America's Romance with the English Garden

America’s Romance with the English Garden explores the rise of mass-produced seed and nursery catalogs in the 1890s, which played a pivotal role in shaping American gardening tastes. Through the stories of business innovators and middle-class consumers, the book highlights how vivid catalog imagery helped popularize the English garden aesthetic across the United States. Recognized as one of the year's best gardening books by The Spectator, it offers a fascinating look at the origins of America's love affair with garden design.