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Architect:
Clark, Edwin  Search this
Provenance:
Garden Guild of Winnetka  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Nantucket Garden (Winnetka, Illinois)
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:
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 -- Winnetka  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File IL116
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/kb608c71e24-3d03-4f6f-8d7a-e2e17ab84a38
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref6845