American Roots is a lushly photographed, truly inspiring celebration of the wide-ranging styles that define the modern American garden, as revealed through the home gardens of twenty of the most important designers and creatives working today. For decades, many American gardens fell short on originality. People were content with cookie-cutter landscapes - the iconic lawn or the perennial-lined front walk and picket fence - or they mimicked foreign styles like English cottage gardens and Japanese Zen landscapes. This has changed in recent years, as bold designers are championing an American design aesthetic that embraces regional culture, plants, and growing conditions.
American Roots celebrates this diversity by highlighting a thoughtfully curated list of designers and creatives with exceptional home gardens, focused on those who push boundaries, trial extraordinary plants, embrace a regional ethos, and express their talents in highly personal ways. Covering all the regions of the country, the profiles dive into design influences, share the back stories of the gardens and their designers, and offer information-packed sidebars with design tips and plant palettes.
American Roots is an invitation to reconsider how we define the American garden and offers guidance and encouragement to anyone looking to dig more deeply into their own home garden.
AUTHOR: Nick McCullough is a certified designer by the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and served on its board. He holds degrees in horticulture and art history from The Ohio State University and studied landscape design in Northwest England. A self- described plant nerd, Nick is passionate about perennials and has a masterful understanding of how plants thrive in regional climates. Allison McCullough is the head of marketing for McCullough’s Landscape & Nursery, Allison ensures the brand delivers thoughtful communications and special touches that only come from a family-owned business. Teresa Woodward brings a background in magazine writing and gardening experience. During her 14-year writing career, she has written and produced garden content for regional and national publications, including Better Homes & Gardens, Tribune Publishing, and Country Gardens and currently serves as Contributing Garden Editor at Midwest Living magazine. She has won Gold and Silver Awards by the Association of Garden Communicators. 600 photographs