The Native Landscape Reader
In this volume Robert E. Grese gathers together writings on nature-based landscape design and conservation by some of the country's most significant practitioners, horticulturists, botanists, and conservationists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written with a strong conservation ethic, these essays often originally appeared in obscure, short-lived publications and are difficult to locate today, comprising a rich but hidden literature.

Over many years of pioneering research into the work of Jens Jensen, O. C. Simonds, and other early landscape architects who advocated for the use of native plants and conservation, Grese encountered and began collecting these pieces. With this volume, he offers readers his trove. Purposely avoiding literature that is widely available, Grese shares as well his experience of discovery. His introduction provides perspective on the context of these writings and the principles they espouse, and his conclusion illuminates their relevance today with the emerging emphasis on sustainable design. This collection will appeal to general readers interested in the issues of sustainability, horticulture and gardening, and landscape design and preservation, as well as to historians, practitioners, and specialists.

“The relevance of these writings to the current issues of biodiversity, native plants, and sustainability cannot be overemphasized.. .. This extensive collection is a valuable addition to landscape scholarship and practice.”

—Robert L. Ryan, coauthor of With People in Mind: Design and Management of Everyday Nature

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The Native Landscape Reader
In this volume Robert E. Grese gathers together writings on nature-based landscape design and conservation by some of the country's most significant practitioners, horticulturists, botanists, and conservationists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written with a strong conservation ethic, these essays often originally appeared in obscure, short-lived publications and are difficult to locate today, comprising a rich but hidden literature.

Over many years of pioneering research into the work of Jens Jensen, O. C. Simonds, and other early landscape architects who advocated for the use of native plants and conservation, Grese encountered and began collecting these pieces. With this volume, he offers readers his trove. Purposely avoiding literature that is widely available, Grese shares as well his experience of discovery. His introduction provides perspective on the context of these writings and the principles they espouse, and his conclusion illuminates their relevance today with the emerging emphasis on sustainable design. This collection will appeal to general readers interested in the issues of sustainability, horticulture and gardening, and landscape design and preservation, as well as to historians, practitioners, and specialists.

“The relevance of these writings to the current issues of biodiversity, native plants, and sustainability cannot be overemphasized.. .. This extensive collection is a valuable addition to landscape scholarship and practice.”

—Robert L. Ryan, coauthor of With People in Mind: Design and Management of Everyday Nature

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The Native Landscape Reader

The Native Landscape Reader

by Robert E. Grese
The Native Landscape Reader

The Native Landscape Reader

by Robert E. Grese

Overview

In this volume Robert E. Grese gathers together writings on nature-based landscape design and conservation by some of the country's most significant practitioners, horticulturists, botanists, and conservationists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written with a strong conservation ethic, these essays often originally appeared in obscure, short-lived publications and are difficult to locate today, comprising a rich but hidden literature.

Over many years of pioneering research into the work of Jens Jensen, O. C. Simonds, and other early landscape architects who advocated for the use of native plants and conservation, Grese encountered and began collecting these pieces. With this volume, he offers readers his trove. Purposely avoiding literature that is widely available, Grese shares as well his experience of discovery. His introduction provides perspective on the context of these writings and the principles they espouse, and his conclusion illuminates their relevance today with the emerging emphasis on sustainable design. This collection will appeal to general readers interested in the issues of sustainability, horticulture and gardening, and landscape design and preservation, as well as to historians, practitioners, and specialists.

“The relevance of these writings to the current issues of biodiversity, native plants, and sustainability cannot be overemphasized.. .. This extensive collection is a valuable addition to landscape scholarship and practice.”

—Robert L. Ryan, coauthor of With People in Mind: Design and Management of Everyday Nature

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781952620188
Publisher: Library Of American Landscape History
Publication date: 01/01/2011
Series: Critical Perspectives in the History of Environmental Design
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

ROBERT E. GRESE is Theodore Roosevelt Chair of Ecosystem Management, School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, where he serves as director of the Matthei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, and author of Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens. Grese is particularly interested in the restoration and management of urban wilds and the role such lands can play in connecting children and families with nature. He was featured as the LALH Preservation Hero in the 2010 issue of VIEW.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface Daniel J. Nadenicek ix

Preface xiii

Introduction 3

Part I Appreciation Of Nature 23

"Essay On American Scenery" (1835) Thomas Cole 27

"In the Company of Trees" (1892) Danske Dandridge 3

"The Love of Nature" (1892) Charles Sprague Sargent William Augustus Stiles 40

'Appreciation of Natural Beauty" (1898) Ossian Cole Simonds 44

Influence of Parks on the Character of Children" (1898) Horace William Shaler Cleveland 48

The Outlook to Nature (1911) Liberty Hyde Bailey 51

"The Value of Natural Areas to Literature and Art" (1926) Selden Lincoln Whitcomb 67

"The Value of Natural Preserves to the Landscape Architect" (1926) Stanley White 70

"The Value to Silviculture of Reserved Areas of Natural Forest Types" (1926) William Willard Ashe 73

"The Value of Aquatic Preserves to Fisheries" (1926) Arthur Sperry Pearse 76

"The Importance to Geography of the Preservation of Natural Areas" (1926) Stephen Sargent Visher 78

"The Importance of Natural Areas to Biology and Agriculture" (1926) Victor E. Shelford 80

Part II Our amaerican Flora 83

"The Neglected American Plants" (1851) Andrew Jackson Downing 85

"American Trees for America" (1897) Charles Sprague Sargent William Augustus Stiles 88

"Native Plants for Florida Gardens" (1894) Henry Nehrling 91

"The Wild Gardens of the Sierra" (1896) Charles H. Shinn 94

"Prairie Woodlands" (1894) E. J. Hill 97

"The American Hawthorns" (1892) Charles Sprague Sargent William Augustus Stiles 99

"I Like Our Prairie Landscape" (1920) Jens Jensen 103

Part III The Native Landscape As A Source Of Inspiration 107

"A Few Hints on Landscape Gardening" (1851) Andrew Jackson Downing 109

"Landscape Art-An Inspiration from the Western Plains" (1906) Jens Jensen 112

"The Prairie Spirit in Landscape Gardening (1916) Wilhelm Miller 115

"What Is Meant" and "The Native Landscape," from The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening (1917) Frank A. Waugh 119

"Thoughts on Planting Composition" (1929) Harold A. Caparn 130

"A Juniper Landscape" (1931) Frank A. Waugh 140

"Natural Plant Groups" (1931) Frank A. Waugh 146

"Nature as the Great Teacher in Landscape Gardening"(1932) Ossian Cole Simonds 151

"An Ecological Approach" (1933) Elsa Rehmann 157

PART IV Natural Parks And Gardens 163

"An American Garden" (1899) J. Horace McFarland 165

"The Two Kinds of Bog Garden" (1908) Warren H. Manning 171

"What Is the Matter with Our Water Gardens?" (1912) Wilhelm Miller 176

"Making a Small Garden Look Large" (1924) Arthur G. Eldredge 183

"Natural Parks and Gardens" (1930) Jens Jensen Ragna B. Eskil 186

"A Story for Ravinians" (1936) May Theilgaard Watts 200

"On Improving the Property" (1980) May Theilgaard Watts 203

Part V Restoration And Management Of The Native Landscape 205

The Culture and Management of Our Native Forests (1882) Horace William Shaler Cleveland 209

"The Use of the Axe" (1889) Frederick Law Olmsted J. B. Harrison 224

"Landscape Forestry in the Metropolitan Reservations" (1896-1897) Charles Eliot 229

"Report of the Landscape Architect" (1904) Jens Jensen 250

"Parks as Preservers of Native Plants (1915) Lars Peter Jensen 259

"The Dunes of Northern Indiana" (1917) Jens Jensen 264

Testimony at the Hearing on the Proposed Sand Dunes National Park (1917) Henry Chandler Cowles 267

"The Last Stand of the Wilderness" (1926) Aldo Leopold 271

Ecological Garden and Arboretum at the University of Wisconsin" (1937) Paul B. Rus 277

Epilogue 287

Notes 295

Works Cited 229

Index 307

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