The Crosby Arboretum : A Sustainable Regional Landscape /

Since its genesis in 1980, Crosby Arboretum in southern Mississippi has attracted international recognition for its contributions to architecture, biology, and landscape design. Now owned and operated by Mississippi State University, Crosby is the first fully realized ecologically designed arboretum...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brzuszek, Robert F., 1959-
Other Authors: Odenwald, Neil G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Crosby Arboretum (Picayune, Miss.)
Landscape architecture.
Arboretums.
GARDENING > Landscape.
GARDENING > Garden Design.
ARCHITECTURE > Landscape.
Landscape architecture > Mississippi > Picayune.
Arboretums > Mississippi > Picayune.
Mississippi > Picayune.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The land and its people
  • The story
  • The genesis of the Crosby Arboretum
  • The architecture of Fay Jones
  • Design and construction of the Piney Woods Lake
  • The major exhibits of Pinecote
  • An arboretum grows.

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