Madoo
The Making of an American Garden
$74.10
- Hardcover
268 pages
- Release Date
18 August 2026
Summary
A portrait of an iconoclastic garden in the Hamptons where painter, poet, and self-taught horticulturist Robert Dash created an eclectic plant paradise and a literary and arts salon.
During the 1960s, painter, poet, and gardener Robert Dash set out to create a haven where art and the garden existed in tandem. What began as a fallow farm field over time became a beloved public garden and Hamptons treasure that The New York Times has called an “ever-changing masterpiece.” M…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781643264196 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1643264192 |
| Author: | Alejandro Saralegui, Kendell Cronstrom |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Timber Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 268 |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.04kg |
| Dimensions: | 256mm x 206mm x 22mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Madoo is Robert Dash’s masterpiece: a horticulturally diverse garden with historic structures and art integrated into a designed landscape… Imagery drawn from the archives, including photos, drawings, sketches, and paintings, add to the history of Madoo’s evolution. This monograph on Dash’s eclectic garden is a great addition.”–Library Journal“A beautiful, visual passegiata through Madoo, Robert Dash’s magnum opus, this book takes a deep look at the history and plantings of a unique artist’s home and garden in Sagaponack. The authors and photographer have honored Dash’s spirit in its enchanting and thorough pages.”–Miguel Flores-Vianna, photographer and Deputy Editor of Cabana“How lucky we are, at long last, to have this account of the making of Madoo, Robert Dash’s widely admired property on Long Island. The photos and illustrations, along with notes from Dash’s journals and essays by those who knew him, shed light on Madoo’s evolution and what has made it so magical for nearly sixty years.” –Frances Palmer, author of Life with Flowers“I love Madoo and its history, and deeply admire Robert Dash and the way that he captured Eastern Long Island. Madoo is magical and endlessly inspiring, a wonderful place to escape to and discover all year round.”–Aerin Lauder, author of Living with Flowers“Madoo is a unique and personal horticultural tour de force. To create it, Bob Dash brought the eye and sensibility of an artist, a far-into-the-future view, patience, and the strong back of a plain-dirt gardener.”–Marco Polo Stufano, Founding Director of Horticulture, Wave Hill Public Garden and Culture Center“This book is like a ship in a bottle, capturing with miraculous clarity and containment a garden in full sail–a pocket rocket bursting out of a potato field in the middle of the Hamptons.”–Christopher Woodward, Director, The Garden Museum, London
About The Author
Alejandro Saralegui
Born and raised in Bronxville, New York, Alejandro Saralegui started his career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after receiving an undergraduate degree in art history from SUNY Purchase. He worked for art galleries, magazines, and fashion and gardening companies before becoming the executive director of the Madoo Conservancy in 2009. He lives in Bridgehampton, New York.
A native of Minneapolis, Kendell Cronstrom attended Cornell University and the University of Minnesota, where he graduated with a degree in journalism. A longtime magazine editor, he has worked at a host of publications ranging from Vanity Fair to Elle Decor and was the editor in chief of Hamptons Cottages & Gardens for fourteen years. Currently the vice president of marketing for Schumacher, he lives in Brooklyn and Bridgehampton, New York.
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