Siftings

Jens Jensen (1860–1951) was one of America's most distinguished landscape architects and a pioneering conservationist. During his long and productive career, this Danish-born visionary worked for and with some of the country's most prominent citizens and architects, including Henry Ford, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

• Foreword: Jens Jensen and the Soul of the Native LandscapePrefaceChapter 1. Art Has its Roots in the SoilChapter 2. Early ImpressionsChapter 3. Environmental InfluencesChapter 4. StudiesChapter 5. Our Native LandscapeChapter 6. CompositionsChapter 7. TownsChapter 8. The GardenAfterword: A Note on Jens Jensen as a Landscape Architect

Jensen was a giant of his time. Nowhere is that more evident than in reading Siftings... Technically not a garden book, it is more about the philosophies of a lifetime devoted to gardens and plants, but one with such insights that it should be looked into when the world is too much with us, late and soon. American Horticulturist