Saratoga Springs is colorful not only culturally and historically, but
also literally. Come spring and summer the historic resort town is
filled with lush plantings in the public parks, around private homes
from the grandest to the most modest, at the Saratoga Race Course
grounds and the Skidmore College campus, and even throughout the
business district along Broadway. Rather than discouraging Saratoga's
green thumbs, the challenging northern climate only inspires residents
to celebrate the return of warm weather and the horse-racing season each
year with joyful displays of gardens, fountains, and flower-filled
containers of every description. History, health, and horses, the city's
motto, neatly sums up Saratoga's most famous attributes. In this
celebration of the region's gardens and the people who create them,
photographer and writer Janet Loughrey shows us that horticulture should
be added to that list.