An Arcadian Landscape. The California Gardens of A.E. Hanson

The architect of some of Southern Californias most notable and spectacular gardens of the 1920s. This book reconstructs the making of nine of them including the Harold Lloyd estate in Beverly Hills the Andalusian garden of Archibald Young in Pasadena and the Italian garden of Kirk Johnson in Montecito. The autobiographic first chapter gives an engaging account of Hansons self training in the profession and his dealings with clients.