Harshbarger, Gretchen, 1906-

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Professional landscape architect, author, and photographer; author of The flower family album (1940) and McCall's garden book (1968); garden editor of Household magazine and American homes; president of the Garden Writers' Association of American and the American Hemerocallis Society; recipient of numerous national and local awards for her contributions to horticulture. A resident of Iowa City, Iowa, Harshbarger is noted for founding Project Green in that community. She died in 1989.

From the description of Papers of Gretchen Harshbarger, 1926-1989. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233105967

Landscape architect and author; b. Gretchen Fischer, married Henry Clay Harshbarger.

From the description of Papers, 1935-1982. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28410823

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creatorOf Harshbarger, Gretchen, 1906-. Papers of Gretchen Harshbarger, 1926-1989. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Harshbarger, Gretchen, 1906-. Papers, 1935-1982. University of Iowa Libraries
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United States
Iowa--Iowa City
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Women authors, American
Women authors, American
Flower gardening
Gardens
Horticultural writers
Horticulture
Landscape architects
Landscape architecture
Landscape drawing
Landscape gardening
Women
Women editors
Women photographers
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Authors, American
Women authors, American
Landscape architects
Women landscape architects
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