Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: PRESERVATION GARDENS -- THE RUTH BANCROFT GARDEN, Walnut Creek, California -- ROCKY HILLS, Mount Kisco, New York -- JOHN P. HUMES JAPANESE STROLL GARDEN, Mill Neck, New York -- THE CHASE GARDEN, Orting, Washington -- HOLLISTER HOUSE GARDEN, Washington, Connecticut -- THE GARDENS OF ALCATRAZ, San Francisco, California -- THE PEARL FRYAR TOPIARY GARDEN, Bishopville, South Carolina -- PECKERWOOD GARDEN, Hempstead, Texas -- PART TWO: PRIVATE GARDENS, OPEN DAYS -- THE MID-ATLANTIC -- ED & VIVIAN MERRIN'S GARDEN, Cortlandt Manor, New York -- THE WHITE GARDEN, Lewisboro, New York -- ICE POND FARM, THE GARDEN OF DICK BUTTON, North Salem, New York -- DUCK HILL, THE GARDEN OF PAGE DICKEY & BOSCO SCHELL, North Salem, New York -- AN OEHME, VAN SWEDEN GARDEN, Westchester County, New York -- IROKI, THE GARDEN OF JUDY & MICHAEL STEINHARDT, Mount Kisco, New York -- LANDCRAFT ENVIRONMENTS, Mattituck, New York -- THE GARDEN OF ANDREA FILIPPONE, Pottersville, New Jersey -- BIRD HAVEN FARM, THE GARDEN OF JANET MAVEC & WAYNE NORDBERG, Pottersville, New Jersey -- DAVID CULP'S BRANDYWINE COTTAGE, Downingtown, Pennsylvania -- HOOVERNESS, THE GARDEN OF TOM ARMSTRONG, Fishers Island, New York -- THE NORTHEAST -- SUSAN BURKE'S GARDEN, Nantucket, Massachusetts -- GREY GULLS, THE GARDEN OF PETER & CAROLYN LYNCH, Marblehead, Massachusetts -- MAUREEN RUETTGERS'S GARDENS AT THE CLOCK BARN, Carlisle, Massachusetts -- BILL NOBLE'S GARDEN, Norwich, Vermont -- THE GARDEN OF MARGARET ROACH, Copake Falls, New York -- THE GARDEN OF LEE LINK, Sharon, Connecticut -- BUNNY WILLIAMS'S GARDEN, Falls Village, Connecticut -- KEN UHLE'S WOODLAND GARDEN, Ridgefield, Connecticut -- IN SITU, Redding, Connecticut -- THE SOUTH -- CINDY & BEN LENHARDT'S GARDEN, Charleston, South Carolina.

THE GARDEN OF GENE & BETSY JOHNSON, Charleston, South Carolina -- THE GARDEN OF PETER & PATTI MCGEE, Charleston, South Carolina -- WHILTON FARM, THE GARDEN OF COURTNAY DANIELS, Greenwood, Virginia -- HILLTOP FARM, THE GARDEN OF CAESAR & DOROTHY STAIR, Knoxville, Tennessee -- THE MIDWEST -- CAMP ROSEMARY, Lake Forest, Illinois -- JOHN & NEVILLE BRYAN'S CRAB TREE FARM, Lake Bluff, Illinois -- THE GARDEN OF PEGGY & JACK CROWE, Lake Forest, Illinois -- GREENFIRE WOODS, THE GARDEN OF HATTIE & TED PURTELL, Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- THE WEST -- THE STITELERS' GARDEN, Phoenix, Arizona -- THE ANNE BASS GARDEN, Fort Worth, Texas -- JAMES DAVID & GARY PEESE'S GARDEN, Austin, Texas -- PANAYOTI KELAIDIS'S GARDEN, Denver, Colorado -- THE WEST COAST -- ERNIE & MARIETTA O'BYRNE'S, Eugene, Oregon -- THE JANE PLATT GARDEN, Portland, Oregon -- THE GARDENS AT DIGGING DOG NURSERY, Albion, California -- THE RIEDER GARDEN, San Francisco, California -- MARCIA DONAHUE'S GARDEN, Berkeley, California -- DONIVEE NASH'S GARDEN, Pasadena, California -- WOODACRES, SUZANNE & RIC KAYNE'S GARDEN, Santa Monica, California -- THE GARDEN OF JOSEPH MAREK & JOHN BERNATZ, Santa Monica, California -- SUZANNE RHEINSTEIN'S GARDEN, Los Angeles, California -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.