United States of America -- Illinois -- Cook County -- Winnetka
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes an information sheet, a features plan, a slide view plan, a slide list, a plant list and a 2005 "Open Days Directory" Garden Conservancy brochure.
General:
Nantucket Garden is located on a property in Winnetka, Illinois, next to a cedar-shingled Nantucket-style house built in 1916 by Edwin Clark. The half moon rose garden adjacent to the screened porch at the rear of the house is planted with pink hybrid tea roses and floribunda roses surrounded by white begonias and white alyssum. Features include a terraced garden, a ravine garden and a boxwood knot garden. Garden furniture on the property includes a pair of Karl Schinkel neo-classical designed cast-iron brenches (ca. 1860) and two antique urns.
Related Materials:
Nantucket Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (6 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:
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Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Sponsor:
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.