Download or read book The Granite Garden written by Anne W. Spirn and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1985-09-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities—their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life—to create better, more habitable urban environments.