Horticulture

WINTER READING

NATURE INTO ART

by Thomas Christopher Photographs by Ngoc Minh Ngo (Timber Press, 2019)

Take a deep dive into Wave Hill, the world-renowned public garden in the Bronx, N.Y., with . Thomas Christopher provides a compelling history of the property and its 1960s development into a public garden, with a focus on the experimental approach of founding Director of Horticulture Marco Polo Stufano and his original team, who eschewed plans on paper and catering to the typical expectations for a public garden. Preserving the incredible views

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