Birth of a movement. Origins. The idea of nature. Defining the arts and crafts garden. The transition from England to North America -- The arts and crafts garden in England. Red House. Rodmarton Manor. Gravetye Manor. Little Thakeham. Greater Dixter. Hestercombe -- Arts and crafts gardens across America. The aesthetic of Gustav Stickley: craftsman farms and inspiration from The craftsman. Art and the garden: the tiles of Henry Chapman Mercer. Rose Valley: an arts and crafts garden community. Nature observed and embraced: a sympathy with Quaker ideals. California expressions. The gardens of the Greenes. Bok Tower Gardens: a lyrical Florida landscape. Frank Lloyd Wright: updating arts and crafts garden ideals. Keeping nature close to heart and hand. Living the ideal
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