Synopses & Reviews
The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a special character. Those created for the Gilded Age estates are more formal; private gardens respond directly to the rolling landscape and mature forests. The area is a crucible for the development of American landscape design since the major figures—Alexander Jackson Downing, Frederick Law Olmsted, Beatrix Farrand, and Fletcher Steele—all worked in the Hudson Valley.
Gardens of the Hudson Valley focuses on the historic landscape and how gardens have been integrated into it. Photographers Steve Gross and Susan Daly have selected twenty-five gardens between Yonkers and Hudson, including famous estate gardens like Kykuit, Boscobel, the Vanderbilt Mansion, and Olana (all open to the public) and private gardens that combine sweeping views and lush plantings.
Garden writers Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner describe each of the gardens in detail, focusing on the history of the site and the strategies for design and plant materials.
About the Author
Photographers
Susan Daley and
Steve Gross have collaborated on a number of books focusing on historic houses and landscapes including
Creole Houses: Traditional Homes of Old Louisiana, Old Florida: Florida’s Magnificent Homes, Gardens, and Vintage Attractions, Catskill Country Style, and
Time Wearing Out Memory: Schonarie County.
Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner are the authors of Garden Guide New York City.
Gregory Long, President of the New York Botanical Garden, is the author of Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Gregory Long
Introduction
Clermont
Germantown
Peter Bevacqua and Stephen King
Claverack
Hudson Bush Farm
Claverack
Gerald Moore and Joyce Nereaux
Hudson
Olana
Hudson
River School Farm
Livingston
Tailings
Germantown
Conrad Hanson
Germantown
Montgomery Place
Annandale-on-Hudson
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson
Amy Goldman
Rhinebeck
Vanderbilt Mansion
Hyde Park
Hosack Farm
Hyde Park
Bellefield
Hyde Park
Locust Grove
Poughkeepsie
Duncan and Julia Brine
Pawling
StoneCrop Gardens
Cold Spring
Michael Schoeller
Kent Falls
Boscobel
Cold Spring
Lisburne Grange
Garrison
Manitoga
Cold Spring
Lyndhurst
Tarrytown
Untermyer Park
Yonkers
Alder Manor
Yonkers
Kykuit
Pocantico Hills
Gardens Open to the Public
Acknowledgments