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Landscape architect:

Olmsted Brothers  Search this

Payne, Theodore  Search this

Creator:

Obrien, Bart  Search this

Huntington, Henry  Search this

Bixby, John  Search this

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927  Search this

Bryant, Susanna Bixby  Search this

Cornell, Ralph Dalton  Search this

Horticulturist:

Jepson, W. L.  Search this

Munz. Philip  Search this

Hahn, Jacque  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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Records related to this site can be found at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Olmsted Job Number 08239, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens.

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA020

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA153

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA201

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA138

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Provenance:

Woodside-Atherton Garden Club  Search this

Woodside-Atherton Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA143

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

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Archival materials

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Collection Citation:

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Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA144

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA148

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA149

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA150

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA151

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA152

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA278

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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Access to original images 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.

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA319

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Former owner:

Brouillet, Arthur  Search this

Designer:

Schulenberg, Gunther  Search this

Gardener:

Moffet, James F.  Search this

Horticulturist:

Moffet, James F.  Search this

Photographer:

Schilling, Dianne  Search this

Provenance:

Woodside-Atherton Garden Club  Search this

Woodside-Atherton Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Miller Garden (Atherton, Calif.)

United States of America -- California -- San Mateo County -- Atherton

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes plans, slide list, information sheet done by GCA researcher Jo Anne Miller.

General:

"This property belonged to Arthur Brouillet, an attorney in San Francisco. Although a Frenchman, he admired Dutch Colonial style and fashioned his home to suit his tastes which included an excellent wine room, a guest house and a large garden with an orchard."

"The pool area was built later, quite unusual with the brick terracing all around and elevated sitting areas. There is a large arbor at one end and a rock garden with spa at the opposite end. A particularly beautiful and large Plane tree shelters the middle garden."

Persons associated with the property include: Arthur Brouillet (former owner from 1930 to 1954); John Northmore Roberts and Associates (landscape architects in 1984); Gunther Schulenburg (landscape and design in 1984); James F. Moffet (horticulturist and gardener in 1990).

Related Materials:

Miller Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (10 35 mm. slides)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images 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.

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Topic:

Gardens -- California -- Atherton  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA341

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Architect:

Sharp, Leo  Search this

Christopherson, Chris  Search this

Brocchini, Myra  Search this

Landscape architect:

Church, Thomas Dolliver  Search this

Stafford, Jack Casper, 1921-1998  Search this

Plant, Johnathan  Search this

Horticulturist:

Plant, Johnathan  Search this

Gardener:

Spinelli, Sam  Search this

Gill, Ben  Search this

Provenance:

Woodside-Atherton Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Camellia Hedges (Atherton, California)

United States of America -- California -- San Mateo County -- Atherton

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets and copies of articles.

General:

Owned by two successive generations, Camellia Hedges is a garden for all seasons. Designed in the tradition of an English plantsman's garden, it incorporates formal elements into a rich tapestry of plant collections including camellias, cherries, magnolias, spring bulbs, roses, hydrangeas, clematis, rhododendrons, and numerous perennials. The garden includes what is considered to be the largest private garden collection of noteworthy camellias in northern California, if not on the west coast.

Though the garden was already established in 1960 when purchased by the first generation of the family that presently owns it, it underwent an extensive redesign in 1995 to transform it into the English style that presently presides.

The home was originally built in 1938 and the original garden included extensive plantings of camellias as well as hydrangeas, boxwood hedges and oaks, including a 400 year-old coastal live oak under which sat a Japanese mound featuring a waterfall, pool and bridge. With the loss of the live oak in 1995, the back garden was redesigned, preserving the perimeter hedges and a selection of the established trees while incorporating the English garden design, including a kitchen and cutting garden featuring raised beds and thuja hedges, a fountain terrace, a Chinese garden room, and an expansive serpentine brick border. The redesign of the front garden maintained by many of the original plantings and incorporated camellia, azalea, hydrangea and boxwood transferred from the original back garden. The front garden includes a woodland garden room, as well as a formal garden room preserved from the original landscape design, featuring large flower beds framed by boxwood hedges.

Persons associated with the garden include: the Savage family (former owners, 1938-date unknown), the McLean family (former owners); Benjamin Swig (former owner, date unknown-1960); Kathryn L. and Cullen W. Coates (former owners, 1960-1984); Leo Sharp (architect, 1938); Sam Spinelli (gardener, 1960-1965); Thomas Church (landscape architect, ca. 1970-1980); Chris Christopherson (architect, 1984); Jack Stafford (landscape architect, 1984); Myra Brocchini (architect, 1996); Jonathan Plant (landscape architect, horticulturist, 1996); and Ben Gill (gardener, 1965- ).

Related Materials:

Camellia Hedges related holdings consist of 1 folder (44 digital images)

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Garden Club of America collection, circa 1920-[on-going].

Collection Restrictions:

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Topic:

Gardens -- California -- Atherton  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA470

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Former owner:

Miller, W.  Search this

Solari Family  Search this

Landscape architect:

Swan, Katsy  Search this

Provenance:

Woodside-Atherton Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

The Garden of Linda J. Grauer (Atherton, California)

United States of America -- California -- San Mateo -- Atherton

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets, site plans, maps, and additional information.

General:

The native trees including coast Live oaks and 175-foot tall sequoias on this 2.9 acre property date back to the mid-19th century, planted in the area on the country estates of wealthy San Franciscans. This Tudor-style house was built in 1934 after the 420-acre Selby estate had been subdivided. These gardens were designed in consultation with Katsy Swan over a twelve year period beginning in 1992. Curving lines are evident throughout in the lawns, stone or gravel walkways, and flower borders. The only straight lines are found in the parterres that border the raised beds of the vegetable garden. Color in spring comes from vast plantings of bulbs as well as dogwoods, magnolias, strawberry tree, hydrangeas, viburnum and flowering cherries. Japanese maples add color in the fall. The color palette for the flowering trees, shrubs and perennials is predominantly white with pastels, which contrast with the dark green foliage of the oaks, redwoods, roses, rhododendrons, and camellias as well as with the bright green lawns. There is a patio near the house encircled by cedars and another patio near the tennis court bordered by rose standards. An elaborate garden bench copied from one seen in Nymanns Gardens in Sussex, England is shaded by tulip magnolias with creeping fig topiary reindeer nearby.

Cobblestone paving and wells around the coast oaks prevent soil build up and compaction around the roots of these antique trees. Nearby areas do not have the colorful flowering shrubs and trees found elsewhere on the property but are left unplanted and mulched with oak leaves, eliminating the need for watering that could damage the trees. The owners added a gatehouse, brick gazebo and dual purpose garden and pool house. They attached a greenhouse near the vegetable garden. A rectangular reflecting pool doubles as a lap pool and is the water feature on the property. The entire property is landscaped within a dark green perimeter fence designed by the owner; additional outbuildings include a garage, cottage, and storage building.

Persons associated with the garden include W. Miller (former owner); Kenneth Solari and family (former owners, -1988); Katsy Swan (landscape architect and garden designer, 1992-2004).

Related Materials:

The Garden of Linda J. Grauer related holdings consist of 1 folder (30 digital images)

Collection Restrictions:

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Topic:

Gardens -- California -- Atherton  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA611

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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Access to original images 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.

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA028

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images 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.

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA040

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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images 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.

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA140

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Owner:

Donohue, Marcia  Search this

Garden designer:

Donohue, Marcia  Search this

Sculptor:

Donohue, Marcia  Search this

Tool, Sara  Search this

Bulwinkle, Mark, 1946-  Search this

Koi pond designer:

Forristt, Cevan  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Marcia Donahue's Garden (Berkeley, California)

United States of America -- California -- Alameda -- Berkeley

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of articles.

General:

A 60 by 100 foot urban lot with an 1880's Victorian house has been the site of a unique artist's garden for 36 years. The garden areas in front of and behind the house are densely planted and packed with sculptures, salvage and donated articles, a life's work described by the owner as "Planting Sculpture, Sculpting Plants". Important symbols are repeated, including a wooden gate shaped like a hand and a hand-shaped koi pond with plants growing between the fingers, mythological figures that pertain to gardens, Flora and Demeter, and sculpted poles that suggest bamboo, painted in colors and inscribed with lettering to complement nearby plants. There is a poultry pavilion made from salvage for the 20 bantam chickens that freely range in the garden during the day. The dense planting succeeds because the soil was dug deeply and is amended with organic materials, from the chickens and the other compost, kept at the end of a path of discarded gravestones. The garden is tended by hand and vigorous plants are pruned back so others can thrive. The plant selection is broad and diverse, including sub-tropical varieties and since the garden is watered by hand it may evolve to feature more drought tolerant selections.

Some of the inorganic items the owner has worked into her garden design include bowling balls set in pots or piled up as mulch, reflective obelisks set among silvery leaves, old flatware planted in the soil, ceramic bulbs also planted in pots, necklaces of sculpted and carved spheres draped in trees and ceramic eggs draped on the chicken coop, and industrial cast-offs such as a giant spring used as a plant support. Artworks contributed by others include a statuesque figure known as "The Big Beauty" set among bamboo and giant horsetail and cut-out steel figures and heads suspended from trees or poles.

Marcia Donohue (owner, garden designer and sculptor, 1978- ); Sara Tool (sculptor); Cevan Forristt (koi pond designer); Mark Bulwinkle (sculptor).

Related Materials:

Marcia Donahue's Garden related holdings consist of 2 folder (4 35mm. slides and 238 transparencies)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images 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 -- California -- Berkeley  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File CA154

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Archives of American Gardens

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