Books
February 15, 2012
Newly Published: Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way
In 18th-century gardens, the broccoli was purple and cucumbers grew to 3 feet long. Lime water controlled aphids, a simple tile trapped slugs in the lettuce beds, and melon seeds were improved by walking about with them in your pockets.
In Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way, historic gardener Wesley Greene shares history and folklore along with practical advice on growing vegetables herbs, garden tools, and cultivation techniques. This is the ultimate organic gardening book—from a time when organic was the only gardening.
in Books
October 21, 2011
The Art-ful Tree: Ornaments to Make
The Christmas tree ornaments in this new book, The Art-ful Tree: Ornaments to Make, are based on art from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum’s collection. Each of the 33 projects features an image of the original work and information about the art and artist. The authors guide you, step by step, through the process of creating ornaments, from fabric silhouettes to felt snowmen, from punch-needle hearts to paper doves, from copper stars to cross-stitch stockings.
Learn more about the book.
in Books, Kids, Visit & Events
July 14, 2011
Hogsheads to Blockheads: The Kids’ Guide to Colonial Williamsburg
Written just for kids, this book will tell you how to have the most fun in the coolest place from the eighteenth century—Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area.
Find out about colonial games like rolling hoops and ninepins, about the cells that held the crew of the notorious pirate Blackbeard, about rare breeds of farm animals, and about fifes and drums.
in Books, What's New
June 7, 2011
Colonial Williamsburg: A Pocket Guide
Discover everything you need to tour the world’s largest living history museum — now in a handy guide that fits, literally, in your pocket.
“Colonial Williamsburg: A Pocket Guide” is a no-nonsense guide that includes essential information on: History, Revolutionary City, public buildings and homes, taverns and coffeehouse, historic trades, art museums, gardens, rare breeds, fifes and drums, highlights for first-time guests and for families, special events, nightlife, shopping, golf and spa and restaurants and hotels.
Paperback
4″ x 7-1/2″
96 pages
117 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-87935-248-6
$6.95
Buy it now at www.williamsburgmarketplace.com
in Books
May 16, 2011
Williamsburg’s Joseph Prentis: His Monthly Kalender & Garden Book
In the 18th century, as today, Williamsburg was known for its fine gardens. Among the town’s most enthusiastic gardeners was Joseph Prentis, an attorney who kept a personal garden book and calendar. This volume includes the full text of Prentis’ work, along with an introduction by Colonial Williamsburg landscape supervisor Rollin Woolley.
Prentis’ records and instructions are a valuable resource for gardeners, historians, garden historians, and others interested in the vegetables, flowers, trees, and shrubs of the late eighteenth century and the cultural techniques of the times.
Paperback
5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″
72 pages
ISBN: 978-0-87935-250-9
$12.95
Buy it now at www.williamsburgmarketplace.com.
in Books
December 23, 2010
Read “America’s Beginnings” by Tony Williams
From the Lost Colony to the Bill of Rights, here are fifty dramatic events that shaped our nation’s character.
“Tony Williams has produced a succinct, entertaining, and informative book . . . Easily accessible to young readers as well as experts, Williams bolsters his narrative with spicy quotations and important facts, never losing the big picture that America was . . . and is . . . exceptional.” -Larry Schweikart
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