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California Landscape Architecture & Gardens is a selective bibliographic research guide to UC Berkeley library and web resources on the history of California landscape architecture. This guide supports several UC Berkeley Landscape Architecture Department courses, including History of Landscape Architecture, The American Landscape, and Fundamentals of Landscape Design.  While the entire state is represented, the emphasis is on northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area.  For additional assistance please consult the Library's catalogs or the Environmental Design Library reference staff, 210 Wurster Hall.

UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by using the Library's off-campus access services.

Content reviewed: 5 March 2009 Conditions of Use
    Getting Started
    Quick Facts   Included here are encyclopedias and guidebooks. Use these tools to get a quick overview of your site or landscape architect. Note that books on "gardens" often include information about other landscape types, such as parks.
  1. Botanique: gardens, arboreta & nature sites--California Each listing includes location information.
    2. http://www.botanique.com/bincgi/stateprov.cfm?state=CA
  2. California public gardens: a visitor's guide, by Eric Sigg. Santa Fe, NM: John Muir Publications, 1991.
    3. EnvDesign, Banc SB466 U65 C28 1991 Reference
  3. The Development of landscape architecture in California, by Geraldine Knight Scott. IN: Short course in landscape design, 4th short course. Berkeley: Univ. of Calif., 1959, 2 pp. Outline of significant events in California landscape architecture history.
    4. EnvDesign SB469.5 C2 A3 1959
  4. Encyclopedia of gardens: history and design, Chicago Botanic Garden.  Candice A. Shoemaker, ed. 3 volumes. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. Excellent source for landscape design history. Substantive signed articles are illustrated and each includes a brief bibliography. Chronologies of of selected projects are given for landscape designers.
    5. EnvDesign SB465 E63 2001 Reference Desk
  5. The Garden lover's guide to the West, by Kathleen McCormick. NY: Princeton Architectural Pr., 2000.
    6. EnvDesign SB466 U6 M37 2000 Reference
  6. Gardenwalks in California: beautiful gardens from San Diego to Mendocino, by Alice Joyce. Guilford, CT: Insiders' Guide, 2005.
    7. EnvDesign SB466 U65 C235 2005 Reference
  7. Glorious gardens to visit in Northern California: 65 gardens within 3 hours of San Francisco--from Mendocino to Carmel, by Priscilla Dunhill. NY: Clarkson Potter, 1993.
    8. EnvDesign & Banc SB466 U65 S263 1993
  8. San Francisco architecture: the illustrated guide to over 1,000 of the best buildings, parks, and public artworks in the Bay Area , by Sally B. Woodbridge and John M. Woodbridge. SF: Chronicle Books, 1992. Includes landscape sites.
    9. EnvDesign NA735 S35 W64 1992
  9. Wikipedia Web-based, collaboratively-authored encyclopedia. Useful for confirming a research starting point. User Beware: Content is non-authoritative, and in some instances has been demonstrated to be deliberately false.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
    Links   To find Web sites for a specific site or individual:
    --Do a 'phrase search' using a Web search engine such as Google, MetaCrawler, or Yahoo!, e.g.,"golden gate park," "hargreaves associates," or "beatrix farrand".
    --Visit the gateway sites listed in the guide Landscape Architecture online (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/lawww.html). 
    --Note the Web links throughout this guide.
  1. The Invisible Web What is it? Click and find out!

    Doing Research  
    Finding Books
    Catalog searching: Here is a selection of catalog subject headings that may be useful in finding books on California landscape architecture and gardens through the Library's online catalogs. These terms can all be modified by place name, e.g., Landscape architecture--California--San Francisco Bay Area  Guidebooks to cities may have sections on parks and public gardens, so check subject headings such as Berkeley, Calif.--Description and travel or Architecture--San Diego--Guidebooks.

    [name of site]
    Amusement parks
    Cemeteries
    Gardens--California--History
    Hillside landscape architecture
    Landscape architects--Biography
    Landscape architects--[place name]
    Landscape architecture--   [place name]     		Landscape design
    Landscape gardening
    Parks--[place name]--Guidebooks
    Playgrounds
    Rose gardens
    Theater, open-air
    Urban landscape architecture
    Water in landscape architecture

    Bibliographies: Bibliographies may also be found in books and journal articles, at the ends of encyclopedia entries, and on the Web.

  1. The American published articles and books by the California School of Landscape Architects: Douglas Baylis, Thomas Dolliver Church, Garrett Eckbo, Lawrence Halprin, Theodore Osmundson, Robert N. Royston, John H. Staley, Ed A. Williams, by Suzan La Brecque and Rene Torres. [Pomona: Calif. State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, 1992]
    2. EnvDesign SB469.37 A12 L23 1992a
  2. Bibliographic research guides:  Use these guides to find additional research strategies and resources.
    • Finding information on buildings and places (UC Berkeley, Library) Focuses on how to research buildings and places with an emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area and California.
      • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/bldgs.html
    • History of landscape architecture (UC Berkeley, Library)  A bibliographic guide to UC Berkeley library and Internet resources for research in the history of landscape architecture.
      • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/histland.html
    • Landscape architecture professional practice (UC Berkeley, Library) A bibliographic research guide, including information on professional practice in California.
      • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/landscape_practice.html
    • San Francisco Bay Area architects & architecture: resources (UC Berkeley, Library) A extensive bibliographic guide to UC Berkeley library and Internet resources for the architecture (and landscape architecture) of the San Francisco Bay Area.
      • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/sfindex.html
  3. Landscape architecture of the Pacific states in "Landscape architecture" magazine, 1910-1979, by Bruce K. Ferguson. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1980.
    4. EnvDesign NA200 A12 A7 no.347 Index
  4. The Major public gardens and arboreta in the Los Angeles basin: an annotated bibliography, by Patricia Sarah Murphy and Steven Todd Courts. [CA: P. Murphy, 1986?]
    5. EnvDesign SB466 U65 L668 1986a Reference
  5. Sunset magazine: a century of Western living 1898-1998, historical portraits and bibliography
    6. Online ed.: http://sunset-magazine.stanford.edu/; paper ed.: EnvDesign Z1251 P2 S85 1998 Reference
    Finding Articles  Use journal and newspaper indexes and databases to discover articles on your topic.  Some online databases include the full text of the articles you discover or the UC eLinks button image icon which may lead you to the full text elsewhere. In many cases, however, you will need to locate the print journal in the Library's collections; search the Library's online catalogs by the journal title in order to find the shelving location and call number for the journal.

    Finding Journal Articles | Journals | Finding Newspaper Articles
    Finding Journal Articles:  Use journal article indexes and databases to locate articles on your topic; additional indexes are listed in Landscape Architecture Indexes & Abstracts. For UC or UC Only titles, go to The Library's home page; go to Find Information and select Articles.

  1. America: history and life via EBSCO- UC Only Contains article abstracts and bibliographical citations of reviews & dissertations on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada.
    2. Online ed.: 1982--; paper ed.: 1954--, Main Stack E3 A43
  2. American periodicals series via ProQuest - UCB Only Includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published between 1741 and 1900. Among the 1,000+ titles included are several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal. Includes the Horticultural register and Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste.
    3.
    Coverage: Varies.
  3. Art index retrospective & Art full text via WilsonWeb - UC Only Indexes journal articles in art and related fields, including architecture, art history, city planning, urban design, and landscape architecture.
    4. Online ed.: Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984; Art Full Text: 1984--; paper ed.: 1929-1994, EnvDesign N18 A72 Index
  4. Avery index to architectural periodicals via CSA - UC Only Indexes articles in 1,000+ periodicals in architecture, planning, urban design, & related disciplines.
    5. Online ed.: 1890--; paper ed.: 1890-1995, EnvDesign fNA8 C64 1973 Index
  5. Google scholar Allows you to discover in which journal articles and books a particular article or book is cited.  REMEMBER that Goolgle Scholar includes only scholarly publications; does NOT include journals published by Elsevier; and makes no claims to comprehensive coverage.
    6. http://scholar.google.com/
  6. JSTOR - UCB Only A full-text archive of interdisciplinary scholarly journal literature, including architecture and architectural history, art and art history, and history.  Excellent resource.
    7. Coverage: Varies, starting with the first date of issue
  7. Periodicals Index Online (formerly Periodicals Contents Index) - UC Only  An electronic index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues (1770) to 1993. Includes some full text access. The scope is international, including journals in several Western languages.  Titles indexed include Landscape Architecture and Landscape History.
    8. Coverage: 1770-1995
  8. Readers' guide to periodical literature. [cumulated] NY [etc.] Indexes popular American magazines.
    9. Online ed.: Readers Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 - UC Only; paper ed.: 1900--, Doe Refe AJ3 R4;  Moffitt AI3 R4 Index
    Journals: The following journals share a focus on California, with an emphasis on history, gardening, or the built environment. Index coverage is indicated when known.

  1. Architect and engineer, San Francisco [etc.] Continued by: Western architect and engineer
    2. EnvDesign NA1 A64 Bound periodicals, 1905-1959
    Indexed: Index v.1-95 in Index section. Architect & Engineer Index PDF
  2. Arts & architecture, Los Angeles [etc.] Title varies: California arts & architecture
    3. EnvDesign NA1 C3 Bound periodicals, 1912-1967 (lacks some issues)
    Indexed: Art retrospective, v.37, June 1930-
  3. California garden. San Diego: San Diego Floral Association.
    4. Bioscience SB403 C3 1909-1997
  4. California history, San Francisco: California Historical Society. Continues: California historical quarterly.
    5. Main F856 C28 Unbound issues in Periodical Room
    Indexed: Online index: 1921--.
  5. Eden: California Garden and Landscape History Society journal. Sebastopol, CA: Marlea Graham.
    6. EnvDesign SB469 E34 2:3 (fall 1999)--; shelved in unbound & bound periodical stacks
    Not indexed
  6. Golden gardens. Los Angeles, CA: California Garden Clubs, Inc.
    7. EnvDesign SB403 G6 2000--; shelved in unbound & bound periodicals; Bioscience 1932--
    Not indexed
  7. Landmark. [Berkeley: Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Univ. of California] 1965-1975; some years lacking. Continues: Space (Berkeley, Calif.)
    8. EnvDesign SB469 L2 Rare
    Not indexed
  8. The Mediterranean garden. Peania, Greece: Mediterranean Garden Society. Includes occasional California landscape articles.
    9. EnvDesign QK1 M4048 2002--; shelved in unbound & bound periodicals
    Indexed: Annual indexes, 1997/98--.
  9. Pacific horticulture. San Francisco: Pacific Horticultural Foundation. Continues: Journal of the California Horticultural Society, California Horticultural Society journal, and California horticultural journal.
    10. EnvDesign SB1 C27 1940-- Shelved in unbound & bound periodicals
    Indexed: Cumulative index, 37(1976)-56(1995); Garden Literature Index, 1992-; California Periodicals Index, 1980-1992 (Main Stack F856 A12 C2)
  10. Space.  [Berkeley: Landscape Design Club] 1948-1960.  Continued by: Landmark (Berkeley, Calif.)
    11. EnvDesign SB469 S57 Noncirc.
    Not indexed
  11. Sunset magazine - UCB Only, San Francisco [etc.]
    12. Online ed.: July 1991--; paper ed.: 1936--; EnvDesign F851 S9; 1898--; Banc F850 S95; 1904--; Main F851 S9 Current issues in Periodical Room
    Indexed: California Periodicals Index, 1987-1992; Research Library - UCB Only, Central West ed. 1955-1982 & National ed., 1906, 1910-1930, 1953-1955; Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, Aug. 1994--; Sunset magazine: a century of western living, 1898-1998: historical portraits and a chronological bibliography (EnvDesign Z1251 P2 S85 1998 Reference)
    Finding Newspaper Articles: For UC or UC Only titles and for additional full text newspapers on the Web, go to The Library's home page; go to Find Information and select Articles.

  1. Access world news via NewsBank - UCB Only Full-text database of articles from regional, national, and international newspapers and newswires, including many California papers such as Contra Costa Times (1995-current), Fresno Bee (1986-current), Santa Rosa Press Democrat (1994-current), Sacramento Bee (1984-current), San Francisco Chronicle (1985-current), and San Jose Mercury News (1985-current).
    2. Coverage: Varies.
  2. Lexis-Nexis academic - UCB Only Includes indexing to and full text of over 6,000 newspapers, news media, and journals.
    3. Coverage: Varies.
    Finding Images  This section lists sources for different types of images, including photographs, plans, drawings, and plat maps. For a more complete list of visual resources see Image and Sound Databases. In addition to the books and other sources already listed, landscape images and plans may be found in specialized books and on the Web. The archives listed in this guide are also potentially great sources for images.

  1. START HERE: Image sources for the built environment (UC Berkeley, Library)  A selected annotated bibliography of Web sites, databases, books, and other sources of views, plans, maps, plat maps, elevations, etc., of important buildings and sites.
    2. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/pict.html
  2. Archives of American gardens, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Contains thousands of photographic images, searchable through the Smithsonian's archives and manuscripts catalog.
    3. http://gardens.si.edu/horticulture/res_ed/AAG/home.htm
  3. California heritage project. A digital archive containing photographs, pictures, and manuscripts from the collections of the Bancroft Library.  Includes many historical images of SF Bay Area places.
    4. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/calheritage.html
  4. Forest History Society photograph collection  A "collection of over 25,000 photos, slides, negatives, plates, and films documenting the history of human interaction with the environment...Most images are in black-and-white print format, date from the 1920s to the 1960s, and pertain to the U.S." Indexed by the Forest History Society Image Database.
    5. http://www.foresthistory.org/Research/photos.html
  5. Gabriel Moulin's San Francisco Peninsula: town & country homes, 1910-1930, Dr. Donald DeNevi & Thomas Moulin, Sausalito, CA: Windgate Pr., [1985] Includes many San Francisco Peninsula estate photos from 1872-1945.
    6. EnvDesign fF868 S156 M681 1985
  6. San Francisco history center: historical photograph collection (San Francisco Public Library) Copies of the images may be ordered; many are available for use with proper permission. These images are only a portion of the total holdings of the San Francisco Public Library.
    7. http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfphoto.htm

    Archives, Historical Societies, & Libraries  Archives, historical societies, and local libraries can be excellent sources of primary research materials in landscape architecture. To locate materials in libraries not listed in the Melvyl® catalog, use WorldCat - UC Only.  Some of these materials will be available via the interlibrary borrowing service.

    Archives | Historical Societies | Libraries
    Archives
  1. ArchivesUSA - UCB Only Provides indexing to the records of the National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections and the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States.
    2. http://archives.chadwyck.com/
  2. The Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) The Bancroft Library is the primary special collections library at UC Berkeley, and contains archival collections on California architects and landscape architects, including Knight, Scott, and the California Association of Landscape Architects.
    3. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/
  3. Environmental Design Archives (UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design) Includes archives of San Francisco Bay Area architects and landscape architects, among others, including Church, deForest III, Eckbo, Knight, Scott and Thiene. The EDA's collections contain drawings, plans, photographs, and much more. Open by appointment only; noncirculating collection. Finding aids to the collections are available through UC Berkeley Finding Aids from The Library's home page.
    4. http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/
  4. Municipal archives: Municipal archives can be a fabulous source of primary research material.  Many cities, counties, etc., maintain archives of historical municipal records, ranging from meeting and office records to maps, vital records, photographs, plans, parks and recreation planning, and much more. These archives are managed in diverse ways: as a separate department, as a function within an individual department, as part of the public library, etc. Search H-Urban discussion logs for "municipal archives" for a sampling of the type and quality of municipal archives available.
  5. Online archive of California.   A UC-wide prototype union database of 30,000 pages of searchable online archival finding aid data, which provide detailed descriptions of archival collections in California. Many finding aids include biographical information & images.
    6. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
    Historical Societies
  1. California Garden and Landscape History Society
    2. http://www.cglhs.org/
  2. California Historical Society Site includes a directory of historical societies throughout the state, e.g., the Berkeley Historical Society Museum.
    http://www.calhist.org
    Libraries
  1. UC Berkeley Libraries:
    2. Architecture Visual Resources Libary
    232 Wurster Hall
    Collection of 35mm slides & more. Emphasis on architecture, but also includes landscape & urban history. Open to UC Berkeley faculty & graduate students.
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ARCH/
    The Bancroft Library
    Significant Western Americana collection. Rare books & archives. Noncirculating only. No photocopying allowed.
    http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
    Bioscience & Natural Resources Library
    2101 Valley Life Sciences Building
    		Collection includes California horticultural information.
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/
    Earth Sciences & Map Library
    50 McCone Hall
    The best campus source for maps & aerial photos.
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/
    Environmental Design Library
    210 Wurster Hall
    One of the premier architecture, landscape architecture, and city and regional planning libraries in North America. Strong emphasis on California.
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/
  2. Special Libraries:   Here is a selection of California landscape, horticultural, or gardening libraries. See also Libweb for a list of California public, academic, and special libraries.
    3. Filoli: Library
    Canada Road, Woodside
    (650) 366-4640
    Focusses on the gardens of the San Francisco Bay Area. Includes landscape  records of estate gardens on the Peninsula. By appt. only.
    http://www.filoli.org/

    Helen Russell Crocker Library of Horticulture
    Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
    (415) 661-1316 ext. 303
    The major horticultural library in the San Francisco Bay Area. Open to the public.
    http://www.strybing.org/library/index.html

    Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Research Lib.
    1500 North College Avenue, Claremont
    (909) 625-8767
    http://www.rsabg.org/research-department/library
    		 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden--Blaksley Library
    1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara
    (805) 682-4726 ext.107
    Focusses on the flora of California and other Mediterranean regions of the world, southern California garden history, etc. By appt. only.
    http://www.sbbg.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=collections.library

    UC Santa Cruz Arboretum: Lane Library
    1156 High Street, Santa Cruz
    (408) 427-2998
    Good source of information about the kinds of plants in the Arboretum's collection.  Noncirc.
    http://www2.ucsc.edu/arboretum/library.html

    Resources  
    California Landscape Architects   See also the bibliographic guide Biographical Information on Landscape Architects (UC Berkeley, Library) for a comprehensive listing of biographical resources. Archival collections are available for selected landscape architects; see the Archives section of this guide.
    Collective sources
  1. American landscape architecture: designers and places, William H. Tishler, ed. Washington, DC: Preservation Pr., 1989.
    2. EnvDesign SB470.53 A441 1989 Reference Desk & circ.
  2. The California garden: and the landscape architects who shaped it, by Jere Stuart French. Washington, DC: The Landscape Architecture Foundation, 1993.  Covers all periods of California gardens, from the Spanish colonial to the modern. Bibliography, pp.252-253.
    3. EnvDesign SB466 U65 C235 1993
  3. California women architects: a bibliography, by Lamia Doumato. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, [1989].  Includes landscape architects.
    4. EnvDesign NA200 A12A7 no.2255 Index
  4. Dictionary of today's landscape designers, Pierluigi Nicolin, Francesco Repishti, eds. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003. For 86 international contemporary landscape architects and designers, engineers, artists, and more, provides a biographical note, a list of works and related bibliography, and color photographs of significant designs.
    5. EnvDesign SB469.37 D53 2003 Reference
  5. Pioneers of American landscape design,  Charles A. Birnbaum, Robin Karson, eds. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2000.  Contains excellent biographical essays about American landscape architects and designers and their work, including Church, Council, DeForest, Farrand, Knight, the Olmsteds, Sessions, and Yoch. Each essay includes a brief bibliography. Illustrated.
    6. EnvDesign SB469.9 P56 2000 Reference Desk
    Individual landscape architects:  Here's a selected list of materials on a few significant California landscape architects.  More sources are described throughout this guide; do a Web page search (CTRL-F) on the landscape architect's name to find them.

    Church | deForest | Delaney | Eckbo | Greene | Halprin | Knight | Olmsted | Scott | Sessions | Yoch
  1. Church, Thomas Dolliver, 1901-1978 | Archives
    • Bibliography, Thomas Dolliver Church, by Pam-Anela Messenger Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1981
      • EnvDesign NA200 A12 A7 no.576 Index
    • Church's gardens: three San Francisco Bay landscapes reveal the repertoire of Thomas Church, by Kathleen Mccormick. IN: Historic preservation, v.47:1 (Jan/Feb 1995), pp.74, 76-79. Features the Donnell gardens; Sunset Magazine headquarters; and, the Memorial Court Garden.
      • EnvDesign E151 H53 Bound periodicals
    • The Donnell and Eckbo gardens: modern Californian masterworks, by Marc Treib. San Francisco, CA: William Stout Publishers, 2005.
      • EnvDesign SB470 E26 T743 2005
    • Gardens are for people; how to plan for outdoor living, by Thomas Church.  NY: Reinhold Pub. Corp. [1955] One of the most influential books of twentieth century landscape architecture.
      • EnvDesign & Bioscience fSB473 C5
    • Thomas Church, landscape architect: designing a modern California landscape, Marc Treib, ed. SF: William Stout, 2003.
      • EnvDesign SB470 C48 T46 2003 Circ. & noncirc.
  2. deForest III, Lockwood, 1869-1949 | Archives
    • Genius of the place, by Cecile Shapiro. IN: House beautiful, v.140:7 (July 1998), pp.62, 64-65, 138. On deForest's garden designs, mostly near Santa Barbara. Photos.
      • EnvDesign NA7100 H62 Bound periodicals
  3. Delaney, Topher
    • Ten landscapes, by Topher Delaney. Gloucester, MA: Rockport Publishers, 2001.
      • EnvDesign SB470 D45 A25 2001
  4. Eckbo, Garrett, 1910-2000 | Archives
    • The Donnell and Eckbo gardens: modern Californian masterworks, by Marc Treib. San Francisco, CA: William Stout Publishers, 2005.
      • EnvDesign SB470 E26 T743 2005
    • Garrett Eckbo: a bibliography, by Mary Vance Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1980.
      •
      EnvDesign NA200 A12 A7 no.238 Index
    • Garrett Eckbo: modern landscapes for living, by Marc Treib and Dorothee Imbert; with an afterword by Garrett Eckbo. Berkeley: Univ. of Calif. Pr., 1997.
      • EnvDesign SB470 E26 T74 1997
    • Garrett Eckbo: philosophy of landscape = Garetto Ekubo: rando sukepu no shiso. IN: Process: architecture, no.90 (Aug. 1990).  Entire issue on Eckbo.
      • EnvDesign SB470 E2 1990 & NA6 D74 no.90
    • Landscape architecture: the profession in California, 1935-1940, and Telesis, by Garrett Eckbo. Berkeley: Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., 1993. Oral history.
      • EnvDesign SB470.54 C3 E3 1993 Noncir.
    • Landscape for living, by Garrett Eckbo. [NY] Architectural Record with Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, [1950] One of the most important works of American twentieth century landscape architecture.
      • EnvDesign SB472 E33
  5. Greene, Isabelle, 1934- | Slide collection
    • Isabelle Greene: shaping place in the landscape, by Kurt G.F. Helfrich; with contributions by Isabelle C. Greene. Santa Barbara: Univ. Art Museum, Univ. of Calif., 2005.  Table of contents.
      • EnvDesign SB470 G74 H45 2005
    • Serendipity and symbolism: the gardens of Isabelle Greene, by Rachel S. Cox. IN: Garden design, v.11[i.e.,10]: 6 (Dec. 1991), pp.42-49. Includes site plans.
      • EnvDesign SB469 G33 Bound periodicals
  6. Halprin, Lawrence, 1916- | Archives
    • Lawrence Halprin, Ching-Yu Chang, ed. IN: Process: architecture, no.4 (Feb. 1978).  Entire issue on Halprin.
      • EnvDesign NA6 D74 no.4
    • Lawrence Halprin [bibliography], by Lamia Doumato. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1981.
      • EnvDesign NA200 A12 A7 no.454
    • Lawrence Halprin: the choreography of private gardens, by Alison Hirsch.  IN: Studies in the history of gardens & designed landscapes, Vol. 27:4 (Oct.-Dec. 2007). Entire issue on Halprin's work.
      • EnvDesign SB451 J65 Bound periodicals
    • Notebooks, 1959-1971, by Lawrence Halprin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Pr., 1972.
      • EnvDesign SB470 H25 A3
  7. Knight, Emerson, 1882-1960 | Archives
    • Emerson Knight: landscape architect 1882-1960, by Dean Luckhart. Paper for Landscape Architecture 2, Univ. of Calif., 1962.
      • EnvDesign SB469.7 L1
  8. Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 | Archives
    • The California frontier, 1863-1865, by Frederick Law Olmsted. Victoria Post Ranney, ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., 1977. IN: The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, v.5.
      • EnvDesign & Main SB470 O5 A21 1977 v.5
    • Frederick Law Olmsted in California: an analysis of his contributions to landscape architecture and city planning, by Diane McGuire. 1956. (UC Berkeley Thesis (M.S. in Landscape Architecture))
      • EnvDesign SB469.6 M1481
    • The Master list of design projects of the Olmsted firm: 1857-1950, Charles E. Beveridge and Carolyn F. Hoffman, comps. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Assoc. for Olmsted Parks, 1987.
      • EnvDesign SB470.53 M371 1987 Noncirc.
  9. Scott, Geraldine Knight, 1904-1989 | Archives
    • Geraldine Knight Scott, 1904-1989, a woman in landscape architecture in California, 1926-1989, by Geraldine Scott Knight. Berkeley: Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., 1990. Oral history.
      • EnvDesign SB470 S35 S35 1990 Noncirc.
    • How to look at a landscape, by Geraldine Knight Scott. IN: Short course in landscape design, 4th short course. Berkeley: Univ. of Calif., 1961, pp.30-32.  Lecture outline.
      • EnvDesign SB469.5 C2 A3 1961
  10. Sessions, Kate (Katherine) Olivia, 1857-1940
    • The Complete writings of Kate Sessions in California garden, 1909-1939, [Kate Sessions]; Barbara Schillreff Jones, ed . [San Diego, CA]: San Diego Floral Association, 1998. A bibliography of articles by Kate Sessions published in California Garden magazine.
      • EnvDesign SB453.2 C3 S47 1998
    • Kate Sessions history notes (San Diego Historical Society, Richard Amero Collection)  Bibliography of journal and newspaper articles by Sessions regarding the design of Balboa Park.
      • http://sandiegohistory.org/amero/sessions.htm
    • The Kate Sessions issue. San Diego Floral Association. IN: California garden, v.44:3, autumn 1953.
      • Bioscience SB403 C3
    • Kate Sessions: pioneer horticulturist, by Elizabeth C. MacPhail. San Diego, CA: San Diego Historical Society, 1976.
      • EnvDesign SB63 S47 M3 1976
  11. Yoch, Florence, 1890-1972 | Slide collection
    Note that some of Yoch's papers are in the UCLA Library.
    • Landscaping the American dream: the gardens and film sets of Florence Yoch, 1890-1972, by James J. Yoch. NY: H.N. Abrams, 1989. Includes the collaborative work of Yoch and landscape architect Lucille Council.
      • EnvDesign SB470 Y66 Y6631 1989
    • Personal Edens: the gardens and film sets of Florence Yoch.  Virginia Steele Scott Gallery, January 14 to June 1, 1992. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, [1992?]. Exhibition brochure.
      • Online ed.: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/past_exhibits/florence_yoch/index.html; paper ed.: EnvDesign SB470 Y66 H46 1992

    Individual Sites
    Balboa Park
    Berkeley Parks
    Berkeley Rose Garden
    Blake Garden
    Crissy Field    		 Filoli
    Forest Lawn
    Golden Gate Park
    Griffith Park
    Mountain View Cemetery    		 Ruth Bancroft Garden
    The Sea Ranch
    UC Berkeley Campus
  1. Balboa Park (San Diego) | Designers: Kate Sessions & Samuel Parsons
    • Balboa Park: a millennium history, by Roger M. Showley.  Carlsbad, CA: Heritage Media Corp., 1999.
      • EnvDesign F869 S22 S488 1999
    • Balboa Park, San Diego, California: a comprehensive guide to the city's cultural and recreational center, compiled and written by the Southern California Writers' Project of the Work Project Administration.  San Diego: Association of Balboa Park Institutions, 1941.
      • Main F869 S22 W7
    • San Diego's city park, 1868-1902 an early debate on environment and profit, by Gregory E. Montes, IN: The Journal of San Diego history, v.23:2, spring 1977.
      • Online ed.: http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/77spring/balboapark.htm; paper ed.: Banc F869 S22 S2964 Noncirc.; may be used only in The Bancroft Library
  2. Berkeley Parks
    • Berkeley inside/out: a guide to restaurants, entertainment, people and politics, by Don Pitcher, Berkeley: Heyday Books, 1989.  Includes a chapter on city parks.
      • EnvDesign F869 B5 P58 1989 Reference Desk
    • Berkeley park use study: a working report to guide the acquisition & development of new parklands, by Gary Mason, Alex Forrester & Robin Hermann in consultation with Clare Cooper Marcus.  [Berkeley?: s.n.], 1975.
      • EnvDesign fHT168 B45 1975
    • Berkeley parks and recreation, IN: Berkeley facts. Berkeley: Planning Dept., 1981, pp.24-29. Includes a list of 47 parks and their acreage, and a map of park locations.
      • EnvDesign HA730 B4 B4 1981 Reference & Reference Desk
    • Building a people's park, by Sim Van der Ryn. 1969. Photocopy of typescript.
      • EnvDesign F869 B5 V3 1969
    • A History of Berkeley's Live Oak Park, comp. for Friends of Live Oak by Susan Schwartz. [Berkeley, CA]: The Friends, 1994.
      • EnvDesign F869 B5 L5 1994 Noncirc.
    • [Parks and playgrounds], Charles Keeler, Chairman, Subcommittee on Parks and Playgrounds. February 11, 1925. 12 pp. IN: Survey of the city's needs for the next ten years, by Committee of Sixteen. [Berkeley: The Committee, 1925].
      • EnvDesign HT177 B45 C66 1925 Noncirc. & Rare
    • Why can't we make "People's Park" into a real park?, the Community Campus Coalition for People's Park. [Berkeley, CA: The Coalition, 1985].
      • IGS 85 01042
  3. Berkeley Rose Garden | Designers: Vernon M. Dean (landscape architect), Bernard Maybeck (architect), Charles Vernon Covell (rosarian)  Note: Also known as Berkeley Municipal Rose Garden or Codornices Rose Garden.
    • Berkeley Recreation Department. Annual report. The Annual Report of the Berkeley Recreation Department reports on the creation, development, and maintenance of what we now call the Berkeley Rose Garden. In particular, the reports for 1933/34 through 1938/39 contain interesting images of the Rose Garden including a few drawings, some to scale; black-and-white photographs; and, a scale plan.
      • IGS GV431 B3 At NRLF
      • 1933-1934
        • V.M. Dean drawing of the amphitheater; no arbor; includes pool.
        • Scale plan of "Tennis Courts & Rose Garden at Codornices Park Begun Under C.W.A."
      • 1934-1935
        • Scale drawing, 15 February 1935, V.M. Dean: "A Landscape Plan for Codornices Park;" includes a small elevation of a pergola and "Memorial Fountain"
      • 1936-1937
        • Elevation of Rose Garden, p.23
        • Description of rose varieties and planting plan, pp.22-24.
      • Berkeley Municipal Rose Garden, by Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny. IN: Berkeley landmarks: an illustrated guide to Berkeley, California's architectural heritage. Rev. & enlarged ed. Berkeley: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 2001, p.266. Includes black and white photograph of the garden under construction.  Online version (Berkeley Daily Planet).
        • EnvDesign NA735 B38 C34 2001 Reference Desk & circ.
      • Municipal rose garden (Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association) Brief history of the garden.
        • http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/municipal-rose-garden.html
  4. Blake Garden (Kensington) | Designer: Beatrix Jones Farrand | Archives: 1927 planting plans for the UC President's House
    • Blake estate oral history project: interviews, by Suzanne B. Riess, Berkeley, CA: Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, Univ. of California, 1988.
      • EnvDesign LD765 B54 B5 1988 Noncirc.
    • Preliminary long-range development plan for the Blake estate, by Geraldine Knight Scott. Department of Landscape Architecture, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1964.
      • EnvDesign LD765 B55 S3
    • Return to glory: classical grandeur on an intimate scale is achieved at this Italianate mansion and estate in Berkeley, California, by Lawrence Lee. Garden design, Summer 1986, v.5:2, p.[56-65].
      • EnvDesign SB469 G33 Bound periodicals
  5. Crissy Field (San Francisco) | Designers: Hargreaves Associates
    • Crissy Field tidal basin project collection, 1869-2000 bulk 1996-2000. Collection of reports, maps, photographs, etc., documenting a tidal wetland restoration project and related shoreline design elements.  Online finding aid describes the collection.
      WaterResCtrArch MS 2000/2
    • Field of vision: San Francisco's pioneering arifield balances diverse uses and a complex past, by Katherine Melcher. IN: Landscape architecture (Aug 2003), v.93:8, pp.68-75, 100-103. Includes aerial photos, drawings, site plans.
      • EnvDesign SB469 L3 Bound periodicals
    • The Transformation of Crissy Field, by Arlene Gemmil. IN: California Coast & Ocean (Summer 2000), v.16:2, pp.6-13. Includes photos and plan.
      • EnvDesign TC345 C2 C3 Bound periodicals
  6. Filoli (Woodside) | Designers: Bruce Porter and Lurline B. Roth
    • The Gardens at Filoli, by Timmy Gallagher. San Francicso: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1994.
      • EnvDesign SB466 U7 F545 1994
    • A Place apart, by Jane Brown Gillette. IN: Historic preservation, vo.46:4, 1994, pp.58-67, 98-99.
      • EnvDesign E151 H53 Bound periodicals
  7. Forest Lawn Memorial Parks (Glendale & Hollywood Hills)
    • Forest Lawn, by Barbara Rubin, Robert Carlton, and Arnold Rubin. Santa Monica, CA: Westside Publications, 1979.
      • Banc pF869 G6 R8 Noncirc., library use only
      NRLF #: W 101 462 z (Restricted Circ)
    • The Forest Lawn story, by Ralph Hancock. Los Angeles: Angelus Pr. [1964]
      • Banc F869 G6H35 1964 Noncirc., library use only
    • Pictorial Forest Lawn. Glendale, CA: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park.
      • EnvDesign fF869 G5 F6 1934
  8. Golden Gate Park (San Francisco) | Designers: William Hammond Hall and John McLaren; plan by F.L. Olmsted never implemented.
    • The Development of Golden Gate Park: and particularly the management and thinning of its forest tree plantations. A statement from the Board of Park Commissioners, together with reports from Messrs. Wm. Ham. Hall ...Fred. Law Olmsted ...and John McLaren. San Francisco: Bacon & Co., 1886.
      • Banc pF869 S3 D39 1886
    • Enchanted garden, by Jean L. Rossi.  IN: Pacific historian, v.13:1, 1969, pp.8-13. Relates the history of the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park.
      • Banc F850 P1297 Noncirc., library use only
    • Golden Gate Park master plan: draft, prepared by Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey with DKS Associates. San Francisco: San Francisco Recreation and Park Dept., [1995].
      • EnvDesign SB483 S3 D7 1995
    • The Making of Golden Gate Park--the early years, 1865-1906, by Raymond H. Clary. San Francisco: California Living Books, 1980.
      • EnvDesign F869 S3 C537 Noncirc.; Moffitt F870 P3C6
    • San Francisco's Golden Gate Park: a thousand and seventeen acres of stories, by Christopher Pollock. Portland, OR: WestWinds Pr., 2001. Describes the features of Golden Gate Park. Illustrated.
      • EnvDesign F869 S37 G646 2001 Noncirc.
  9. Griffith Park (Los Angeles)
    • Griffith Park: a centennial history, by Mike Eberts. Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1996.
      • Banc F869 L86 G7541 1996
  10. Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland) | Designer: Frederick Law Olmsted | Archives
    • By-laws and rules of Mountain View Cemetery Association, with preface and appendix. Oakland: Mountain View Cemetery Association, 1873.  Note: Oakland miscellany. v. 3, no. 2.
      • Banc xF869 O2 O23 v.3:2 Noncirc., library use only
    • A California cemetery, by Charles Howard Shinn, IN: Garden and forest, v.4:167, May 6, 1891, pp.206-207. A short article reflecting the author's on-site observations.
      • Online ed.: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/title/lists/gndf_V4I167.html; paper ed.: EnvDesign SB1 G2 Unbound periodicals
    • Mountain View Cemetery. Oakland, CA: Mountain View Cemetery Association, 1996. Folded plan of the cemetery.
      • EnvDesign F869 O2 M68 1996 Rare
    • Mountain View Cemetery: history is all around us, by Dennis Evanosky. Alameda, CA: tellar Media Group, Inc., 2007. Folded plan of the cemetery.
      • EnvDesign F869 O2 E75 2007 Reference & circ.
    • Mountain View: nature and culture in an American park cemetery, by Gunther Barth. IN: The Mirror of history: essays in honor of Fritz Fellner, edited by Solomon Wank, et al. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1988, pp. 153-169.
      • Main DB39 M57 1988; Banc pf F869 O2 B27 1988 phot.
    • Organization of Mountain View Cemetery Association, Oakland, California; officers of the corporation, rules, regulations, and by-laws, including a preface to the plan, by Frederick Law Olmsted.  San Francisco: Mountain View Cemetery Association; printed by M.D. Carr & Company, 1865. Note: Oakland miscellany, v. 3, no. 1 and Willey collection, v. 4, no. 11.
      • Banc xF869 O2 O23 v.3:1 & xF858.W5 v.4:11 Noncirc. May be used only in The Bancroft Library
    • The Park cemetery: its westward migration, by Gunther Barth. IN: Chapter 2, American public architecture: European roots and native expressions, Craig Zabel and Susan Scott Munshower, eds. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State Univ., 1989, pp. [58]-81. Includes many black and white photographs of Mountain View Cemetery.
      • EnvDesign NA710 A46 1989 & Banc pfGT3203 B37 1989
    • Report of Mr. Olmsted [to Major R.W. Kirkham, on proposed Mountain View Cemetery], by Frederick Law Olmsted. [1865?]
      • EnvDesign F869 O2 O55 1865 Rare
  11. Ruth Bancroft Garden (Walnut Creek) | Designer: Ruth Bancroft
    The garden was the first in the U.S. to be sponsored by The Garden Conservancy.
    • A Mouth-watering dry garden, by Joan Hockaday. IN: American horticulturist. Vol. 68: 10, October 1989. Features Ruth Bancroft's Walnut Creek garden.
      • Bioscience SB1 N25
    • The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California: creation in 1971, and conservation: oral history transcript, by Ruth Bancroft; with introductions by Frank H. Cabot and Wayne Roderick. Transcript: 1 v. (xi, 149 p.) Phonotapes: 9 cassette tapes.
      • Banc BANC MSS 93/130 c, Bancroft Phonotape 2748 C:1-8, Banc Phonotape 2945 C
  12. The Sea Ranch (Sonoma County) | Designer: Lawrence Halprin
    • Dream of the Sea Ranch [videorecording], producer, director, writer, camerawoman, and ed., Zara Muren. San Anselmo, CA: Zara Muren, 1994. 1 videocassette (56 min.) Includes an interview with Lawrence Halprin.
      • Media Center VIDEO/C 3632
    • The Sea Ranch, by Donlyn Lyndon, Jim Alinder; essays by Donald Canty and Lawrence Halprin. NY: Princeton Architectural Pr., 2004.  Beautifully illustrated with photographs and plans.  Table of contents.
      • EnvDesign NA735 S437 L95 2004
    • Sea Ranch, by Donald Canty. IN: Progressive architecture, v.74:2, 1993, pp.84-91. Includes photographs and site plans.
      • EnvDesign NA1 P4 Periodical stacks
    • The Sea Ranch [bibliography], by Kathryn M. Wayne and John V. Maciuika.  [Chicago, IL] Council of Planning Librarians, 1994.
      • EnvDesign HT166 A12 C6a no.307 Index
    • The Sea Ranch: diary of an idea, by Lawrence Halprin.  [California]: Comet Sudios, 1995.
      • EnvDesign NA737 M66 H35 1995
  13. University of California, Berkeley, Campus | Designers: Thomas Church, Lawrence Halprin, others | Archives (1959-1969): Bancroft CU-411 Univ. Archives
    For a concise overview of the history of campus plans and planning at UC Berkeley, see the Introduction of Harvey Helfand's University of California, Berkeley: an architectural tour and photographs, EnvDesign LD761 H456 2002 Reference.
    • Landscape, open space, circulation, and parking, Task force report. Russell A. Beatty, Task force chair. November 1982, 97 pp. IN: University of California, Berkeley. Buildings and Campus Development Committee. The Berkeley Campus Space Plan. Berkeley: Univ. of California, 1981.
      • EnvDesign LD761 U4 1981 v.3:7 Reserve
    • Landscape heritage plan, University of California, Berkeley. [Berkeley]: Univ. of California, Berkeley, Capital Projects/Facilities Services, [2004]
      • Online ed.: http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/lhp/index_flash.html; paper ed.: EnvDesign LD761 L36 2004 DVD Reserve; book + appendix Reference Desk
    • Landscape master plan, University of California, Berkeley, by Thomas Dolliver Church & Associates. [San Francisco, CA]: The Associates, [1961].
      • EnvDesign LD761 L35 1961 Rare, LD761 L35 1961a circ.
    • Landscape master plan, University of California, Berkeley. [Berkeley]: University of California, Berkeley, Facilities Services, 2004.
      • Online ed.: http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/LMP.htm; paper ed.: EnvDesign LD761 L35 2004 Reference
    • Management plan for Strawberry and Claremont Canyons, prepared by Joe McBride; revised by Russell A. Beatty. 1979.
      • EnvDesign LD761 M35 1979
    • Scattering of buildings softened by landscape: University of California's Berkeley campus. IN: Architecture, v.74 (Dec. 1985), pp.72-81.
      • EnvDesign NA11 A6 Bound periodicals
    • Trees of the Berkeley campus, [prepared by Robert A. Cockrell with the assistance of Frederick F. Warnke].  Rev. [Berkeley]: Div. of Agricultural Sciences, Univ. of California, 1976.
      • EnvDesign QK484 C2 M48 1976 circ. & Reference

    Selected Readings  Here is a selection of readings on designed landscapes in California, representing the range of materials available in the Environmental Design Library. Hint: To find information about specific places, look at the journals or yearbooks of the local landscape architecture societies.

    Statewide | Northern California | Southern California
    Statewide
  1. Beautiful homes and gardens in California, by Herbert Weisskamp. NY: H.N. Abrams [1965, c1964] Includes designs of Church, Eckbo, and Halprin. Illustrated with black and white photographs and plans.
    2. EnvDesign NA7235 C2 W43 1965; Banc F862.66 W4
  2. California and the municipal rose garden movement, by Phoebe Cutler.  IN: Eden: journal of the California Garden & Landscape History Society, v.8:1 (Spring 2005), pp.1-5. Includes photographs, plans, and a bibliography.
    3. EnvDesign SB469 E34 Unbound periodicals
  3. California gardens, by Winifred Starr Dobyns. Santa Barbara, CA: Allen A. Knoll, 1996.
    4. EnvDesign & Banc SB466 U7 C323 1996
  4. California gardens: creating a new Eden, by David C. Streatfield. NY: Abbeville Pr., 1994. Bibliography: pp.262-266.
    5. EnvDesign & Banc SB466 U65 C295 1994
  5. California urban parks and open spaces: case studies of 35 parks, plazas, gardens and streets, Andrea Cochran, Mark Francis, Heath Schenker, eds. Davis: Center for Design Research, Univ. of California, Davis, 1998. Case studies, which focus primarily on Northern California, include site plans. Includes the Davis Skatepark, Guadalupe River Park, and Yerba Buena Gardens.
    6. EnvDesign SB482 C2 C432 1998 Reference
  6. City parks [videorecording], produced by Actuality Productions Inc. for the History Channel; written and produced by Shelley Ann Lawrence. [NY]: A&E Television Networks: New Video Group [distrib.], 1999. VHS. Includes Griffith Park and Golden Gate Park.
    7. Media Center VIDEO/C MM13
  7. The Gardens of California: four centuries of design from mission to modern, by Nancy Goslee Power. NY: C. Potter, 1995.
    8. EnvDesign & Banc SB466 U65 C273 1995
  8. The Golden age of American gardens: proud owners, private estates, 1890-1940, by Mac Griswold, Eleanor Weller. NY: H.N. Abrams, in association with the Garden Club of America, 1991. Covers California: pp.311-353. Includes extensive notes, illustrations, and bibliography.
    9. EnvDesign SB466 U6 G75 1991
  9. Modern garden design: innovation since 1900, by Janet Waymark. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003. Includes work of Church, Eckbo, and Sessions.
    10. EnvDesign SB472.45 W39 2003
  10. The Pacific horticulture book of Western gardening, George Waters and Nora Harlow, eds. & comps. Boston: D.R. Godine in association with the Pacific Horticultural Foundation, 1990. Features several California gardens, including old Santa Barbara gardens, Harlan Hand's El Cerrito garden, and the Ruth Bancroft garden in Walnut Creek.
    11. EnvDesign & Banc SB454.3 M43 P33 1990
  11. Regional garden design in the United States, Therese O'Malley and Marc Treib, eds. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1995. Includes several essays on California gardens.
    12. EnvDesign SB457.53 R44 1995


    Northern California
  12. Gardens of Northern California's wine country [videorecording] Larkspur, CA: The Larkspur Company, 1997. VHS.
    13. Media Center VIDEO/C 5444 Noncirc.
  13. Guide to the landscape architecture of the Bay Region, by Mai Arbegast, Michael Laurie and Roger Martin. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, College of Environmental Design, [1966?]
    14. EnvDesign SB483 S3 A73 1996 Reference & circ.
  14. Building San Francisco's parks, 1850-1930, by Terence Young.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., 2004.
    15.   Table of contents.
    EnvDesign SB482C22 S268 2004
  15. Site & insight: exploring notable Bay Area landscape architecture, by Students of LA298, Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning; Helaine Kaplan Prentice, ed. Berkeley: College of Environmental Design, Univ. of Calif., [2002]
    16. EnvDesign SB469.5 C2 S58 2002
  16. Stanford University, by Richard Joncas, David J. Neuman, and Paul V. Turner. 2nd ed. NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2006. Guidebook to Stanford buildings and history. Table of contents.
    17. EnvDesign LD3031 J65 2006 Reference


    Southern California
  17. Building new frontiers: myth and the development of the American landscape, by Vincent M. Lee. Los Angeles: Public Access Press: Southern Calif. Institute of Architecture, 1995. Focuses on Los Angeles.
    18. EnvDesign SB470.53 L44 1995
  18. Designing Disney's theme parks: the architecture of reassurance, Karal Ann Marling, ed. NY: Flammarion, 1997.
    19. EnvDesign GV1853.3 C22 D47 1997
  19. The Gardens of Southern California, by Helaine Kaplan Prentice. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990.
    20. EnvDesign SB466 U65 C25 1990; Banc fSB466 U65 C25 1990
  20. Glimpses of Santa Barbara and Montecito gardens, by Ervanna Bowel Bissell. [Santa Barbara, CA: The Schauer Printing Studio, Inc., 1926]
    21. EnvDesign SB466 U7 B5; Banc F868 S23B3
  21. Parks and gardens of the greater Los Angeles Region, Achva Benzinberg Stein, ed. Los Angeles: School of Architecture, Univ. of Southern Calif.: Architectural Guild Pr., 1996.
    22. EnvDesign SB466 U65 L67 1996
  22. Private landscapes: modernist gardens in Southern California, by Pamela Burton and Marie Botnick. NY: Princeton Architectural Pr., 2002.
    23. EnvDesign SB466 U65 C373 2002
  23. Southern California gardens; an illustrated history, by Victoria Padilla. Berkeley: Univ. of Calif. Pr., 1961. Bibliography: pp.336-339.
    24. EnvDesign, Bioscience, NRLF SB466 U6 P3



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    Landscape Architecture Librarian
    Environmental Design Library
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