Pioneer of tropical landscape architecture : William Lyman Phillips in Florida
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| Title: | Pioneer of tropical landscape architecture : William Lyman Phillips in Florida |
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| Description: | 'William Lyman Phillips (1885-1966) played a seminal role in the landscaping of Florida and in the history of landscape architecture, designing the world famous Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami (begun in 1938) as well as hundreds of other sites, four of them on the National Register. This biography, brings to life the story of the quiet, self-effacing man whose love of Florida's tropical and subtropical botany has had such a profound influence on the way Florida looks today.'--BOOK JACKET. |
| Authors: | Jackson, Faith Reyher |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Landscape architects--Florida--Biography, Landscape architecture--Florida, Landscape architects--United States--Biography |
| Categories: | ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, GARDENING / Garden Design, GARDENING / Landscape |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 'William Lyman Phillips (1885-1966) played a seminal role in the landscaping of Florida and in the history of landscape architecture, designing the world famous Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami (begun in 1938) as well as hundreds of other sites, four of them on the National Register. This biography, brings to life the story of the quiet, self-effacing man whose love of Florida's tropical and subtropical botany has had such a profound influence on the way Florida looks today.'--BOOK JACKET. |
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| ISBN: | 9780813015163 9780813022727 |
