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[Casa de Miel]: Confederate jasmine has been trained up a wall in a popular Palm Beach fashion.

Photographer:
Lehman, Gay N.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Digital image (JPEG file, col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Casa de Miel (Palm Beach, Florida)
United States of America -- Florida -- Palm Beach County -- Palm Beach
Date:
2013 May.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Florida -- Palm Beach  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Vines  Search this
Agaves  Search this
Begonias  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item FL249004
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Florida / FL249: Palm Beach -- Casa de Miel
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69c3fbd27-522a-4346-9ef6-3605a97bc2ab
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12378

Cohasset -- Cedar Ledges

Former owner:
Baily, William  Search this
Whittington, William  Search this
Higginson, Charles  Search this
Higginson, Rebekah  Search this
Garden designer:
Wylde, Cecil  Search this
Provenance:
Cohasset Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Cedar Ledges (Cohasset, Massachusetts)
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk -- Cohasset
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and a planting list.
General:
Cedar Ledges is a historic property of nearly three acres that features trees reminiscent of the years the current owners spent in the Foreign Service, and more recently Native American trees, shrubs and wildflowers. The property has been owned by members of just two families since the 1730's, and has descended in the present owner's family since the 1920s. Native granite ledges form a rock garden with a waterfall that trickles into a lily pond, with a clump of birch trees, mature cedar trees, and Japanese maples along with ferns, azaleas and spring bulbs. A formal rectangular garden has been switched from roses to dwarf fruit trees, bordered by boxwood hedges, espaliered apple trees, raspberries and blackberries trained to arches.
Nearby grove of Eastern red cedars is under planted with flowering shrubs, spring bulbs and perennials and edged with elderberries and gooseberries. A vegetable and herb garden in raised beds also serves as a nursery for young fruit trees. A woodland path features trees and shrubs with colorful bark that add interest in the winter, including red and yellow twig dogwoods. A garden devoted to birds and memories features tall pines, a lower story of trees that fruit, flowering ground covers and an old twisted juniper. A hundred-foot long perennial border with old-fashioned flowers and flowering shrubs adds color. A small stream is decorated with wildflowers, dogwood, crabapple and sweet gum trees. Near the road a spring garden includes bulbs and ferns, lilacs along a granite ledge and wisteria.
The seaside garden at Cedar Ledges has been cited by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, with plants in the lower meadow including hibiscus, rugosa roses, bayberry, broom and tamarisks that thrive in the increasing salinity of the soil caused by more frequent high tide flooding. The owners stopped using pesticides and chemical fertilizers in the 1960s, convinced by the research of Rachel Carson, and practice organic gardening methods including composting, mulching with beach seaweed, companion planting, and introducing beneficial insects. Their gardens are havens for birds, butterflies, bees and small mammals with thickets for shelter and many varieties of berries for food. Birds that nest on the property include great-horned owls, Baltimore orioles and hummingbirds.
Persons associated with the garden include: William Bailey (former owner, c. 1732-c.1760); William Whittington and Lothrop family (former owner, 1926-1936); Charles Higginson (former owner, 1926-1936); Rebekah Higginson and Edwin J. Cohn (former owners, 1926-1956); Joseph Barrow (gardener, 1932-1965); Samuel Esposito (gardener, 1965-1985); Cecil Wylde (garden designer, 1975); Gary Barrow (arborist, 1985-present).
Newspaper articles and photographs printed in the Boston Herald, Boston Globe, and Washington Post.
Related Materials:
Cedar Ledges related holdings consist of 1 folder (32 digital images)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Cohasset  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File MA384
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The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts
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Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb60b3157dd-1b56-405f-b989-aa57f57fd027
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref17594

Grafton -- Brigham Hill Farm

Landscape architect:
Foster, Jim  Search this
Leach, Warren  Search this
Provenance:
Worcester Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Brigham Hill Farm (North Grafton, Massachusetts)
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County -- Grafton -- North Grafton
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a work sheet, site plans, plant list, invoices, and copies of articles.
General:
Brigham Hill Farm was established in 1975 on over 13 acres. the gardens are entered either through the granite slab driveway or down the bluestone walk. an herb garden near the kitchen includes boxwood hedges, water trough, and fountain. This garden is set off seasonally with potted herbs and flowers. A vegetable garden exists behind the house. The raised beds were made with Milford pink granite beds, which match the home's foundation. Just past the vegetable garden is a small space, Gertrude's Garden. A small fountain/bird bath and boxwood hedges surround a lawn. The perennial gardens consist of several island beds and borders . A circle of Malus "Sugar Tyme' crab apple trees is being trained to create a bower in the garden for a shady sitting area. The owners placed a small rustic arbor made from red cedar cut for the property. A moon garden is located in a corner with white-flowering and silver foliaged plants. The water/wild garden begins past the pool area with a series of ponds and waterfalls cut into the native granite outcropping that provide water for plant and animal life. A small semi-circular council ring allows a seating area. Other garden features include several cut flower beds, small fruit beds, a chicken house with green roof, and shrub borders.
Persons and organizations associated with the property include: Jim Foster (landscape architect, 1993); Warren Leach (landscape architect, 1997-present); John Carlson (gardener, 1993-present); Jim Bengtson (stone mason, 1997-present); John Mapel (horticulturist, 2002-2007); Burnham Maintenance (lawn care, 1991-2007); and Bartlett Tree Experts (tree care, 1993-2007).
Related Materials:
Brigham Hill Farm related holdings consist of 1 folder (18 35 mm. slides)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- North Grafton  Search this
Raised bed gardening  Search this
Vegetable gardening  Search this
Formal gardens  Search this
Cutting gardens  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File MA352
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6f06f3e3d-a75f-478a-ae6c-0430c84791f7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref17605

South Dartmouth -- The Underwood Garden

Former owner:
Underwood, Julian  Search this
Underwood, Suzanne  Search this
Architect:
Underwood, Julian  Search this
Garden designer:
Underwood, Suzanne  Search this
Gardener:
Brum, John  Search this
Sculptor:
Atwater, Nate  Search this
Smith, Nancy Train  Search this
Rudnicki, Ron  Search this
Construction:
Gonet, Walter  Search this
Provenance:
Garden Club of Buzzards Bay  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
The Underwood Garden (South Dartmouth, Massachusetts)
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Bristol -- South Dartmouth
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of original plans and an article.
Biographical / Historical:
Suzanne Marjorie Stockard Underwood (1917-2001) was one of the first women to graduate with a master's degree in 1943 from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in Cambridge. She was a pioneering modernist architect who worked with Marcel Breuer drafting and building models. In addition to practicing architecture, she was a skilled landscape designer.
General:
Gardened by the same family since 1949 this 1.3 acre property with a "modern colonial style" house on stilts designed by the original owner features trees and shrubs. The temperatures at the coastal New England location are moderated by its proximity to water but the garden is subjected to high winds, salt air and, originally, thin rocky soil that was improved with homemade compost. The garden was planned for year round interest with trees and shrubs that would flower or fruit every month and conifers and broad leaved evergreens for winter. Lower limbs on some of the trees were removed to open the view to the bay, and the house was raised on stilts for the same reason. There are winding grassy paths throughout the gardens with narrow stone paths leading to the front door of the house and to the formal sunken garden. Many of the boxwood, hollies, junipers and rhododendron were rooted cuttings planted in the 1950's that have grown to full size while dwarf conifers have outgrown their cultivar status.
The planned succession of bloom times for this garden started in spring with magnolias and andomedas, followed by azaleas, crabapple and dogwood, then Japanese snowbell, hydrangeas and stewartia. Sourwood bloomed in august, franklinia in September, roses would continue blooming into November, and hollies provided color and decorative material in December. Specimen trees that are featured include blue China fir, dawn redwood, paperbark maple, a red jade crabapple, and several cut leaved red Japanese maples. Vegetable and rose gardens, irises and some perennial flowers have been added to the tree and shrub gardens over the years.
Persons associated with the garden include Julian and Suzanne Underwood (former owners, 1949-2001) Joan Underwood (current owner (2001- ); Suzanne Stockard Underwood (architect and garden designer, 1949-2001); Julian Underwood (architect, circa 1948); John Brum (gardener, 1960's-); Nate Atwater (sculptor, prior to 1985); Nancy Train Smith (sculptor, prior to 1999); Ron Rudnicki (sculptor of fish pond, 2003); Walter Gonet (garden shed construction, 1995).
Related Materials:
The Underwood Garden related holdings consist of 1 folders (18 35mm slides (photographs); 17 digital images)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- South Dartmouth  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File MA321
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb676ff0360-ce08-40fd-91cb-e759e1fb8e84
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref17662
Online Media:

[Lower Faulkner]: facing hydrangea dragon.

Photographer:
Engle, Corliss Knapp  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Massachusetts -- Brookline
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Brookline
Date:
1995 May.
Scope and Contents:
Topiary dragon made from climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea petiolaris) trained over supports.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Brookline  Search this
Ivy  Search this
Topiary work  Search this
Mulching  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item MA143015
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts / MA143: Brookline -- Lower Faulkner
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6cbacbdbb-9472-45f5-9d31-f9277f878859
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref17845

[Mill Rock]: house from driveway; wisteria trained on porch.

Photographer:
Radford, Jennifer  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Mill Rock (Hamden, Connecticut)
United States of America -- Connecticut -- New Haven County -- Hamden
Date:
05/01/1996.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Porches  Search this
Climbing plants  Search this
Driveways  Search this
Houses  Search this
Gardens -- Connecticut -- Hamden  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item CT187001
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Connecticut / CT187: Hamden -- Mill Rock
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb65c3b3584-df12-477d-bb7f-c9505be89083
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref22181

[Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Memorial Gardens]: trellis with trained roses, acting as a garden gate.

Photographer:
Papy, Jeanne  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Memorial Gardens (Pooler, Ga.)
United States of America -- Georgia -- Chatham County -- Pooler
Date:
1997 Aug.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Georgia -- Pooler  Search this
Children's gardens  Search this
Pergolas  Search this
Shrubs  Search this
Wall gardens  Search this
Cemeteries  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item GA167003
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Georgia / GA167: Pooler -- Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Memorial Gardens.
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb686f3e2c8-ffa7-41c2-a320-bdd93e0cbcf1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref23835

Lake Forest -- Hull Residence, The

Provenance:
Lake Forest Garden Club  Search this
Garden designer:
Brookes, John  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States of America -- Illinois -- Lake County -- Lake Forest
The Hull Residence (Lake Forest, Illinois)
Scope and Contents:
1 folder and 24 digital images.
General:
The one-acre property had a few trees and no garden in 1970; since then the owner and the late British garden designer John Brookes have created English-inspired formal and woodland gardens. The entrance court/parking area is patterned gravel and brick enclosed by curving brick walls with in-ground crabapple standards that appear to be planted in Versailles boxes set on brick paving. Curved steps lead down to the woodland garden in front of the house where a decorative shed appears as a folly. In spring primrose, hellebore, columbine, daffodil and lily-of-the-valley bloom under dogwood and magnolia. In summer white accents from hydrangea, birch and variegated hosta show through evergreen and woody shrubs. A winding path with deep garden borders leads to formal gardens that surround the back lawn. Clipped boxwood and yew add structure at the intersections of curving beds, a seating area overlooked by a statue of a seated deer, gravel garden and terrace. Towering pines and other trees were planted around the perimeter of the property and act as both privacy screens and backdrop to the borders.

David Austin roses in shades of pink grow in curving beds accented with perennials, tuteurs and an armillary sphere for height. Flowering trees and shrubs add color before the roses take over in summer. At one end there is a formal gravel garden where rope swags between columns support climbing roses with rose bushes, peonies, lady's mantle and clipped balls of yew at ground level. A terrace of mixed hardscapes along the back of the houses is planted with clipped shrubs and pots of annuals and bulbs. Planting beds and a small pond are cut into the hardscape, and opportunistic perennials including mosses are encouraged. The gardens are dotted with antique and inherited statuary and an urn on a second story balcony. Layered details include ivy trained in a crisscrossing pattern on a brick wall and running along flagstone steps.

Persons associated with the garden include: John Brookes (garden and landscape designer, late 1980's-2018).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Illinois -- Lake Forest  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File IL187
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Illinois
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb666b49df9-d467-43a8-abeb-f3f916f4b64d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref32890

[Pandolfi Garden]: Ivy has been trained on a diamond topiary along the fence.

Photographer:
Corr, Jill  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Digital image (color, TIFF file. )
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Outdoor furniture
Place:
Pandolfi Garden (Stonington, Connecticut)
United States of America -- Connecticut -- New London County -- Stonington
Date:
2018 September 28
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Connecticut -- Stonington.  Search this
Terraces  Search this
Ivy  Search this
Topiary work  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Outdoor furniture
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item CT759006
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Connecticut / CT759: Stonington -- Pandolfi Garden
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6d2f0be67-130b-4d00-9515-b2130edaf89a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref33095

Sunnycrest (Jaffrey, New Hampshire)

Provenance:
Monadnock Garden Club  Search this
Garden designer:
Pokorny, Margaret  Search this
Pokorny, Gene  Search this
Photographer:
Larsen, Sarah H.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States of America -- New Hampshire -- Cheshire -- Jaffrey
Sunnycrest (Jaffrey, New Hampshire)
Scope and Contents:
38 digital images (2013, 2018) and 1 file folder. Images 001-038 photographed by Sarah H. Larsen.
General:
The 17-acre property has a circa 1907 Dutch colonial style house with a gambrel roof and wraparound porches on three sides, but in 1989 the current owners found only mature trees, random shrubs, a vegetable garden, and grass flats on either side of the house. Drawing on her professional landscape design training and experience they designed structured gardens near the house that would fade into the meadows and woodland, building stone walls and curving pathways to define spaces. Never meant to be a flowery garden their plantings included native and species trees and shrubs with pleasing textures; eventually the plant selection included dozens of evergreen, shade and ornamental trees, perennial flowers and herbs, ground covers, vines, deciduous shrubs, and ferns. Two vegetable and flower gardens have a fruit orchard with apple, plum, pear and peach trees espaliered on the split rail fence. A new woodland garden, a bosquet, was developed in a clearing that reveals a view of Mount Monadnock. A shingled standing tree trunk with a mirror attached to the top is the feature here.

Sunnycrest has four 40-foot long beds with more than two dozen varieties of ornamental grasses that were not commonly grown in New England when the owners planted them. Tall perennials such as Joe Pye weed were planted at the perimeters of these beds. About 4,000 daffodil bulbs share the same ground; in spring this is known as daffodil highway. The owners are especially pleased with their grass garden in fall when the tall stands show a variety of colors complemented by colors among the trees and shrubs near the house as well as pink mums in the vegetable garden, sedum, monkshood and daisies. Scattered around the gardens there are benches and pergolas, birdhouses, containers of succulents, a composition of old granite curbstones, and pottery holders for bean supports in the vegetable garden. There is a frog pond with a fountain and a stone-faced bread oven built into a stone wall. The garden has been opened many times for tours and fund raising events.

Persons associated with the garden include: Oscar H. Bradley (former owner, circa 1870-1899); Annie E. Bunce (former owner, 1899-1904); Silas E. Buck (former owner, 1904-1910); Clifford P. Warren (former owner, 1910-1942); Bertha M. Shepard (former owner, 1942-1948); Mr. and Mrs. W. Arnold Seale (former owners, 1948-1966); Susanne R. de Wolfe (former owner, 1966-1984); Edward M. Read (former owner, 1984-1989); Margaret S. and Gene Pokorny (owners, garden designers and gardeners 1989- ).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- New Hampshire -- Jaffrey  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NH119
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New Hampshire
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb636cfc856-ef87-4f19-abe4-372fd6d077a8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref33206

Madison -- Borough of Madison Rose Garden Park

Provenance:
Garden Club of Madison, New Jersey  Search this
Designer:
Coutlas, Cathie  Search this
Landscape architect:
Burke, Brigitte  Search this
Horticulturist:
Critchley, Nancy  Search this
Wade, Alice  Search this
McDowell, Marta  Search this
Photographer:
Bent, Kirk  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Morris County -- Madison
Scope and Contents:
This file contains 17 digital images and 1 folder.
General:
This public park established in 1994 is located on a formerly vacant ¼ acre lot alongside a busy city intersection. It sits across from the town's train station and historic Madison Borough Hall. Because of its modest size and urban location, it is considered a "pocket" or "vest pocket" park, reflecting the idea of a small park located in a highly developed area. The park features a central rose bed elevated by a stacked stone retaining wall, specimen trees, mixed borders, lawns, and a wide, pea gravel path throughout the space. The path is equipped with bluestone benches for visitors to escape the urban terrain and admire the central rose garden it surrounds.
The central garden is filled with dark red 'rotary roses'. The surrounding conifers, Serbian spruce, and white fur offer shade in the park. Other plantings include cherry, Korean dogwood, and Japanese snowbell from the original design, with native redbud that was added later. The west entrance to the park is lined with two winterberry hollies. The diverse array of shrubs within the park includes boxwoods, blue hollies, Korean spice viburnum, azaleas, and Virginia sweetspire. A vibrant mix of bulbs and herbaceous perennials such as snowdrops, squill, narcissus, and tulips occupy the grounds in spring, and coneflower, sedum, and Stella d'Oro daylilies are planted in the summertime. Though the park has maintained the integrity of its original design over the years, the growing interest in plant-pollinator partnerships has led to horticulturists adding many native shrubs and perennials to the gardens.
Persons associated with the garden include: Cathie Coultas (concept sketcher, 1994); Brigitte Burke (landscape architect, 1994); Nancy Critchley (horticulturist, 1994 – 2011); Alice Wade and Marta McDowell (horticulturists, 2012 – present).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Gardens -- New Jersey -- Madison  Search this
Borough of Madison Rose Garden Park (Madison, New Jersey)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NJ172
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The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New Jersey
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
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St. Paul -- Hols Garden

Former owner:
Van Slyck, George  Search this
Van Slyck , Emmalyn  Search this
Designer:
Holm and Olsen  Search this
Reed, Ed  Search this
Ross, Sally  Search this
Architect:
Olmsted, Kathryn  Search this
Gardener:
Hassing, Rose  Search this
Pojar, Madeline  Search this
Photographer:
Wahlstrom, JoAnne  Search this
Albertson, Dylan  Search this
Riedel, Michelle Mero  Search this
Provenance:
St. Paul Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States of America -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County -- St. Paul
Scope and Contents:
This file contains 32 digital images and 1 folder. Images 029 and 032 are restricted.
General:
This .4 acre property features an urban residential garden landscape surrounding an English Tudor Villa style home. When the current owners purchased the property in 1968, the entire front landscape was obscured by a tall buckthorn hedge that lined the property. The current garden was established in 1972 after the owners replaced the hedge and massive trees with gardens. The owner is formally trained as a Master Gardener and enrolled in University of Minnesota horticulture and landscaping courses to expand their knowledge of landscape design. They also designed gardens for the Dale Street Greenhouse and started their own business as a garden writer and designer.
The garden design combines the formal hardscape elements of an English garden such as iron fencing, bluestone pathways, terrace, and brick wall, with the informal plantings indicative of English cottage gardens. The property features 8 garden areas: the front yard garden, the main garden, the east side woodland "wild garden," the back gardens, the herb garden, the terrace garden, conservatory indoor garden, and alley garden. The front yard garden, established in 1972, is surrounded by black iron fencing and garden beds edged in double running brick. This area features dwarf evergreen trees and shrubs, flowering deciduous trees, perennials and colorful annuals. Inside the front fence are 'White Lights' azaleas, "Jack Korbett' dwarf Korean pine, and a "Louisa" weeping crabapple that partially shades the perennials below. The main garden is bordered by Chicagoland Green boxwoods and features seasonal plantings. The "wild garden" along the east side of the home memorializes the owner's mother and features wildflowers and ferns inside its 80 by 20 square feet. The herb garden is structured with diamond shaped bluestone paths and a central armillary. The 40x23 foot, two-tiered bluestone terrace displays brick and ceramic planters of annuals. The conservatory indoor garden was designed by local architect Kathryn Olmstead and built in 2000. It features a collection of rhizomatous begonias and succulents. The 7-foot wide and 65-foot-long alley garden is edged in cobble stone and features Standing Ovation serviceberry. It also houses roses, flowering shrubs and prairie wildflowers.
Persons associated with the garden include: George Van Slyck (former owner, 1909); Emmalyn Van Slyck (former owner, 1909); Harold and Dorothy Nesbit (former owners, 1930 - 1940); Dorothy Nesbit and Paul Webster (former owners, 1940 - 1945); Ephraim and Grace Holmgren (former owners, 1945); David and Marjorie Hols (owners, 1968– ); Holm and Olsen (designer, 1972); Ed Reed (designer, 1975); Sally Ross and Marge Hols (designer, 1992); Rose Hassing (gardener, 2008- ); Madeline Pojar (gardener, 2008-present).
The garden submission includes an extensive bibliography.
Collection Restrictions:
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Topic:
Gardens -- Minnesota -- St. Paul  Search this
Hols Garden (St. Paul, Minnesota)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File MN047
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New London -- Brad and Phred's Garden

Provenance:
Stonington Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States of America -- Rhode Island -- Providence County -- Providence
Brad and Phred's Garden (New London, Connecticut)
Scope and Contents:
Brad and Phred's Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder and 7 digital images.
General:
The owners created their terraced vegetable, berry, herb and flower garden between a low stone wall along the sidewalk and the front of their brick house. The inspiration came from travels in Europe where they observed similar designs for home gardens – not estates. Lawn removal on the quarter acre lot began in 2013 with the digging of a ten-foot bed to grow tomatoes. By 2016 there were 18 raised beds brimming with vegetables, with companion planted flowers and ground covers filling in between the beds. Vining vegetables are trained up netting attached to two-foot by two-inch fir supports. Annuals flowers that are added for visual appeal and pollination include dahlia, bee balm, zinnia, sunflower, snapdragon, nasturtium and marigold. Beds along the sidewalk, at the foundation, and around a patio behind the house are mostly ornamental with hydrangea, azalea, perennials including lilies and iris, bulbs and many annuals. Tomatoes still are a main crop with about 200 pounds harvested every year.

The vegetable garden faces south with unimpeded sun and bordering tall conifers and stone walls add protection from winds as well as deer. The problem of controlling grass between the raised beds was solved by replacing it with ground covers that include creeping jenny, dead nettle, clover, buttercup, myrtle and crab grass. The planting plans for the raised beds were researched in Mel Bartholomew's books on square-foot gardening.

Persons associated with the garden's design: Brad Guardino and Phred Milesky (garden designers, 2013- ).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Gardens -- Rhode Island -- Providence  Search this
Vegetable gardening  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File CT873
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6b26322d5-f69c-4e21-8d1b-669b3240f956
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South Hamilton -- Robin's Nest

Photographer:
Burnham, James W.  Search this
Yonce, Ginny  Search this
Glaenzer, Helen  Search this
Sears, Robin  Search this
Provenance:
North Shore Garden Club of Massachusetts  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- Hamilton -- South Hamilton
Robin's Nest (South Hamilton, Massachusetts)
Scope and Contents:
42 digital images (ca. 1888; 2018-2022) and 1 folder (digital).
General:
An early 18th century brown painted cottage adjacent to the road came with just over ¾-acre when purchased by the current owners in 2001. There were no gardens other than overgrown yew, brush and weeds, large spruce and mature sugar maple but enormous potential for the owner/artist/garden designer who created several garden rooms with backyard play space for children, then renovated in 2011. First the house was painted yellow with a pink front door and chartreuse side door. The perimeter white picket fence is topped with statues of woodland animals along the front sidewalk. The front cottage garden is bursting with color, starting with spring bulbs planted in the boxwood edged parterres set off by brick walkways in the front side garden. Vegetables join flowers in summer creating a potager in the parterres. A large multi-family birdhouse sits in the center with herbs growing below. Dahlias –about 200 tubers of four dozen varieties - are a major feature along with at least 30 different perennials, ground covers and vines, providing three seasons of blooms. Pink roses climb over the front door and perennials poke through the front fence between more pink roses. There is a pollinator bed tucked under a lilac with buddleia and black-eyed Susans

Additional small rooms include a dollhouse train garden, a playhouse garden, a terrace garden, a croquet garden with votive candle lanterns welded to the hoops for evening play, and a wet garden near the stream at the back edge of the property with red maple, serviceberry, winterberry, sumac, and river birch. The playhouse built in the 1940s has a split rail fence, a secret garden behind and is planted with blue, purple, yellow and white flowers. These include chionodoxa, daffodils, bluebells, celadine poppy, foxglove, primrose and rudbeckia. The two-level bluestone terrace that was an addition to the back of the house is planted with yellow, pink and white flowers. Here one finds ornamental apple trees, spring bulbs, peonies, lady's mantle, lilies, phlox, annual flowers and dahlias. Two antique iron urns are planted with pink climbing mandevilla that is guided up strings to cover the back of the house in summer. The house has seven window boxes planted with annuals, herbs and ever-bearing strawberries.

The first land grant in 1638 for this property and many surrounding acres was given to Matthew Whipple, the tenth great grandfather of the current garden designer/owner.

Persons associated with the garden's design: Robin Dodge Sears (garden design, 2001- ).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- South Hamilton  Search this
Flower gardening  Search this
Vegetable gardening  Search this
Cottage gardens  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File MA454
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The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6092114a9-e870-4fb5-8f27-e7d4d4712f64
EDAN-URL:
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Iowa City -- Plum Grove Historic Home

Provenance:
Cedar Rapids Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Plum Grove Historic Home (Iowa City, Iowa)
United States of America -- Iowa -- Johnson County -- Iowa City
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a work sheet, site plans, narrative description, brochure, archaeology exhibit guide, and copies of articles and plant lists.
General:
The garden at Plum Grove Historic Home, the former home of the first Governor of Iowa, were created in 1996 to display 19th century vegetables and flowers. The Johnson County Master Gardeners use the gardens to train the public in 19th century methods such as propagation, maintenance, plant supports, seeding collections and garden design. The gardens are open to the public from May 31 to October, Wednesday to Sunday from 1-5 p.m.
Persons and firms associated with the property and garden include: Governor Robert and Friendly Lucas (original owners, 1844-1866); Walter Hoyt (former owner, 1866-1883); Joseph Switzer (former owner, 1883-1923); Morgan Davis Family (former owners, 1923-1925); William Hughes Family (former owners, 1925-1941); State of Iowa (current owners, 1941-present); Johnson County Historical Society (managers, 1993-present); Betty Kelly (master gardener, researcher, 1996-present); and Johnson County Master Gardeners (gardeners, 1996-present).
Related Materials:
Plum Grove Historic Home related holdings consist of 1 folder (5 35 mm. slides)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Iowa -- Iowa City  Search this
Vegetable gardening  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File IA016
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Archives of American Gardens
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6b750ea86-5bff-448b-8f87-b9abda3a1700
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref6564

Lake Forest -- Morris Garden

Landscape designer:
Miller, P. Clifford  Search this
Provenance:
Lake Forest Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Morris Garden (Lake Forest, Illinois)
United States of America -- Illinois -- Lake County -- Lake Forest
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, site plans, and other information.
General:
Located on a one-quarter-acre lot, this garden was completely renovated in 2001-2002 with elements from English gardens observed during its owners' residence there. The garage at the rear of the property was modeled to resemble an orangerie and was inspired by the Serpentine Gallery in London's Kensington Gardens. 'William Baffin' roses are being trained on the fence at this end of the site, while through a gate to the left of the garage lies a small potting area and staging area for the planting of late blooming annuals. The southern edge of the garden features a scaled-down version of a wall seen at Sudeley Castle, fronted by flowering shrubs and clinging vines. A combination hornbeam and copper beech hedge covers a wooden fence, completing the southern boundary of the property. A euonymus-covered chain link fence and a stand of pleached linden trees are featured on the north side. The heart of the design is a sunken English-style garden modeled after a design by Rosemary Verey at Sudeley Castle. Its beds are planted with perennials, woody shrubs, and well-chosen annuals and surround a rectangle of green lawn. Designed for color interest from May to October, the sunken garden features a color palate of lavender and pink with touches of pale yellow. In addition to the sunken garden a pergola was built on one side of the patio by the house and provides a support for trumpet vine and the thornless climbing rose 'Zepherine Drouhin'.
Persons associated with the garden include P. Clifford Miller (landscape designer, 2001-2002).
Related Materials:
Morris Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (4 35 mm. slides (photographs))
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Illinois -- Lake Forest  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File IL121
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb670c7562b-fbe6-4e74-b5a3-e057894ac5a8
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[House in the Garden]: The yew near the pergola are being trained to cottage loaf shape; the foliage has colored in autumn and berries have emerged.

Photographer:
Bryan, Linda Oyama  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Digital image (JPEG file, col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
House in the Garden (Winnetka, Illinois)
United States of America -- Illinois -- Cook -- Winnetka
Date:
2011 May.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Gardens -- Illinois -- Winnetka  Search this
Pergolas  Search this
Autumn  Search this
Walkways, stone  Search this
Parterres  Search this
Yew  Search this
Topiary work  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item IL183004
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The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Illinois / IL183: Winnetka -- House in the Garden
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Archives of American Gardens
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6b800c07d-bc76-4ec9-b63c-28d18e785e57
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Parlange Plantation

Slide manufacturer:
Van Altena, Edward  Search this
Creator:
Parlange, Walter  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Place:
Louisiana -- New Roads
United States of America -- Louisiana -- Pointe Coupee Parish -- New Roads
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Many of the old Louisiana plantations have dove-cotes and other details highly reminiscent of Europe. The grounds which were laid out in the latter part of the 18th century by the ancester of the present owner with the help of a French gardener. This gardener was trained in Les Jardin des Plantes, laid out the formal French garden with walks through the twenty acre park which surrounded the house. See LA001002.
Mount reads: "Edward Van Altena."
Historic plate number: "79."
Historic plate caption: "Louisiana, Parlange Plantation New Roads."
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Summer  Search this
Live oak  Search this
Trees  Search this
Porches  Search this
Balconies  Search this
Fences  Search this
Gates  Search this
Houses  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lantern slides
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item LA001001
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The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Louisiana / LA001: New Roads -- Parlange Plantation
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Archives of American Gardens
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ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref8070

Parlange Plantation

Creator:
Parlange, Walter  Search this
Slide manufacturer:
Van Altena, Edward  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Place:
Louisiana -- New Roads
United States of America -- Louisiana -- Pointe Coupee Parish -- New Roads
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Many of the old Louisiana plantations have dove-cotes and other details highly reminiscent of Europe. The grounds which were laid out in the latter part of the 18th century by the ancester of the present owner with the help of a French gardener. This gardener was trained in Les Jardin des Plantes, laid out the formal French garden with walks through the twenty acre park which surrounded the house. Today the parterre garden which survives is gay with lilies, roses, camellias and sweet olives.
Mount reads: "Edward Van Altena."
Historic plate number: "80."
Historic plate caption: "Louisiana, Pigeon Ivy [??], Parlange Plantation."
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Summer  Search this
Trees  Search this
Animals  Search this
Dovecotes  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lantern slides
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item LA001002
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Louisiana / LA001: New Roads -- Parlange Plantation
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Archives of American Gardens
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb645b2dea0-f5b4-44d8-8bb8-70be49c1fc12
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ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref8071

Northeast Harbor -- Blair Glen

Landscape architect:
Bracale, Dennis  Search this
Provenance:
Garden Club of Mount Desert  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Blair Glen (Northeast Harbor, Maine)
United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock -- Northeast Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and other information.
General:
Located in a mossy glen of a northeastern spruce forest the gardens of this one-acre property reflect Asian design concepts as well as utilizing native materials. The contemporary tripartite house encloses a courtyard garden with a pond and waterfall inspired by Daisen-in, a 16th century Japanese garden. Seen through antique Chinese carved wooden screens and many windows the courtyard and stroll gardens bring the forest into the house. Japanese maples planted on either side of the courtyard circa 2003 have grown and been trained to merge or pleach overhead to form a canopy. River birch, white birch, dogwood, serviceberry and hemlock were planted around the house. The property is on a granite ledge and had many of its own moss and lichen covered rocks that were augmented by native specimens retrieved from abandoned quarries. Twice a year a blower is used to clear fallen twigs and pine needles from the moss floor in the spruce forest, and once a year the moss is sprayed with a buttermilk mixture to encourage growth. A folly built from mossy fieldstones can be found in the spruce forest. Crushed granite walkways lead to the house and through the woodlands garden.
Persons associated with the garden include Dennis Bracale (landscape architect, 2002- ).
Related Materials:
Blair Glen related holdings consist of 1 folder (16 digital images)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Maine -- Northeast Harbor  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File ME188
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Maine
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb60618ec65-f5c1-4c7c-be5a-27b89805d489
EDAN-URL:
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