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d. Sharpe, Grant. Interpreting the Environment.
John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1976.
A comprehensive textbook describing how to effectively
interpret the outdoor environment (parks, forests,
urban open space). The most valuable chapters of the
book deal with the wide array of techniques (signs,
publications, audio devices, etc.) available to
interpreters. Some techniques are beneficial to
beginners, wondering what its all about; others
to "old hands" looking for new ideas.
2. Garden and Landscape Interpretation
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a. Favretti, Rudy and Joy. For Every House a Garden.
A Guide for Reproducing Period Gardens. Pequot
Press, Chester, Connecticut, 1977.
An introductory guide to period gardens - how to
research them and how to re-create them in all their
forms. A complete list of plants for each of the
major gardening periods of the United States is
included.
b. Favretti, Rudy J. and Joy. Landscapes and Gardens
for Historic Buildings. American Association for
State and Local History, Nashville, Tennessee,
1979.
The Favretti's improve on their first book with
excellent illustrations and an expanded plant list.
It is unfortunate that individual dates of introduc-
tion are not given for each plant listed.
Chapter 17,
"Maintaining the Restored Landscape" should be read
by every garden interpreter at Old Salem.
c. Foulger, Nancy. Interpretation for Public Gardens:
A Communications Perspective. Master's Thesis,
Longwood Program in Ornamental Horticulture,
Newark, Delaware, 1979.
Proposes a systems model for producing effective.
interpretive programs in a garden setting. The
system is based on communication theory in which
interpretive themes/messages are communicated through
appropriate media.
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d ,. Wise, George U. "DO Plants Speak for Themselves?
An Interpretive Plan for the Garden." Lonqwood
Program Seminar Publication, Volume 9, pp. 45-50.
Author contends that labeling is only one aspect of
interpretation. Adjuncts and alternatives to plant
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