Botanical Gardens Coloring Book - Paperback

by Dot Barlowe (Author)

A stroll through the magnificent natural museums known as botanical gardens refreshes the spirits while dazzling the senses. With this entertaining and fact-filled coloring book, nature lovers (and colorists, too) can visit 37 of these popular showplaces throughout the United States and Canada.
Carefully researched and meticulously rendered illustrations range from the magnificent topiary sculptures at Green Animals in Portsmouth, Rhode Island to the lush palms of Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami, Florida. Other splendid sites include the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, New York; Longwood Gardens in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania; the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.; the gardens at Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg and Monticello; the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx; Boyce-Thompson Southwestern Arboretum in Superior, Arizona; the Royal Botanical Garden in Hamilton, Ontario; and more.
Each site is included on a full-page map of the United States and Canada and accompanied by captions that identify and describe each location. This collection of eye-filling illustrations is certain to delight naturalists of all ages.