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Gardens of Los Poblanos

by Phillips, Judith
Series: New century gardens and landscapes of the American Southwest Published by : University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque ) Physical details: xiv, 166 pages ; color illustrations : Hardback 26 cm. ISBN:9780826365224; 0826365221.
Subject(s): Gardening -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- History. | Gardens -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- History. | Gardening -- Essays & Narratives | History -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) | Architecture -- Landscape | Los Poblanos Historic District (Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, N.M.) -- History. | New Mexico -- Los Ranchos de Albuquerque -- Los Poblanos Historic District | North America -- Rio Grande Valley | History
Year: 2023
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The Story of Los Poblanos -- The History of Gardening in the Rio Grande Valley -- The Country Place Era of American Landscapes -- The Development of the Simms Country Place at Los Poblanos, 1932-1964 -- The Private Family Gardens of Los Poblanos and the Return to Community, 1965-2004 -- A New Preservation Model: Living History, 2005-2014 -- Focus on the Future, 2015-2020 -- Coming Full Circle, 2021 and Onward

In The Gardens of Los Poblanos, landscape designer and garden writer Judith Phillips recounts the history of these world-renowned gardens and demonstrates the ways in which the farm's owners, designers, and gardeners have influenced the evolution of this unique landscape. Phillips showcases how the changes in landscape style and content are driven by cultural expectations and climatic realities, and she discusses how the gardens of Los Poblanos have helped preserve the deep agrarian roots of the village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. Although plants are always a focus for Phillips, she demonstrates how gardens are more than plants and how plants are much more than mere fillers of garden space.

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