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Jana Milbocker is a garden designer, lecturer, tour operator, and author of four garden travel guides which profile 310 gardens on the East Coast. Her books are self-published and have sold more than 22,400 copies combined since 2018. Milbocker lives in the Boston area, and worked as a graphic designer and marketing specialist for 30 years before launching her garden design business in 2010.

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Step into the era when American wealth created landscapes that rivaled European royalty and discover the magnificent gardens that still captivate visitors today.

During the Gilded Age in America (1870-1920), wealthy industrialists, such as the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, and Gardeners, built extravagant homes and gardens that rivaled the palaces and villas of Europe. Gardens of the Gilded Age showcases a selection of estates all down the East Coast, diving into their histories and the elements that make them striking and unique. Each garden profile includes enticing information about the estate's owners, history, and the evolution of the garden, including significant plants and architectural features. Enjoy beautiful color photographs of the gardens and mansions, augmented by historic photos of the owners and the gardens when they were first built. Along the way, learn the Gilded Age intriguing garden history, its international movement, and the associated trends. 

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Contents

Introduction

Global Influences
Landscape Architecture is Born in America
Elements of a Gilded Age Garden
Grand Entertaining 
Saving Our Gilded Age Estates

The Gardens

Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, Vermont

Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home, Manchester, Vermont

Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts

The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts

Blithewold Manor, Gardens, Arboretum, Bristol, Rhode Island

Rough Point Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

Rosecliff, Newport, Rhode Island

The Elms, Newport, Rhode Island

The Blue Garden, Newport, Rhode Island

Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York

Vanderbilt Estate, Hyde Park, New York 

Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers, New York

Wave Hill, Bronx, New York

Kykuit, Sleepy Hollow, New York

Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, New York

Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, New York

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park, Sands Point, New York

Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills, New Jersey

Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, Pennsylvania

Morris Arboretum and Gardens of the University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar,Wilmington, Delaware

Nemours Estate, Wilmington, Delaware

Maymont, Richmond, Virginia

Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina

Swan House, Atlanta, Georgia

Hills & Dales Estate, Lagrange, Georgia

The Ringling, Sarasota, Florida

Vizcaya, Miami, Florida

Visiting the Gardens

Further Reading

Additional Photo Credits

About the Author