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Outstanding American Gardens a Celebration 25 Years of the Garden Conservancy was edited by Page Dickey with photography by Marion Brenner , published by ABRAMS 2015. $50 in the US and $30 at online booksellers. Thi s book is a divine combination of coffee table book and travel planner. Each garden that is featured will entice armchair travelers to get up and out of their chairs and onto the internet to plan a visit to one or more of these destination gardens. The Garden Conservancy began in 1988 as a way to preserve important American gardens so they would not return to nature due to lack of care. The Conservancy has restored and saved more than 80 gardens since that time. The book showcases eight of the gardens their volunteers worked on, plus 43 more private gardens that the Conservancy opened to the public as part of their Open Days Program . A book of six tickets to Open Days is $21 for members and $35 for non-members. Tickets and/or a copy of the Directory of Open...