Mac Griswold

Author of The Golden Age of American Gardens: Proud Owners * Private Estates * 1890-1940

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About the Author

Mac Griswold, a garden historian, writes frequently for the New York Times and many magazines, and she lectures extensively. She lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, Long Island, where she is experimenting with drought-resistant plants in her backyard.

Includes the name: Mac K. Griswold

Works by Mac Griswold

The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island (2013) 103 copies

Washington's Gardens at Mount Vernon (1999) 79 copies

Pleasures of the Garden: Images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1987) — Author — 32 copies

I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise: A Life of Bunny Mellon (2022) 20 copies

A view of the world. The restoration of Olana, the home of the painter Frederic Edwin Church, recovers a philosophy of art and life he embedded in the landscape 1 copy

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Associated Works

Private Collections: A Culinary Treasure (1973) — Editor — 25 copies

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