United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Bar Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folders include worksheets, photocopies of articles, and photocopies of Farrand's designs.
General:
One of the earliest Mount Desert Island dwellings, The Farm House was built in 1800 and extensively remodeled circa 1925. The garden designed by Beatrix Farrand (1872 - 1959) for the eight-acre Bar Harbor property was installed in 1923 and amended over the next five years. Farrand moved the main entrance of the shingled cottage to the opposite side of the house and added a small stone terrace. The main garden areas were now behind the house and featured two 80-foot long borders along a gravel path planted with massed drifts of summer annuals in a style developed by the English garden designer Gertrude Jekyll (1843 - 1932) for her own pastel border. That style has been described as impressionistic, with blooms of blended colors cascading over the walk, generously massed with attention paid to texture and foliage. Each of the three garden rooms - the borders, the orchard and the vegetable garden -was enclosed by hedges of arborvitae. Gates designed by Farrand divided the rooms and each area had benches she designed as well.
When The Farmhouse changed hands within the McCormick family in the 1980's the carefully designed flower borders were in decline but the structure of the garden remained. The current owners have undertaken the restoration of the long borders more in keeping with Farrand's original plans but with plant substitutions that simplify upkeep and reduce the expense. Changes include planting more perennials, especially astilbe, and replacing hollyhocks with sunflowers. The peak blooming season has been shortened to the two months the family is in residence rather than the six month flowering season envisioned by Farrand.
Persons associated with the garden include: Mildred Day McCormick (former owner, circa 1920 to circa 1980); Arthur McFarland (architect); Beatrix Farrand (1872 - 1959) (landscape architect, 1923-1928) and Ann Leighton Smith (restoration landscape architect, ca. 1982).
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The Farm House related holdings consist of 2 folders (15 35 mm slides)
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Bar Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of book excerpts about the garden, one of which features a plan of the estate.
General:
This Bar Harbor garden site was for many years the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Blair. The original house was designed by Sidney V. Stratton, while architects for the garden site were Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul. The gardens were designed by F. W. Owens and James L. Greenleaf. The gardens featured a formal design with a Japanese-style fountain as a focal point, although they were surrounded by native evergreen forest. A teahouse provided another Asian touch to the overall Italianate design. The house was razed about 1935, and after several changes in ownership in 1975 the property became the site of the Summit House Health Care Center.
Persons and firms associated with the property include: Major George Wheeler (former owner 1894-1895); Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Blair (former owners, c. 1901-1935); Sidney V. Stratton (architect); Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul (architects, before 1905); James L. Greenleaf (landscape architect, before 1933); and F. W. Owens (landscape architect, before 1935).
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Blair Eyrie related holdings consist of 1 folder (1 photoprint, 6 35 mm. slides)
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Bar Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folders includes a work sheet, features plan, and articles.
General:
After Beatrix Farrand moved from Reef Point, she built an addition for herself onto the home of Lewis and Amy Garland, the longtime caretakers of Reef Point. Farrand selected her favorite plants and architectural elements and transplanted them to Garland Farm. After Farrand's death in 1959, the Garland's took care of the garden until they sold the property in ca. 1969. The front garden was framed with Reef Point fence and incorporated Asian and native plants. The main garden, at the back of the wing, contained elements of Farrand's herbaceous plant collection. This garden consists of rectangular beds with gravel paths between. The central panels are mostly heaths and heathers from Farrand's collection. On January 9, 2004, Garland Farm was purchased by the Beatrix Farrand Society. Their purpose is to repair the house and restore the gardens back to Farrand's design in order to serve as a center for research and activities.
Person(s) associated with the garden include(s): Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Garland (former owners); Amy Garland (former owner, 1964-1970); Ms. Helena and Mr. Jerome C. Goff (former owners, 1970-1993); Robert W. Patterson (architect of back wing (1955-1956); and Beatrix Farrand (landscape architect, 1955-1959).
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Garland Farm related holdings consist of 2 folders (6 8 X10 photoprints and 10 35 mm. slides)
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Roche Collection, ca. 1954-1970.
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The folder includes worksheets garden maps, photocopies of images and other information.
General:
Bide-A-While is a garden located on a 4.96 acres with a historic cottage situated the shore of Frenchman's Bay. This shingle style "cottage," designed by Frank Miles Day of Philadelphia, with Frederick L. Savage, supervising architect, was built of cedar shingles and Mount Desert granite in 1896 for Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Ketterlinus of Philadelphia. Mr. Ketterlinus owned a family lithography firm and Mrs. Ketterlinus was the daughter of one of John D. Rockefeller's original partners. The second owner was Theodore Marburg, Ambassador to Belgium.
Ostrich ferns are planted on each side of the winding driveway. To the left, in the foundation of the carriage house, are vegetables and special lettuces planted in an ornamental manner. Beyond is a rose garden planted primarily with David Austen roses, under-planted with perennial geraniums. A tea house overlooks the backyard's expansive lawn. There is a small shade garden under a stand of fir and golden chain trees. There are more than sixteen golden chain trees on the property. There are still many spruce trees over 100 years old on the property, even after a spruce bark beetle infestation in the area. Originally, as large white potted hydrangeas were placed near the entrance to the house, Annabelle hydrangeas, currently, have a large presence with various species of viburnum planted in borders which are reminiscent of the original Victorian moon garden.
There is a shaded path meandering through the woods, with remnants of a pool, a stream, and an old Italianate garden. The most notable plantings on the property are the perennial and annual borders that lead to the rocky seashore. The borders are reminiscent of the islands viewed from the long porch with the lawn representing Frenchman's Bay. A granite bench, found in pieces in the woods, now had a prominent place near a large Lunaform pot that draws the eyes to the hills of Gouldsboro. A number of Solderholtz urns, planters, and a bird bath provide additional accents.
See also Kenarden.
Persons associated with the garden include: J.L Ketterlinus (former owner, 1896), Theodore Mayburg (former owner, no dates), Louis Wolfe (former owner, 1976-1980), Trudy Sabol (garden designer, 2003-2011), Whitney Granholm (garden designer, 2012- ) and Dennis Bracale of Gardens By Design (restoration landscape architect, 2003), Frank Miles Day (architect, 1894-1896), Fred Savage (supervising architect, 1894-1896).
Related Materials:
Bide-A-While related holdings consist of 1 folder (25 digital images)
Additional materials also located in Maine Historic Preservation Commission.
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Bar Harbor -- Salisbury Cove
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and other information.
General:
Established in 1986 on seven acres, Crow's Nest was originally part of a larger property. An example of a classic do-it-yourself project, the garden's soil was hand shoveled and amended by the property's current owners on land which had previously lost its topsoil. The property now features a number of garden beds, trees, shrubs and rockwork hand built by the owners.
The waterfront property includes meadows, woodlands, lawns, and informal gardens. Dahlias, lilies, peonies, and irises are planted throughout the gardens, most of which are bordered with granite rockwork. The gardens include various raised beds, a perennial garden bordered by a flowering crabapple and rose hedge, a cutting garden, a moss garden, and naturalized plantings. In addition to the house, structures include a barn and a garden shed. With the exception of several deer-tolerant beds, the gardens are protected by wire deer fencing.
Persons associated with the garden include Mary Louise Jenkins (former owner, 1927-1977) and Mary Ratner (former owner, 1977-1984).
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Crow's Nest related holdings consist of 1 folders (19 35 mm. slides (photographs))
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Blue Hill
General:
"Formal garden, aromatic annuals, and perennials."
Persons associated with the property include: Colonel and Mrs. F. B. Richards (former owners, 1913-1952); Dorothy Richardson Austin (former owner, 1952-1968); Beatrix Farrand (landscape architect, 1919); and Frank Chatto Brown (architect, 1913).
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Scrivelsby related holdings consist of 1 folder (12 35 mm. slides)
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Cranberry Isles
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, site plans, and additional information about the garden.
General:
This three-acre garden has been under development since 1971 and is located on an island near Mount Desert Island on the coast of Maine. Deer and a lack of water other than rainfall are but two of the challenges that the garden's owner has had to confront. Most of the garden is within an eight-foot fence. One border outside the fence contains "deer proof" plantings, while the focal point of the site is a vegetable and cutting garden approximately 25 by 50 feet. Although this area is watered, in the remainder of the garden plants must survive without supplemental watering. Unique sculpture, garden ornaments, and ancillary buildings create additional areas of interest amidst the plantings.
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Moss Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (11 35 mm. slides (photographs))
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Mount Desert -- Northeast Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes plans, plant list, sketch of property and worksheet done by GCA researcher Trudy Bancroft. This garden is noted for its series of garden rooms and natural ledges.
General:
"Built on the foundations of a turn of the century house, the owners used the old granite foundations as garden wals. Situated on high ground overlooking the entrance to Northeast Harbor and out to sea. A series of garden rooms lead from a sunny border at the bedroom window to a moss garden in the woods below."
"A small property, its special quality lies in the use of natural ledges, shaped mugo pines and weeping hemlock, ferns, mosses and dwarf conifers, pools in the ledge rock and a brook through the woods to the sea below. A ancient Japanese pagoda as well as some contemporary sculpture."
"Property purchased October 21, 1956. A residence built by Mary Wheelright at the turn of the century had been torn down. The present garden was created on foundations of this residence over the years."
Persons associated with the property include: Thomas S. and Mary T. Hall (former owners); William Adair Bernoudy (architect in 1956); Howard S. Kneedler, Jr. (landscape architect in 1958); Mary Reed (gardener); Margaret Bowditch (photographer).
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Landfall related holdings consist of 1 folder (12 35 mm. slides)
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Mount Desert -- Northeast Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a worksheet, a garden plan, and a plant list.
General:
This garden is situated on a former tennis court at the edge of a quiet cove. It is a cutting garden with flowers, herbs and vegetables. Because of deer in the area, a 12 foot high cedar fence was designed to enclose the garden. Three large "windows" in the fence with "curtains' of sweet peas frame the cove view. Narrow vertical openings along the fence provide ventilation and enticing previews of the garden within. Granite steps, cut into a grassy bank, lead down to the garden and have a railing of rustic cedar branches. The beds are laid out in geometric shapes. The center aisle, flanked with beds of poppies and lavender, leads to a large earthenware jar. This jar, a replica of those found in many old Bar Harbor gardens, is centered in front of one of the fence "windows." In all the beds perennials, annuals, vegetables, and herbs intermingle in happy and colorful profusion. Cut birch branches supply a subtle support for taller plants.
Persons associated with the property and garden include: the Vaughn family (former owners, 1894-1941); Elizabeth Flagler Harris (former owner, 1941-1966); and Timothy King (gardener).
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The Tennis Court Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (13 35 mm. slides)
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Mount Desert
Scope and Contents:
The folders includes a work sheet and site map.
General:
Fantasy Island relies on the natural elements of the surrounding woodlands, but uses a formal plan. This organic garden depends on the heavy use of forest sod, blueberry, bunchberry, and huckleberry. The many "rooms" and vistas are used for contemplation and renewal. The owner incorporated a large sculpture collection, objects and use of stone and water features. An Austrian carriage house, dasha, Portuguese pool house, gothic tower, and a Moorish gazebo are some of the other unusual features and buildings on the property. The owners' idea for the garden is to celebrate Maine; and "to also amuse and intrigue [the visitor] with endless variety of ways to see and and enjoy the property."
Person(s) associated with the garden include(s): Kathy Van Gorder (landscape designer and gardener, 1997-present); George Scandone (landscape designer, 1997-present).
Related Materials:
Fantasy Island related holdings consist of 1 folder (21 35 mm. slides)
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Gardens -- Maine -- Town of Mount Desert Search this
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Mount Desert -- Northeast Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folders includes a work sheet, copy of photograph and site map.
General:
The garden entrance off the brick terrace is located on the water side of the house. A formal rectangular section with borders of annuals and perennials was designed by Harold Kneedler, Jr. The owner enlarged paths up the hill with a small waterfall to a larger informal garden with playhouse tool shed, vegetables and a herbaceous border. Walking further, you find a guest cottage with a circular pool. Woody plants predominate with trees
Person(s) associated with the garden include(s): Patrick Grant, Sr. (former owner, 1927-1928); Mr. and Mrs. Schofield Andrews, Sr. (former owners, 1928-1970); Tilden, Register & Pepper (architects, 1927); and Howard Kneedler (landscape architect, 1970- ).
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The Driftwood Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (14 35 mm. slides)
Other materials on property found at Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania - Samuel Yellin Collection (job #2673).
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Mount Desert
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a work sheet, site plan, plant lists, and copies of articles.
General:
The gardens at Somes Meadow consist of a front sunken border garden, a cottage garden, a shady border, a large cutting/vegetable garden, and foundation plantings around houses and outbuildings. The property is surrounded by a large meadow that sweeps down to the shore of Somes Sound. The site of the cutting/vegetable garden was originally a clay tennis court, so the beds were raised 18-24" with granite edges. Sapling arbors and towers and birch tree twigs give added support to plants as well as added height and interest to the garden. The gardens within the weathered fence are separated by large granite curbing block obtained locally. "The concept of the garden is to respect the 'spirit' of the place' and seem at home in Maine. A garden that is not too formal..."
Persons associated with the property and garden include: Somes family (former owners, 1836-1962); Mr. and Mrs. Hanes (former owners, ca. 1962-1972); Robert Patterson (architect, 1962); Don Smith and Son (nurserymen, 1978); Paul Ritter (gardener, 1978-1990); and Joy Lyons (gardener, 1989-present).
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Somes Meadow related holdings consist of 1 folder (13 35 mm. slides)
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Mount Desert -- Northeast Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a work sheet and site plan.
General:
Completed in 1998, the summer cottage is located on a small peninsula of land on the eastern shore of Somes Sound. The cottage is approached by a curing drive of fine pink granite through a woodland of native plants including spruces, ferns, and mosses. Large bleeding heart topiaries flank the entrance steps. The back terrace is landscaped with Italian terra-cotta pots planted with annuals and tender perennials. The cottage garden is planted with perennials and features a large terra-cotta jar, a rambling fence of branches, a cedar hedge, and pink granite paths. The back terrace also includes a putting green. Areas of low native plants and birch trees ease the transition from the lawn areas to the wilder areas along the shore.
Persons associated with the property and garden include: Dean Worder, Rebecca Wheeler, and Adam Sandone (landscape gardeners, 1998-2007).
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Sand Point related holdings consist of 1 folder (19 35 mm. slides)
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Mount Desert -- Northeast Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and 16 reference prints.
General:
Sindhu's Garden grows on a symmetrical infrastructure of four blocks of raised garden beds, each subdivided into seven rows that are edged in granite blocks and separated by paths made of granite pavers. The entire garden comprises 90 by 65 feet and includes a 60 foot by 15 foot perennial bed along one side that is separated from the 28 smaller beds by a wide gravel path that is raked into Zen circles every day. The garden beds are a riot of color in the summer, planted with annual and perennial flowers and vegetables including Echinacea, dahlias, sunflowers and rudbeckia. Despite its structure the garden looks casual with a chicken wire fence and gate across the front, whimsical garden tool sculptures, and wooden birds and animals created by the owner.
The owner's house and studio are located across an unpaved road from the entrance to the garden. A cedar hedge is planted along the street side of the garden, a birch twig fence encloses the back of the garden, and there is a cedar fence behind the long perennial bed. A compost heap sits in a back corner.
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Sindhu's Garden related holdings consist of 1 folders (11 35 mm. slides (photographs))
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United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Mount Desert -- Northeast Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, site plans, and photocopies of articles.
General:
This French Normandy style house is located on a three and a half acre property on a sloping terrain at the edge of Somes Sound, the only fjord on the eastern coast of the United States. A 300 foot dock with a gazebo at the end is an integral part of the garden design. Approaching the house from the gravel driveway there is a steep bank that descends into Hadlock Brook, following along the property until it enters Somes Sound on the south side of the house. A teak bench is nestled between two Maine rocks and accented with Japanese painted ferns on the southern corner. From the seating area is a pool garden with a "Perugia" Lunaform urn and continuing up the hill is a winding stone stair to a water wheel at the mouth of Hadlock Brook.
A seaside terrace with a dining area and two Italian terracotta urns overlooks the dock. On the north side of the house is a small fern garden and from further towards the front of the house is a woodland grove with a children's tree house and a meditation area.
Persons associated with the garden include Wharton and Louise Elkins Sinkler (former owners, 1920-1922); John P.B. Sinkler (architect, 1920); Frank Adams (architect); Prock Marine Company (marine architect and installers of pier and dock); and Lunaform (planters and urns).
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Wasgat Cove related holdings consist of 1 folder (14 35 mm. slides (photographs); 17 digital images)
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A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock County -- Mount Desert -- Northeast Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets.
General:
Situated on a 4.2 acre property, this classic English cottage-style cutting garden was designed and constructed in 2005-2006. One enters the garden by ascending a sweep of natural granite steps which lead to a wooden moongate flanked by tall granite pillars salvaged from a nearby abandoned quarry. The intimate garden space has four classically scaled garden quadrants surrounding a central circular flower bed. Serving as the anchor for the garden design is a pergola situated to the east of the vegetable and flower parterres. Inspired by works done in the early 1900's by the landscape architect Beatrix Farrand, the pergola features rounded moon windows and a larger moongate doorway facing west. The circle motif found in the pergola and and garden entrance moongate is mirrored in the design of the teak furniture housed in the pergola, as well as in the garden layout. Garden ornaments include two custom-made bronze tuteurs and an antique armillary-sundial. The garden walkways are paved with crushed granite and edged in roughhewn granite cobblestones, both of which are sourced from the same local quarry as the stone steps and pillars at the garden entrance.
The pergola is covered with crimson glory vine, a hardy ornamental grapevine. Smoketree, fringetree, and hydrangea accentuate the deciduous plantings in the outer perimeter of the garden, and a native woodland has been supplemented with the addition of wild geranium, hostas, assorted ferns and and white pine and white spruce plantings. The inner garden beds feature perennials such as echinacea, astilbe, salvia, peonies, and aconitum along with vegetables, seasonal annuals and bulbs for cut flowers.
Persons associated with the garden include: Bruce John Riddell (landscape architect, 2005-2006); Gordon B. Robb (stonemason and landscaper, 2005-2006); Robert Breeden (metalsmith, 2005-2006); Ralph Allen (carpenter, 2005-2006); and Danielle Neal (gardener, 2007-present).
Related Materials:
"Breezes" Pergola Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (10 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.
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.
United States of America -- Maine -- Hancock -- Northeast Harbor
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and information about the history of the site.
General:
The first action taken by the owners of the one and one-third acres property was to replace the 19th century four-story shingle style cottage used as a reading room by the original owners, the Wheelwright family, with a modern multi-level house. The property is on a rocky cliff on Mount Desert Island facing the Atlantic Ocean with a 270 degree view. The differing levels and buildings are connected with native stone or wooden steps and wooden and native stone slab bridges over a wet weather stream. There is a shade garden nestled between buildings, a poppy-filled terrace shaded by tall evergreens that has two huge saucers, one a birdbath filled with water and the other a container garden filled with succulents. On the path that descends to the ocean there is a teak pergola with pink climbing roses and outdoor seating. There are two cutting gardens, a colorful one at the foundation of the house and the other filled with shade tolerant perennials under old growth fir trees. Further down the path there is a rock garden known as the hidden garden, with pots of grasses, herbs and succulents.
Most of the original native trees were preserved despite the new construction on the site, and were supplemented with other native specimens. Weather resistant turned concrete containers that are made in Maine and other planted containers are placed throughout on the stone steps and stone terrace as well as on the house's deck and bridge to the guest house/garage. Native grasses and mosses also fit into this garden's design.
Persons associated with the garden include Mary C. Wheelwright (former owner, -1919); E. Jeffries and H.H. McClennan (former owners, 1919- ); Henry C. Rivers (former owner, 1960's); Gerald L. Miller (former owner, 1971- ); Alex and Sally Tyson Valenzuela Bock (former owners, 1982-1995); Karen Kettlety (landscape architect, 2000- ); Christopher J. Dindal of Morgan Wheelock, Inc. (landscape architect, 2005- ); Dennis Bracale (landscape architect, 2007- )
Related Materials:
Western Way related holdings consist of 1 folder (31 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.
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.
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.
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.
United States of America -- Maine -- York County -- Ogunquit
Scope and Contents:
Holdings consist of 2 folders including an information sheet, site plan, copy of 1926 plan, copy of article, and narrative description as well as 11 35 mm. slides).
General:
High Pastures is an informal country house set high on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. In 1926, the family acquired additional acreage, which led to revisions of a 1910 plan by James Dawson of the Olmsted Brothers firm. An elliptical garden, called the Round Garden, has a bird bath as its focal point. Stone steps and a stone terrace were also added. Carl Rust Parker of the Olmsted Brothers firm specified the use of native plants to attract birds. The Earle sisters maintained vegetable and cutting gardens near the original carriage house which was located at a distance from the house; this portion of the property is no longer part of High Pastures. Miss Elinor Earle designed the Long Garden, which runs along the ocean side of the house. She used Gertrude Jekyll's design from Gardens for the Small Country Home for the stone steps. Subsequent family members maintained the designs of the Olmsted Brothers. The property changed hands in 2002. The gardens were later amended to make way for development in 2004.
Persons associated with the property and garden include: Mr. and Mrs. Alice and James Earle (former owners, 1906-1915); Elinor, Mary and Doris Earle (former owners, 1915-1956); Horace Wells Sellors (architect, 1907); James Dawson (landscape architect, 1910); and Carl Rust Parker (stonework consultant, 1926).
Related Materials:
Records related to this site can be found at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Olmsted Job Number 03679, James M. Earle.
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.
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.
United States of America -- Maine -- York County -- Ogunquit
Scope and Contents:
The folders include a work sheet, site plan, and copy of article.
General:
Channing Hare, a well-known portrait painter and designer, bought the property ca. 1930 and worked closely with George Sargent, a garden/caretaker, between 1934 and 1952 to create an "Italianate style" garden. Sargent and Hare developed a rock garden and the tiered garden out of natural rock walls. There is also a "moon border" at the formal front entrance. An arch of weeping spruce provides the focal point of the tiered gardens. The owners established a formal vegetable garden behind the garage in 1984.In 1994, the landscape designer created the blue border and continued an existing long border, added a water feature; and designed the spruce "moon gate" documented in photographs.
Persons associated with the property and garden include: Channing Hare (former owner, 1930?-1952); George Kane and Charles Smith (former owners, 1952-1993); George Sargent (gardener/caretaker, 1934-1952); Stanley Underhill (landscape architect, 1967); and Thomas Lovejoy (landscape designer, 1994).
Related Materials:
Rose Meadows related holdings consist of 1 folder (13 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.
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.
