Fred Albert
In
The Adventures of a Narrative Gardener ($39.95, GILES), planner and preservationist Ronald Lee Fleming pens a love letter to his garden at Bellevue House, the Newport “cottage” he occupies on the avenue of the same name. Tracing the history of the lavish 3-acre estate and the philosophy and historical antecedents that guided the restoration of its garden, Fleming leads readers on a richly illustrated journey (including a detour through his tour of duty in Vietnam) that might inspire readers to think about the narrative their own gardens can convey.