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FOREWORD BY MARC APPLETON PHOTOGRAPHY BY LISA ROMEREIN
A beautifully crafted volume on the worldrenowned gardens of Lotusland—the first such book in more than two decades and a magnificent tribute to this international treasure.
Variously labeled Eden, one of the 100 gardens you must visit before you die, and among the ten best botanical gardens in the world, Madame Ganna Walska’s Lotusland is magic mixed with paradise in the hills of Montecito, California. Walska, a wellknown Polish opera singer and socialite, purchased the estate in 1941 and spent 43 years creating Lotusland. The collections of exotic plants on the 37-acre property are an expression of her penchant for the dramatic, the unexpected, and the whimsical. Home to more than 3,400 types of plants, including at least 35,000 specimens, it is recognized not just for the diversity of its collections, but for the extraordinary design sensibility informing the many one-of-akind individual gardens that comprise the whole. As pleasing as its aesthetic and sensorial qualities are, Lotusland is also an important center for scientific research and conservation. A leader in the field of sustainable practices, it is the first botanical garden in the United States to become entirely organic.
Marc Appleton is a celebrated architect and author of numerous books on architecture and design, including Ranches: Home on the Range in California. Lisa Romerein is a Los Angeles–based photographer and principal photographer for The House That Pinterest Built and The Art of Outdoor Living.
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288 pages, 10 x 12” 200 color photographs HC w/jacket: 978-0-8478-6989-3 $60.00 Can: $80.00 UK: £42.50 March 1, 2022 Rights: World RIZZOLI
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