The Making of a Country Estate Practical Suggestions and Professional Advice, for Planning and Planting of the Gardens and Development of the Country Homes and Estates Classic Reprint

Henry Wild

ISBN 10: 1332153682 / ISBN 13: 9781332153688

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2018

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• Titolo: The Making of a Country Estate Practical Suggestions and Professional Advice, for Planning and Planting of the Gardens and Development of the Country Homes and Estates Classic Reprint
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1332153682
• ISBN 13: 9781332153688
• Rilegatura: PAP
• Condizione: New
• Peso: 109 grammi

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Excerpt from The Making of a Country Estate: Practical Suggestions and Professional Advice, for Planning and Planting of the Gardens and Development of the Landscape Features for Country Homes and Estates

The rescue of the old homestead has been the dream of many a prosperous city exile, and to many a man the old farm where he was brought up still beckons as a possible haven for his declining years.

The man of affairs, who, as a boy, once wandered at will in the country, still dreams, amidst the attractions and distractions of city life, of the open fields, of the gardens and orchards which once smiled their welcome, and plans to own some day a country home or estate as the crowning of a busy and successful career.

Fortunately, an attractive country estate is no longer looked upon as a place demanding a lavish outlay - a source of increasing expense to maintain - and every year shows an increasing number of beautiful country homes in process of development.

Thanks to the progress made in intensive agriculture and scientific garden and orchard cultivation, the transformation of deserted or semi-deserted farms, wooded hillsides and idle streams into scenes of beauty and productiveness has been made practical and possible, even to families of moderate wealth.

The purpose of this book is to suggest, in a general and necessarily sketchy way, some practical methods of developing country estates - methods which have been applied by me in my rather extensive experience as a gardener and landscape architect.

My personal services are open to owners or prospective owners of country homes, both in the preliminary planning and in the working out of the details that go to the making of a harmonious and rational composition, suited to the natural features and conditions of the site, as well as to the preferences of the owner.

There are many conditions which need more careful consideration than is apparent to the layman. Only professional skill and experience should be reliedupon in planning with a view to obtaining the best results, from both the artistic and productive points of view - and the proper correlation of the whole.

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