Ann Streissguth is professor emerita at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Daniel Streissguth is professor emeritus at the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Benjamin Streissguth has a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Washington and lives in Seattle.
Foreword by Douglas Kelbaugh
Introduction
Daniel's Guiding Principles in Developing a Garden
1. The Setting: Open Space in the City / Ann and Daniel
2. Inside-Outside Rooms: The Streissguth Houses and Their Gardens / Daniel
3. The Public Hillside Gardens: Developing a Deciduous Woodland, the
Perennial Banks, a Winter Dell, and Combining Ornamentals and
Food-Producing Plants / Daniel and Ann
4. Techniques and Tools: Making Gardens Out of Steep Wooded Hillsides, Clay
and Sand Banks, and Bogs / Daniel
5. Plants Who Do Their Share of the Work / Ann
6. Where Gardens Come From: The Garden's Many Contributors / Ann
7. On Collections: Our Special Interests Reflected in Our Gardens / Daniel
8. Growing Up in the Garden, and Getting Educated to Maintain It / Benjamin
9. Looking Back, Looking Ahead / Daniel, Ann, and Benjamin
Appendix 1 Useful and Indispensable Tools
Appendix 2 Useful Books in the Streissguths' Library
Appendix 3 Plants Discussed in the Book, by Botanical / Common and Common /
Botanical Names
Photographic Credits and Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index
