The first ever book to showcase fourteen private gardens belonging to residents of New York City. These private worlds are the work of 10 major landscape designers who brilliantly balance visual pleasure with ecological sustainability in challenging urban settings. pDesign historian Lisa Zeiger tells lively stories about the designers and their plants bringing her eye for historical precedent and contemporary aesthetics to their work.p pThese distinct gardens are by landscape designers p ul liMichael Van Valkenburgli liThomas Woltz, Nelson Byrd Woltzli liKim Hoytli liKlaus Brookingli liJulie Ferris, XS Spaceli liMichael Trappli liStephen Eich, Holland Design Landscape Architectsli liBillie Cohenli liSteve Tupu, Terrain-NYCli liRees Roberts Partnersli ul pReaders will appreciate their individual ways of highlighting plant life with architectural structures, natural stone and repurposed woods, old and custom vessels, and carefully curated furniture. The gardens answer to the lives of pl