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I am thrilled to finally see a thorough and useful guide to the gardens of the Delaware Valley. Adam Levine and Rob Cardillo are the perfect guides--bringing the gardens to life in word and image. Jane G. Pepper, President, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society This is a great service to our public gardens! Whether you want to learn new gardening ideas or simply reconnect with family and friends in a beautiful peaceful setting, this beautifully illustrated reference will help you choose and locate the right garden for you. ...[A] must have guide... Paul W. Meyer, F. Otto Haas Director, The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania A smart, beautifully illustrated guide to more than 40 gardens and dozens of other horticultural destinations in Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, and northern Delaware...organized by region and, in a helpful twist, ranked according to what Levine and Cardillo think they have to offer. Cardillo's 195 color illustrations are an artful accompaniment, whether impressionistic scenes at Mount Cuba Center or small cameos of pink native dogwood. The Philadelphia Inquirer The text, by Adam Levine, gives eloquent descriptions of each garden...Beautiful photographs by Rob Cardillo accompany most descriptions and highlight aspects of the gardens. This is a good resource for those looking for daytrips with a focus on gardens. The Allentown Morning Call An hour at a beautiful garden can pique a child's interest in flowers...Levine provides detailed coverage of more than 40 area public gardens and info about dozens more in A Guide to the Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region. With more than 200 color photos by Rob Cardillo, the book organizes gardens geographically, making those near you easy to find. Metro Kids May 2007

I am thrilled to finally see such a thorough and useful guide to the gardens of the Delaware Valley. A Guide to the Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region will make a wonderful addition to any garden lover's library. Adam Levine and Rob Cardillo are the perfect guides-bringing these gardens to life in word and image. Their knowledge about the gardens in our area makes this an invaluable book indeed. -Jane G. Pepper, President, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

I am thrilled to finally see such a thorough and useful guide to the gardens of the Delaware Valley. A Guide to the Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region will make a wonderful addition to any garden lover's library. Adam Levine and Rob Cardillo are the perfect guides-bringing these gardens to life in word and image. Their knowledge about the gardens in our area makes this an invaluable book indeed. -Jane G. Pepper, President, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

"""I am thrilled to finally see a thorough and useful guide to the gardens of the Delaware Valley. Adam Levine and Rob Cardillo are the perfect guides--bringing the gardens to life in word and image."" Jane G. Pepper, President, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ""This is a great service to our public gardens! Whether you want to learn new gardening ideas or simply reconnect with family and friends in a beautiful peaceful setting, this beautifully illustrated reference will help you choose and locate the right garden for you. ...[A] must have guide..."" Paul W. Meyer, F. Otto Haas Director, The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania ""A smart, beautifully illustrated guide to more than 40 gardens and dozens of other horticultural destinations in Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, and northern Delaware...organized by region and, in a helpful twist, ranked according to what Levine and Cardillo think they have to offer. Cardillo's 195 color illustrations are an artful accompaniment, whether impressionistic scenes at Mount Cuba Center or small cameos of pink native dogwood."" The Philadelphia Inquirer ""The text, by Adam Levine, gives eloquent descriptions of each garden...Beautiful photographs by Rob Cardillo accompany most descriptions and highlight aspects of the gardens. This is a good resource for those looking for daytrips with a focus on gardens."" The Allentown Morning Call ""An hour at a beautiful garden can pique a child's interest in flowers...Levine provides detailed coverage of more than 40 area public gardens and info about dozens more in A Guide to the Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region. With more than 200 color photos by Rob Cardillo, the book organizes gardens geographically, making those near you easy to find."" Metro Kids May 2007"

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Adam Levine is an award-winning garden writer whose work has appeared in many regional and national magazines. He is also co-author of The Passion for Gardening and The Philadelphia Flower Show. He lives and gardens in Media, Pennsylvania. His website is www.PhillyGardenGuide.com. Rob Cardillo is a Philadelphia-based professional garden photographer. Formerly the Director of Photography at Organic Gardening magazine, his work now appears in Garden Design, Horticulture, Better Homes and Gardens, and numerous other magazines. He has authored two books and was the photographer for Flowers White House Style, HGTV Landscape Makeovers and The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer. His website is www.robcardillo.com

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