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Environmental Design Library
California Landscape Architecture & Gardens![]()
California Landscape Architecture & Gardens is a selective bibliographic research guide to UC Berkeley library and Internet resources on the history of California landscape architecture. 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.
Getting Started
Quick Facts
LinksDoing Research
Finding Books
Catalog searching | Bibliographies
Finding Articles
Indexes | Journals | Newspapers
Finding Images
Archives & LibrariesResources
California Landscape Architects
Individual Landscape Sites
Selected ReadingsUC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by using The Library's proxy service or by installing the Connecting@Berkeley CD on their computer.
Last updated: 13 September 2007 ![]()
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Gardenwalks in California: beautiful gardens from San Diego to Mendocino, by Alice Joyce.
Guilford, CT: Insiders' Guide, 2005.|
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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.
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[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 |
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Bibliographies:
Bibliographies may also be found in books and journal
articles, at the ends of encyclopedia entries, and on the Web.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Finding
Images This section lists sources for different types of
images, including photographs, plans, drawings, and plat maps. 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.
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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.
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| Archives |
| Historical Societies |
| Libraries |
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232 Wurster Hall Collection of 35mm slides & more. Emphasis on architecture, but also includes landscape & urban history. Open to UC Berkeley faculty & graduate students. An orientation is required prior to using the collection. Significant Western Americana collection. Rare books & archives. Noncirculating only. No photocopying allowed. 2101 Valley Life Sciences Building (510) 642-4818 |
Collection includes California horticultural information.
50 McCone Hall The best campus source for maps & aerial photos. UC Berkeley, 210 Wurster Hall (510) 642-4818 One of the premier architecture, landscape architecture, and city and regional planning libraries in North America. Strong emphasis on California. |
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Filoli: Library
Helen Russell Crocker Library of Horticulture Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (415) 661-1316 ext. 303 The only major horticultural library in the San Francisco Bay Area. Open to the public. Noncirc. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Research Lib. 1500 North College Avenue, Claremont (909) 625-8767 |
Santa
Barbara Botanic Garden--Blaksley 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. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Compiled by Deborah Sommer
Landscape Architecture Librarian
Environmental Design Library
Originally compiled in 2001