Summary: A journey through the art and life of the Brazilian landscape architect and painter best known for the iconic black-and-white mosaic promenades that line Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach.This documentary shows the full contribution of the landscape artist to the national flora. Directed and written by João Vargas Penna, the film is a walk through the art and personality of Roberto Burle Marx,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LANHobhouse, Penelope
Summary: Penelope Hobhouse, the legendary authority on garden history, composes a beautifully crafted, lavishly illustrated history of gardening over millennia. From the cooling fountains of the Alhambra to the clean lines of the French parterre, The Story of Gardening draws fascinating connections among gardens across time and place. Hobhouse addresses styles and techniques from all over the world,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2020
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712 HOBLangdon, Philip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grayson Publishing 2012
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712.6 LANBrookes, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1994
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Summary: "Increased awareness of the environment and an ever-present interest in curb appeal means that homeowners are eager for more sustainable, natural landscaping. And why shouldn't they be? In addition to supporting local flora and fauna, ditching grass for lush, native plants helps lower water bills and results in self-sustaining gardens long-term. In John Gidding's At Home with Nature, American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 GIDSummary: A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.0237 FREJewell, Jennifer
Summary: The Earth in Her Hands celebrates the important contributions women make to the wide world of plants--in the fields of horticulture, environmental science, botany, floral design, farming, landscape architecture, herbalism, food justice, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630.92 JEWLynn, Robin.
Contents: "The Lungs" / James Huneker (1914) -- Along the Water's Edge -- Manhattan. Historic Battery Park ; Battery Park City ; East River Waterfront ; Hudson River Park and Riverside Park South ; Riverside Park ; Riverbank State Park ; West Harlem Piers Park -- Brooklyn. Brooklyn Bridge Park ; Williamsburg Waterfront ; Erie Basin Park ; Newton Creek Nature Walk -- Queens. Gantry Plaza State Park --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.71 LYNHoward, Hugh
Summary: "As the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America's first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan's Central Park, Brooklyn's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.092 HOWBrown, Carron
Summary: Explore natural and man-made wonders from ancient cities to modern volcanoes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROHolmes, Roger.
Summary: Midwest Home Landscaping, Including Southern Canada, third edition, shows how to beautify 23 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. Each situation is presented with a variation, for a total of 46 designs. In addition, the book explains how to install and care for the plants, ponds, walls, and fences involved in the landscape designs....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Homeowner Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 HOLKingsbury, Noël
Summary: A stunning exploration of one of the hottest trends in garden design, nature-based planting with an eco-aware approach, featuring the work of leading designers such as Sean Hogan, Piet Oudolf, and Dan Pearson.0Forget the mild, manicured gardens of the past: planting today is undergoing a revolution in taste and aesthetics. This is the first comprehensive overview of a new planting approach that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 KINSummary: Provides advice for designing landscaping and choosing plants for the temperatures, amount of sun, and shade available; explains how to prepare the soil; and includes sections on trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and vines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Corp. 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Explains how to design landscapes and choose plants to suit a regional climate with an average low temperature ranging between negative twenty and zero degrees, and provides information about trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and vines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Books 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 LANRainer, Thomas
Summary: An "alternative to traditional horticulture: designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading voices in ecological landscape design, reveal how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to create landscapes that are resilient, beautiful, and diverse."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 RAICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 RAIWebber, Jeni.
Summary: Includes entries, paths and steps, driveways and parking, property boundaries, foundation plantings, ground covers, plantings, and lighting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 WEBContents: [v. 1.] Folk & traditional = Folclórico e tradicional. Ella diz que tem (Carmen Miranda ; Banda Da Lua) (2:41) -- Deixa esta mulher sofrer (Ary Barrosa ; Com Fon-Fon e sua orchestra) (2;52) -- Yao (Orquestra Brasiĺia) (3:38) -- Fica mais um pouco, amor (Adoniran Barbosa) (3:44) -- Candomblé : 1976 (various artists) (3:14) -- Okolofé (Wilson Moreira) (4:13) -- Gente que vem de Lisboa/Peixinhos...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Jackel Entertainment 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Planners 1992
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Offers advice, techniques, and instructions on the process of designing a home garden, including layouts, illustrated listings of plants, and simple construction projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712.6 ENCReed, Sue
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 ReedSummary: Features Brazilian musician Joao Gilberto's first three albums. Joao Gilberto is one of the pioneers of the bossa nova musical genre, yet he has avoided the limelight for fifty years. Here, listerners can experience Gilberto's earliest music, which chronicles the beginnings of bossa nova.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN GILSummary: "What design represents the best hopes for our future success on earth? Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World asks American and international landscape architects, architects, planners, urban designers, policymakers, writers, and sustainable designers to answer the question in five hundred words or less. Each person outlines how a project or design practice,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 715 GREPolson, Mary Ellen.
Contents: Style on the outside -- A face to the world -- Exterior appearances -- Playing up your best features -- Architectural elements -- Transforming an exterior -- The entry -- The front door -- The right accents -- Landings and porches -- The approach -- Shaping the landscape -- Walks and paths -- Lighting the landscape -- Supporting players -- Fences, walls, and gates -- Driveways -- Garages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2006