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HORT: Horticulture

This guide outlines books, article databases and other resources to help students research a topic in horticulture.

Garden design & history - sample books, mostly online

Open access titles by Gertrude Jekyll
There are 26 titles by Gertrude Jekyll in the Internet Archive. They are available to read online, to download, etc.
21st Century Residential Landscape Design by Dean Herald
Call Number: Online book. Click the title for access.
Garden History by Tom Turner
Call Number: Online book. Click title for access.
Garden Design and Landscape Architecture by Peter Chu
Call Number: Online book. Click title for access.
Serious Fun: the landscapes of Claude Cormier by Marc Treib; Susan Herrington; Claude Cormier et Associés
Call Number: SB 470 C676 T74 2021
Not an online book, but one of the few books available on landscape architecture and Canada.
The Northwest Gardens of Lord and Schryver by Valencia Libby
Call Number: Online book. Click title for access.
Landscape and Garden Design by Gordon Haynes
The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens by Linda A. Chisholm
The Classical Gardens of Shanghai by Shelly Bryant
Outstanding American Gardens: a Celebration by Dickey; Marion Brenner