English garden history, western gardening, and creating and editing Pacific horticulture

By

Waters, W. George.

Riess, Suzanne B.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Type

Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Forms part of the California horticulture oral history series.

Boyhood in wartime London, conscientious objector status, alternative service jobs; research work at Kodak, Ltd., 1954-1972, bicycling; British Garden History Society activities, programs, horticultural groups, status; Waters's gardens in England; marriage, and move to Berkeley, CA; connecting with California Horticultural Society, founding of Pacific Horticultural Foundation, decision to revamp California Horticultural Journal: journal format committee, financing, supporters, advertisers, distribution; discussion of Waters's editorial stance, book reviews, photography, Mediterranean gardens, working with authors; distinctive Bay Area gardens, gardeners, and Lester Hawkins, Marge Hayakawa, others. Appendices include an autobiographical statement by Olive Rice Waters; and letters to authors.

Subjects

California , California horticultural journal , California Horticultural Society , Gardening , Horticulture , Horticulturists , Interviews , Oral histories , Pacific Horticultural Foundation (U.S.) , Pacific horticulture , Periodicals , San Francisco Bay Area , Waters, Olive Rice

Language

English

Identifiers

Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51427205