No comments about Landscapes of Taste: The Art of Humphry Repton's Red Books (Classical Tradition in Architecture).

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1 comments about New Guardians for the Golden Gate: How America Got a Great National Park.

1. When we are at home in SF, our family has spent time in some part of Golden Gate National Park at LEAST once a week for many years. Amy and the others whose largely untold story this book recounts and who protected this remarkable place cannot be thanked adequately. It is a case study of citizen activism, told in an appropriately understated and detailed way (though it is less than the compelling read it would have been if it were morphed into the script of a Docudrama -I'm thinking maybe Kathleen Quinlan as Amy?). It seems that there was all kinds of serendipity but the underlying successes and the dedication of these folks, without whom it would NEVER have happened (including a class of politicians, looking out for the future, who I don't see in today's politics) is something to be admired, studied and recreated.
   Bonus: Richard Nixon, visiting SF during his reelection campaign, took a short boat trip out into the Gate and declared his support for legislation that would establish the Park. There is a photo of him on the boat looking more relaxed and happy than in anything I have ever seen other than a family photo. I'd like to think it was the setting and the idea that helped him feel that way.
   In any case, when I am on Thornton Beach with the dog (under voice command and ignoring the Snowy Plovers) or running in the Headlands (once the proposed site of a 30,000 resident planned community!) or hiking on Sweeny Ridge or at an event at the Presidio, I always try to remember the many years of hard work that I learned about from Ms. Myer and Mr. Delehanty.

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2 comments about World Flowers.

1. I bought this book to help me with a quilt I was planning to make. At first I was disappointed and then I realized that having taken some floral arranging classes I might enjoy this book. Boy did I ever! The information is marvelous and well planned and extremely helpful. There is much you can learn about flowers and how to treat them from this book. Instead of returning it as I had originally thought I would, I find myself looking things up all the time.



2. I saw Jane on "Martha Stewart" where she was talking about her work for the Duchess of York's wedding and i was hooked. World Flowers is one of the most incredible books available on floral design. Each chapter represents a different country-- and the influences and ideas as they apply to flowers. The best part-- she gives easy tips to create these arrangements on your own. imagine-- putting single light pink roses inside individual pale pink cupcake papers, and arranging them on stacked cake plates. So delightful!

No comments about Gardens of the Gilded Age: Nineteenth-Century Gardens and Homegrounds of New York State (York State Books).

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