The Northwest Gardens of Lord and Schryver /

"Lord & Schryver, the first landscape architecture firm founded and operated by women in the Pacific Northwest, designed more than two hundred gardens in Oregon and Washington, including residential, civic, and institutional landscapes. Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver met as young women a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Libby, Valencia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Schryver, Edith, > 1901-1984.
Lord, Elizabeth, > 1887-1976.
Lord & Schryver (Firm : Salem, Or.)
Landscape gardening.
Gardens > Design.
landscape gardening.
Jardins > Architecture.
Gardens > Northwest, Pacific > Design.
Pacific Northwest.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • Families, west and east
  • 2.
  • The Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women
  • 3.
  • The Cornish Colony and Ellen Shipman
  • 4.
  • A venture launched
  • 5.
  • Against all odds
  • 6.
  • Onward
  • 7.
  • Plantswomen
  • 8.
  • Cultivating the profession
  • 9.
  • "Yard architects" for period gardens
  • 10.
  • Salem pride
  • 11.
  • Final years.

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