In Love with a Hillside Garden

by Benjamin Streissguth, Ann Streissguth, Daniel Streissguth

Book Overview

"It all began when architect Daniel, then a bachelor, built his own house on a wild hillside lot, developing his garden as next-door-neighbor, Ann, was developing a garden around natural springs in her backyard. We married, and together with our growing son, Benjamin, continued these gardens as we also fought through blackberries, horsetails, and morning glories to push intersecting paths through the adjacent two-lot wilderness we later purchased,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295988576
• ISBN13: 9780295988573
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A Jewel in Seattle

A truly remarkable story of urban renewal in the heart of Seattle. The Streissguths took a barren piece of hillside and turned it into an exquisite garden for the entire city of Seattle (and the nation) to enjoy. Written in a cheerful and informative way (lots of garden tips), it is easy to pick up again and again. The reader hopes the Streissguths will follow this up with a large book of photographs of more of the plants and the garden layout.