William Hertrich

The Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1905-1949

Personal Recollections of William Hertrich

$21.95, £12.95 paperback

978-0-87328-096-9

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166 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 inches, 150 b/w illustrations
January 1988, Available worldwide
Categories: California & the West; Gardening

Description | About the Author

This book is both an illustrated history of the early years of a now celebrated garden and cultural institution and an intimate and revealing memoir of Henry Edwards Huntington, written by the man who was hired in 1906 to manage the property and landscape the grounds. Included are many historical photographs showing the development of the Huntington estate and the gardens.

William Hertrich was hired as Henry Huntington's landscape gardener in 1905; over the next two decades, the two men designed many of the gardens and plant collections seen at the Huntington today. Upon his retirement as superintendent in 1948, Hertrich set out to write an in-depth history of the early years of the estate in a highly personal account filled with memories, anecdotes, and first-hand historical detail.