Sheridan Nurseries (eBook)

One Hundred Years of People, Plans, and Plants

Edward Butts, Karl Stensson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
288 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-0566-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This beautifully designed book tells the 100-year story behind Ontario's beloved Sheridan Nurseries from its creation by Howard and Lorrie Dunington-Grubb to its overwhelming success today. This is a chronicle of history, natural inspiration, and a love of gardening.

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A charming tale of history, creativity, natural inspiration, and a love of gardening. In 1913, Howard Dunington-Grubb and his wife, Lorrie, bought a small plot of land near Sheridan, Ontario, for the cultivation of ornamental plants. Local farmers thought they were crazy. But Howard and Lorrie, landscape architects recently arrived from England, were visionaries who dreamed of creating magnificent gardens in the colonial wasteland. Realizing that Canada had no nurseries that produced the plants they needed, they started one of their own. To manage it they hired Herman Stensson, an expert nurseryman whose references included one from the crown prince of Denmark.The chronicles of the Dunington-Grubbs and the Stensson family form the basis for the incredible history of Sheridan Nurseries, enhanced by the diverse backgrounds and experiences of the many people who helped turn a dream into success. This Canadian saga reaches from the monuments of Toronto's University Avenue and Niagara's Oakes Garden Theatre to hundreds of parks and estates, and perhaps even your own backyard.

Autor

Edward Butts is the author of numerous books, including Murder, Line of Fire, Running with Dillinger, Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior, and The Desperate Ones, which was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.Karl Stensson is a third-generation Stensson. He is currently president of Sheridan Nurseries and has been involved in the business for 40 years. Karl is an honorary life member of Landscape Ontario and is one of only four to hold the President's Ring for the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2012
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 260 x 260 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Annuals, Houseplants, Water Gardens, Ponds, Farming, University Avenue • Nursery, Garden Centre, Plants, Sheridan, Flowers, Trees, Perennials, Shrubs, Evergreens, Boxwood, Stensson, Dunnington-Grubb, Landscaping, Landscape, Gardening, Garden, Growing, Horticulture, Catalogue, Broadleaf, Georgetown, Botanical, Design, Advertising, History, Centennial, Landscape Architects • Oakes Garden Theatre
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-0566-1 / 1459705661
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-0566-1 / 9781459705661