Description: On the Roof of the Rocky Mountains presents an informative narrative and photographic journey through of one of the most beautiful and distinguished high altitude (8,200 feet) botanical gardens in the world. Throughout the pages garden and flower pictures taken by noted professional photographers showcase several hundred of the more than 3,000 plant species in its vast collection. The Gardens are a respected leader in research and propagation, conservation, and education.
Brief description:
Western Colorado-based writer and landscape architect Sarah Chase Shaw has authored two garden books: Garden Legacy: The Residential Gardens of Design Workshop and New Gardens of the American West. Her most recent book, Living Beneath the Colorado Peaks: The Story of Knapp Ranch, received the 2018 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Wrangler award for Outstanding Art/Photography Book.
Review Quotes: "The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens are a staggeringly beautiful treasure. ... On the Roof of the Rocky Mountains aims to do a lot ... [by] educating the reader on what the alpine regions are, the risks they face, and how botanic gardens can be key in efforts to understand and preserve delicate alpine ecosystems."--Joseph Tychonievich "Rock Garden Quarterly"