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Cold Spring Harbor -- Nethermuir

Provenance:
North Country Garden Club of Long Island  Search this
Three Harbors Garden Club  Search this
J. Horace McFarland Company  Search this
Landscape architect:
Olmsted Brothers  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
New York (State) -- Cold Spring Harbor
Nethermuir (Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
United States of America -- New York -- Suffolk County -- Cold Spring Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folders include a worksheet, site map, copies of articles, plant list.
Former Title:
The Henry W. de Forest Estate.
General:
This property comprises lands formerly part of the Henry Wheeler de Forest estate. The buildings include Ballybung, built on site of the demolished mansion, and Airslie, a Federal-period farmhouse. Close to the water's edge, the de Forest family erected an Italianate-style house, which they called Nethermuir. The grounds slope down to the water, and were planted with rare trees such as cryptomeria, ginkgo, beeches, and fir. According to a 1921 visit to the garden by the Garden Club of America, the garden was an "old-fashioned walled garden" with best blooming times in May and June. Henry W. de Forest contracted with Olmsted Borthers to create the walled garden. Wooden arbors existed at the lower end, while a free-standing stone tea house and wrought-iron gates remain near the six planting quadrants. The specialty was dogwood and wall plantings. The formal walled garden was later subdivided into three separate parcels. Today, much of the box remains, but little, if any, other plant material survives. Several features include winding paths, open spaces with garden vistas, and the curved driveway at Airslie House.
Persons and organizations associated with this garden include:Henry W. deForest (former owner); The Jones family (former owners, 1785-1978); Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (owner, 1978-present); Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. (landscape architect, 1906, 1909); Olmsted Brothers (landscape architects)
Related Materials:
Nethermuir related holdings consist of 3 folders (8 glass lantern slides; 2 b&w photoprints; and 6 35 mm. slides)
Many drawings and photographs exist at Fairsted, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.
Records related to this site can be found at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Olmsted Job Number 03175, Henry and Julia DeForest.
See others in:
J. Horace McFarland Company Collection, 1900-1961.
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 York -- Cold Spring Harbor  Search this
Formal gardens  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NY074
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb60ee097af-e913-451e-84c4-9d08c2db2706
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref26745

Syosset -- Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church

Former owner:
Jones, John Devine  Search this
De Forest family  Search this
Superintendent:
Carew, William J.  Search this
Landscape architect:
Olmsted Brothers  Search this
Provenance:
Three Harbors Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church (Syosset, New York)
United States of America -- New York -- Nassau County -- Oyster Bay -- Syosset
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a worksheet, topographical and planting plans, additional narrative and visual documentation about the site, and a plant list from 1924.
General:
This 37-acre site was given to St. John's Church by John Devine Jones in 1862. The De Forest family, local estate owners, bought approximately one-third of this parcel from the church with the intention of creating a private family memorial park and in 1918 hired Olmsted Brothers to design it. The result, with the appearance of a park or nature preserve, includes curving paths that follow the naturally rolling land; dark, simple tomb slabs of black slate that from a distance look more like natural stones than gravestones; and low stone walls and steps that lead to and help define family plots. These plots, which are as much as a half acre in size, are also defined by the shrubs and trees the Olmsteds selected and sited. Among these are native plants such as Cornus florida (flowering dogwood), Juniperus virginiana (red cedar), Rhododendron carolinianum (Carolina rhododendron), Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel), Betula papyrifera (canoe birch), Vinca minor (common periwinkle), and diverse azaleas, viburnums, and ferns. In 1930 the family heirs (De Forests and Whitmans) sold their private cemetery back to the church, which subsequently commissioned Olmsted Brothers to design the remainder of the estates section of the cemetery.
Persons and firms associated with the property include: John Devine Jones (former owner, before 1862); the De Forest family (former owners, 1918-1930); William J. Carew (superintendent, 2002); and Olmsted Brothers (landscape architects, 1918, 1932, 1958).
Related Materials:
Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church related holdings consist of 1 folder (10 35 mm. slides)
Records related to this site can be found at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Olmsted Job Number 05571, DeForest Burial Plot.
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 York -- Syosset  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NY795
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6d812de2c-de58-4f39-b9f3-d223f60e335c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref27012

[Nethermuir]: rolling lawn with cork tree in background and metal sculpture at right.

Photographer:
Stahl, Peter  Search this
Provenance:
Three Harbors Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
New York (State) -- Cold Spring Harbor
Nethermuir (Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
United States of America -- New York -- Suffolk County -- Cold Spring Harbor
Date:
2005.
Former Title:
The Henry W. de Forest Estate.
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 York -- Cold Spring Harbor  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Lawns  Search this
Trees  Search this
Summer  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NY074013
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York / NY074: Cold Spring Harbor -- Nethermuir
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6ccfa5bb5-57f0-464b-8cfb-73681ed217cd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref27470

[Nethermuir]: ginkgo in fall near three structures and driveway.

Photographer:
Stahl, Peter  Search this
Provenance:
Three Harbors Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
New York (State) -- Cold Spring Harbor
Nethermuir (Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
United States of America -- New York -- Suffolk County -- Cold Spring Harbor
Date:
2005.
Former Title:
The Henry W. de Forest Estate.
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 York -- Cold Spring Harbor  Search this
Trees  Search this
Ginkgo  Search this
Houses  Search this
Walls, stone  Search this
Driveways  Search this
Autumn  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NY074015
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York / NY074: Cold Spring Harbor -- Nethermuir
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6b9dcaddf-607d-4673-8e82-8e73989aafb4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref27471

Lloyd Harbor -- A Woodland Garden

Landscape architect:
Webel, Jane  Search this
Photographer:
Fuchs, Bessie Stout  Search this
Provenance:
Three Harbors Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
A Woodland Garden (East Norwich, New York)
United States -- New York -- Suffolk -- Lloyd Harbor
Scope and Contents:
32 digital images (2021, 2023) and 1 folder.
General:
In 1964 eight acres of woodlands overlooking Cold Spring Harbor of the Long Island Sound were purchased with the intention of building a "house surrounded by a garden". The bones of their garden were laid out with professional help, and the house was built on the same plane as a mature red oak tree. Original trees and shrubs were retained as much as possible. These included laurel, arbutus, shad blow, holly, dogwood and American chestnut. Around the house and along pathways into the woods flowering trees and shrubs including rhododendron, azalea, camellia, and magnolia were planted. The woodlands were enlarged when five additional acres were added to the property and the gardens enlarged with specimens and cuttings from neighbors. Plants were "rescued from the bulldozer" as surrounding estates were broken up for redevelopment. Springtime bloom is considered the peak season although the gardens continue to thrive all year, with winter jasmine planted along steps to the pool. There is good drainage and glacial till soil although the property slopes in three directions.

His and her greenhouses were added to the house for orchids, seed propagation, and plant storage in winter. A glass garden room built over a terrace has a small pond with a bubbling fountain and many potted plants making a year-round garden within the house. An English oak planted at the top of the driveway was grown from an acorn imported from a family estate.

Dogwood declined due to extreme acidity while 30-foot-tall American chestnut were lost to the chestnut blight. Currently deer predation is a problem despite the addition of a seven-foot fence.

Persons associated with the garden's design: Jane Webel, Landscape Architect (1964); Jan Pratt, horticulturist and gardener.
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 York -- East Norwich  Search this
Landscape gardens  Search this
Woodland gardens  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NY1226
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6797bb88c-9ddb-4512-af8a-a69c7524c27e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref33318

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