Graham is a garden designer and historian of American garden design.[11] He has designed gardens for film producer
John Goldwyn and actors
Jennifer Garner and
Lisa Edelstein.[12] Graham has designed gardens throughout Southern California, as well as in Hawaii, New York, Florida, and Baja California, Mexico.[13] He wrote the 2011 history of American garden design, American Eden: From the Monticello to Central Park to Our Backyards, What Our Gardens Tell Us About Ourselves, called a "foundational study" by
Kevin Starr and a "fresh, critical, and ecologically astute masterwork" by
Booklist.[11] Graham was a guest on the
Colbert Report in connection with American Eden.[n 1] In 2011, he was profiled in The New York Times for his work as a garden designer and writer.[14]
Southern California
As an authority on
Southern California's historical, environmental, and urban civic discourse, Graham has made numerous radio and television appearances, including on
PBS and
C-SPAN.[15][16][17][18] He spoke as an expert on Los Angeles history in the
WNYC Studios and
KCRW podcast There Goes the Neighborhood.[19] He has also been a panelist for
KCRW Town Hall events.[20]
Molokai
Graham is an expert on the Hawaiian island of
Molokai. In 2018, he published the book Braided Waters: Environment and Society in Molokai, Hawaii, considered "essential reading for those interested in the environmental history of Hawai'i" and "an invaluable contribution to the historical literature about Molokai and the Hawaiian Islands in general" by subject experts.[21][22]
Graham, Wade (2011). Jesus Is My Gardener. Kindle Single.[24]
—— (2011). American Eden: From the Monticello to Central Park to Our Backyards, What Our Gardens Tell Us About Ourselves. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers.
ISBN9780061583438.
—— (2012). "Blueprinting the Regional City: The Urban and Environmental Legacies of the Air Industry in Southern California". In Westwick, Peter (ed.). Blue Sky Metropolis: The Aerospace Century in Southern California. University of California Press. pp. 247–275.
ISBN9780520289062.
—— (2016). Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers.
ISBN9780062196323.
—— (2018). Braided Waters: Environment and Society in Molokai, Hawaii. Oakland, California: University of California Press.
ISBN9780520298590.
^Fischer, John Ryan (2019-11-01). "Braided Waters: Environment and Society in Molokai, Hawaii [Review]". Pacific Historical Review. 88 (4): 757–759.
doi:
10.1525/phr.2019.88.4.757.
S2CID211653479.