Private Newport: At Home and in the Garden
Newport, Rhode Island, blessed with stunning ocean vistas and constant sea breezes, is home to some of the most exceptional private residences in America. Its deeply rooted history makes it a perennial destination, with more than 3.5 million visitors each year.
Private Newport: At Home and in the Garden offers an invitation to venture beyond the privet hedges and massive iron gates. It is the first book to step inside the privately owned mansions to reveal a diverse collection of architectural jewels complemented by spectacular gardens. These homes, created by distinguished architects and landscape designers, are stunning examples of Newport’s 375-year “old-world” heritage.
Eighteen exquisite and unique homes are prominently featured-from the resilient crescent curve of majestic Seafair, which withstood the Hurricane of ’38, to the prizewinning Japanese garden at Wildacre, to the nostalgic working farm of heritage breeds at Swiss Village-each contributing its own part to the “Eden of America.”
Hardcover | 224 Pages | 275 four-color photographs
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About the Author:
Bettie Bearden Pardee is the co-chair of the annual Newport Flower Show and a flower-arranging judge with the Garden Club of America. As a contributing editor to Bon Appetit for ten years, she was a producer of the "Entertaining with Style" feature. Additionally, she hosted the fifteen-part PBS series The Presidential Palate: Entertaining at the White House and has appeared on many Good Morning America. Pardee is also the author of two books on entertaining. She and her husband are year-round residents of Newport.
Photographer Mick Hales' work has appeared in House and Garden, Vanity Fair, Architectural Record, and Town and Country. His books include Style and Grace and Monastic Gardens.
