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Peach State Paradise: A Guide to Gardens and Natural Areas of Georgia

1997 · Best.-Nr. 010540 — John F. Blair Winston-Salem N.C. ©1997 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing xv 175 pages : color illustrations color maps ; 21 cm ISBN 9780895872067 0895872064 OCLC 36969807 LCCN 97022003 LC SB466.U65 G48 1997 Dewey 917.580443 ; SIGNED by both authors on the title page ; brown and tan cloth in color photographic dust jacket ; Peach State Paradise is a guide to forty-two of Georgia's public gardens. Travelers will appreciate the brief histories of the gardens the schedule information the summaries of facilities the concise directions and the tips for visiting. More important the book is a photographic homage to some of Georgia's most treasured places. The statues presiding over the Rose Garden at Vines Botanical Garden the sacred lotus at Lockerly Arboretum the butterflies at Callaway Gardens the camellias at Massee Lane Gardens the profusion of blooms at Fred Hamilton Rhododendron Garden the mixture of history and natural beauty at Oak Hill at the Martha Berry Museum--all are among the ninety-plus scenes captured on film at their peak of perfection. ; Contents: Adairsville Barnsley Gardens at Woodlands -- Athens Founders Memorial Garden Sandy Creek nature Center State Botanical Gardens of Georgia -- Atlanta Atlanta Botanical Gardens Atlanta History Center Cator Woolford Gardens Fernbank Science Center Robert L Staton Rose Garden -- Augusta Old Government House Pendleton King Park Riverwalk -- Dahlonega Antique Rose Emporium -- Decatur DeKalb College Botanical Gardens -- Dunwoody Dunwoody Nature Center -- Fairburn Cochran Mill Nature Centure and Arboretum -- Fort Valley Massee Lane Gardens Home of the American Camellia Society -- Gainesville Elachee Nature Science Center -- Hampton Melvin L Newman Wetlands Center -- Hiawassee Fred Hamilton Rhododendron Garden -- Jackson Dauset Trails Nature Center -- Loganville Vines Botanical Gardens -- Lookout Mountain Rock City Gardens -- Metter Guido Gardens -- Milledgeville Lockerby Arboretum -- Morrow William H Reynolds Nature Preserve -- Mount Berry Oak Hill at the Martha Berry Museum -- Pine Mountain Calloway gardens -- Roswell Chattahoochee Nature Center -- Savannah Andrew Low House Chatham County Garden Center and Botanical Gardens Coastal Gardens Forsyth Park Isaih Davenport House Museum Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Owens-Thomas House of the Telfair Museum of Art Savannah Squares -- Stateboro Georgia Southern Botanical Garden -- Stockbridge Panola Mountain State Conservation Park -- Thomasville Birdsong Nature Center Thomasville Rose Garden -- Valdosta The Crescent ; FINE/FINE John F. Blair, Winston-Salem, N.C., ©1997 hardcover