0"