American Society of Landscape Architects Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Holly Beach Farm (Annapolis, Maryland)
United States of America -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County -- Annapolis
Scope and Contents:
The folders include worksheets, photocopies of garden tour descriptions of the property, and other information.
General:
Located on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Holly Beach Farm was the home of the Labrot family, originally from Louisiana, and active in horseracing circles. The Labrots purchased the property around 1900, and in 1907 built a Georgian-style mansion designed by architect Douglas H. Thomas, Jr. The extensive grounds were landscaped with expansive lawns and garden borders that stretched down to the bayshore. Unique features included a pergola and gazebo done in a rustic work style. The house, which has recently been restored, was sold by the family in 1994, while much of the land was transferred to the State of Maryland in 1944 to create Sandy Point State Park. A more recent land transfer has protected 300 additional acres, which are now under the aegis of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Most of the images in this collection were taken by Thomas W. Sears around 1914, shortly after the gardens were first developed. It is likely that Sears was the landscape architect responsible for designing this job.
Persons associated with the property include Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Labrot (former owners (ca. 1900-1930); Mr. and Mrs. William H. Labrot (former owners, ca. 1930-1950); Douglas H. Thomas, Jr. (architect, 1907); and Thomas W. Sears (landscape architect, 1914).
Related Materials:
Holly Beach Farm related holdings consist of 2 folders (41 glass negatives; 1 lantern slide; 3 slides (photographs))
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Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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United States of America -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County -- Annapolis
Scope and Contents:
The folders include worksheets, photocopies of garden tour descriptions of the property, and other information.
General:
Located on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Holly Beach Farm was the home of the Labrot family, originally from Louisiana, and active in horseracing circles. The Labrots purchased the property around 1900, and in 1907 built a Georgian-style mansion designed by architect Douglas H. Thomas, Jr. The extensive grounds were landscaped with expansive lawns and garden borders that stretched down to the bayshore. Unique features included a pergola and gazebo done in a rustic work style. The house, which has recently been restored, was sold by the family in 1994, while much of the land was transferred to the State of Maryland in 1944 to create Sandy Point State Park. A more recent land transfer has protected 300 additional acres, which are now under the aegis of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Most of the images in this collection were taken by Thomas W. Sears around 1914, shortly after the gardens were first developed. It is likely that Sears was the landscape architect responsible for designing this job.
Persons associated with the property include Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Labrot (former owners (ca. 1900-1930); Mr. and Mrs. William H. Labrot (former owners, ca. 1930-1950); Douglas H. Thomas, Jr. (architect, 1907); and Thomas W. Sears (landscape architect, 1914).
Related Materials:
Holly Beach Farm related holdings consist of 2 folders (41 glass negatives; 1 lantern slide; 3 slides (photographs))
See others in:
Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection, 1900-1966.
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.
American Society of Landscape Architects Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
James Brice House (Annapolis, Maryland)
United States of America -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County -- Annapolis
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a worksheet and other information.
General:
Located at 42 East Street in Annapolis, the James Brice House is an example of Georgian five part architecture built during the period of 1767 to 1773. The home was built for James Brice, who served as Mayor of Annapolis (1782-83 and 1787-88) and as acting Governor of Maryland (1792). Some of the interiors have been attributed to architect, William Buckland. The home was declared a Historic National Landmark and is owned by the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsman.
Persons associated with the garden include James Brice (previous owner, 1767- ), William Buckland (architect, 1928) and International Union of Bricklayers (owner).
Related Materials:
James Brice House related holdings consist of 1 folder (2 3x5 in glass negatives)
Additional materials; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey Collection.
See others in:
James Brice House, 1930.
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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Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Ogle Hall (Annapolis, Maryland)
United States of America -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County -- Annapolis
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a worksheet and other information.
General:
Located at 247 King George Street in Annapolis, Ogle Hall is one of the oldest Georgian mansions in Annapolis, Maryland. According to legend, the Marquis de Lafayette planted a yew tree in the Ogle garden. The home was built in 1739 for Dr. William Stephenson, an Annapolis surgeon who died before its completion in 1742 and had various successive owners, including the Ogle family and its descendents for whom it is named. The home is currently owned by the United States Naval Academy and referred to as Ogle Hall or Alumni House.
Persons associated with the garden include William Stephenson (previous owner, 1739), Benjamin Tasker (previous owner, 1760-1773), Anne Ogle (1760-1773), Benjamin and Henrietta Ogle (previous owners, 1773-1815), James Steele (previous owner, c.1815-1839), Sally Scott Murray Lloyd (previous owner, 1839-1847), Thomas George Pratt (previous owner, 1839-1867), U.S. Navy Judge John Mason and his wife (previous owner, 1867-1909), Marguerite Cusachs and Rosalie Van Ness (previous co-owners, 1909-1923), Marguerite Porter Cusachs (previous owner, 123-1944) and United States Naval Academy (owner, 1944-present).
Related Materials:
Ogle Hall related holdings consist of 1 folder (1 3x5 in. glass negatives)
See others in:
Ogle Hall, 1930.
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.
United States of America -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County -- Annapolis
General:
"The Ridout House was built in 1763 by John Ridout. He came to Maryland as Provincial Secretary to Governor Horatio Sharpe. John Ridout married in May 1765 to the daughter of Samuel Ogle. The house is two stories and has one of the oldest surviving gardens in Annapolis. The house still has some of its original terracing and old plantings."
Persons associated with the property include: Dr. William Govane Ridout (former owner); John Ridout (former owner in 1753); redesigned by Rose Greely in 1953 (landscape architect).
Related Materials:
Ridout House Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (3 35 mm. slides. (photographs) and 2 photonegatives)
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.
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.
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Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Brent Heath Garden Photography Collection.
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Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Brookside Gardens Garden Tour Collection.
1 Nitrate negative (black-and-white, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Nitrate negatives
Place:
Bachelor's Hope (Chaptico, Maryland)
United States of America -- Maryland -- St. Mary's County -- Chaptico
Date:
[between 1890 and 1920]
General:
Vincent Lowe of Denby, Derbyshire, England, married Anne Cavendish; they had a daughter named Jane. Jane Lowe (later Lady Baltimore) married her first husband Henry Sewall and had a daughter named Anne. Anne Sewall married Colonel Benjamin Rozier. She owned Bachelor's Hope in St. Mary's County, where they lived.
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.
United States of America -- Maryland -- Baltimore County -- Pikesville
Date:
1960
General:
Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage.
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 -- Maryland -- Baltimore County -- Pikesville
Date:
1960
General:
Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage.
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 -- Maryland -- Baltimore County -- Pikesville
Date:
1960
General:
Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage.
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 -- Maryland -- Owings Mills -- Baltimore
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, photocopies of images and an illustrated history of the family, house and garden.
General:
The five-acre Brightside gardens were built from 1983 to 2014 on a property with a large country house of white-painted bricks and a slate roof, surrounded by woodland shade and poor soil. Described as a dialog between the heart and the head there are 54 discrete garden areas, including Lutyens-style stairways, a potager, a cemetery for family pets with a statue of a beloved pug, gardens named after the neoclassical statues within them or the friends that designed or inspired them, a pool garden. Formal garden rooms are near the house and more rustic woodlands gardens are further from the house. Some of the hardscapes of the formal gardens were designed to echo the neoclassical lines of Baltimore Federal furniture. Each garden has a theme inspired by a quotation from philosophy, religion, literature or poetry that bespeaks the spirit of that area, with plantings that refer to the symbolic Victorian language of flowers. The owners have been inspired by their visits to hundreds of gardens and the Greek and Roman ideals embodied in neoclassicism and the American Federal and empire styles from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Among their favorites are the English garden design collaborations of Gertrude Jekyll and Sir Edwin Lutyens, William Kent's Rousham, Sissinghurst, Hidcote, and the fantasy elven gardens in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
In 1990 woodlands were cleared of understory and hundreds of tons of soil were deposited under the remaining tall trees and dogwood to sculpt a new landscape. Within one week 500 rhododendron, 65,000 fern and 65,000 pachysandra seedlings were planted. There are six levels of woodland gardens descending from a ridgeline, 2,000 specimen trees, and amphitheaters and berms that have altered the contours of the lawns. Since most of the property is shaded native plants and shade tolerant specimen plants are featured. Garden ornaments include pedigreed statues, antique urns, birdbaths, boot scrapers and gates. Formal garden borders near the house in the room named Jessica's garden for its designer contain more colorful and sun-loving plants, including delphinium, peony, phlox, lilac, hydrangea and butterfly bush. For the owners these lyrical gardens are a retreat they liken to medieval gardens where man imposed rationality and beauty in a small part of the chaotic world.
Persons associated with the garden include Mr. and Mrs. S. Bonsal White (former owners, 1950's); Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Krongard (former owners, 1960's); Mr. and Mrs. John Lalley (former owners, 1970's); Charles M. Ness (architect, 1950); James A. Snead (architect, circa 1995-1998).
Related Materials:
Brightside related holdings consist of 1 folder (22 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 -- Maryland -- Baltimore County
Scope and Contents:
35 digital images (2019).
General:
Hidehaven is set in 1/3 (8049 sq. ft.) of an acre on a leafy, winding side street in the Homeland section of northern Baltimore City in the Greater Homeland Historic District. Homeland was established in 1925 and laid out by the Olmsted Brothers design firm. The garden surrounds a two-bedroom, yellow, two-story brick, and clapboard house (built in 1942), set in a long, narrow, rectangular lot. The current owner purchased the property in 1999.
A small, front garden, with a flagstone path leading from the street into the garden, features a grassy area bordered on three sides with a curved shade garden planted with Japanese maples, Japanese white pines, a western Limber pine, a Himalayan pine, perennials, ground covers, grasses, and small and mid-size boulders.
Stone paths wind around either side of the house into the larger back garden. Alongside the right of the house are garden beds on either side of a path, planted with dry-loving plants (herbs, annuals, and perennials). The path leads to the main garden through an arbor covered with chocolate vine.
The focus of the main garden is a grass oval surrounded by a boxwood hedge, providing a place for tranquil observation and contemplation of the surrounding plants, butterflies, and birds. The garden's many highlights include a lily pond and fountain with a stone surround created in 1999, four lampposts original to the garden, a dry stone wall, Baltimore cobble street pavers acquired to line both the front and back lawn area, wood trellis panels attached along the picket fences on either side of the garden for climbing roses, a small blue-stone patio with numerous pots and containers planted with succulents and annuals, Amish birdhouses, and small stone animal sculptures scattered throughout. In the winter, the owner maintains a greenhouse with LED gro-lights in her garage for wintering begonias, agaves, hanging baskets, and other fragile plants she wants to preserve.
From the outset, the owner wanted no straight lines in her garden. Curved garden beds around the grass oval create a flow to the eclectic plant-driven design she adapted from Scott Ogden (Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit), with layers of trees, shrubbery, vines, perennials, bulbs, native plants, and annual
The most prominent aspect of the overall planting scheme is what the owner describes as her "mini-arboretum:" numerous (17) evergreens (including dwarf conifers, a weeping white pine, an Atlas cedar, two weeping blue spruce), and small deciduous trees (including a Chinese elm shading the patio, a metasequoia, a weeping bald cypress, crape myrtles, a smoke tree, a weeping purple beech, two styrax, three redbuds, a katsura, American pink dogwood, a chamaecyparis, a gingko, a tri-color beach) were added to an existing sycamore and a crabapple, with the aim of providing year-round interest.
A major challenge for the owner is keeping order and harmony with what she describes as
"excessive" planting (she never met a plant she didn't like). She artfully controls color and meticulously prunes and shapes throughout the year. Another hurdle has been adapting the garden to more sun, from 75% shade to 15%, as the original tree canopy was lost to wind and age.
Persons associated with the garden's design: Diana Jacquot (1999-), and Mike Shertzer (landscape designer of Harvest Moon Landscapes, 1999-).
Provenance:
The Green Spring Valley Garden Club facilitated the 2022 garden documentation.
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.
Once owned by Johns Hopkins and considered to be his 'suburban' estate. The estate was later donated to Johns Hopkins University for a campus site which was never built. The property subsequently became a public park called Clifton Park.
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, Richard Marchand historical postcard collection.
Sponsor:
A project to describe images in this finding aid in this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
Georgia Plantation named by Dr. Charles Carroll in 1732.
General:
"In 1756, Charles Carroll, Barrister, began construction of Mount Clare at Georgia Plantation. He named his new summer residence after his grandmother, Mary Clare Dunn, and his sister, Mary Clare Carroll (Maccubbin). The house was built in the Georgian style of soft pink brick, laid in allheader bond, most of which would have been made on the plantation. A series of grass ramps led from the bowling green down shaded terraces or falls. A sweeping view spread across the lower fields to the waters of the Patapsco River, about one mile away. There was a greenhouse with "orange and lemon trees just ready to bear besides which is a new building, a pinery, where the gardener expects some (pineapples) to ripen next summer." Mrs. Carroll had a great interest in horticulture. Contemporary letters indicate that pineapples and broccoli were raised in the pinery and that General Washington wrote Mrs. Carroll asking her advice on plants to grow at Mount Vernon as well as information on the construction and heating of a greenhouse. Entrance to the house on the land side is by the carriage entrance through a columned portico paved with gray and white marble, above which is a chamber with a fine Palladian window." (National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Maryland, website) The museum, in the Carroll Park neighborhood of Baltimore, is open for tours.
Persons associated with the garden include: Charles Carroll (former owner, 1750); National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Maryland (owners, 1917-present)
Related Materials:
Mount Clare related holdings consist of 2 folders (1 35 mm. slide, glass photonegatives, and glass lantern slides)
See others in:
Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection, 1900-1966.
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.
American Society of Landscape Architects Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Mount Clare (Baltimore, Maryland)
United States of America -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a work sheet,
Former Title:
Georgia Plantation named by Dr. Charles Carroll in 1732.
General:
"In 1756, Charles Carroll, Barrister, began construction of Mount Clare at Georgia Plantation. He named his new summer residence after his grandmother, Mary Clare Dunn, and his sister, Mary Clare Carroll (Maccubbin). The house was built in the Georgian style of soft pink brick, laid in allheader bond, most of which would have been made on the plantation. A series of grass ramps led from the bowling green down shaded terraces or falls. A sweeping view spread across the lower fields to the waters of the Patapsco River, about one mile away. There was a greenhouse with "orange and lemon trees just ready to bear besides which is a new building, a pinery, where the gardener expects some (pineapples) to ripen next summer." Mrs. Carroll had a great interest in horticulture. Contemporary letters indicate that pineapples and broccoli were raised in the pinery and that General Washington wrote Mrs. Carroll asking her advice on plants to grow at Mount Vernon as well as information on the construction and heating of a greenhouse. Entrance to the house on the land side is by the carriage entrance through a columned portico paved with gray and white marble, above which is a chamber with a fine Palladian window." (National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Maryland, website) The museum, in the Carroll Park neighborhood of Baltimore, is open for tours.
Persons associated with the garden include: Charles Carroll (former owner, 1750); National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Maryland (owners, 1917-present)
Related Materials:
Mount Clare related holdings consist of 2 folders (1 35 mm. slide, glass photonegatives, and glass lantern slides)
See others in:
Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].
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.
United States of America -- Maryland -- Baltimore City
Paternotte Residence (Baltimore, Maryland)
Scope and Contents:
10 digital images (2008-2014) and 1 file folder.
General:
The native stone and brick house was built in 1925 on 2.5 acres of "perilously steep hill" within a forest preserve with downhill access to a stream and Lake Roland. The owner, a landscape architect, had installed gardens for the previous owners but found they hadn't been maintained. Two years were spent reclaiming the original garden: dry stone wall terraces and stairs of Butler stone built into the hillside behind the house that were planted with trees and perennials; hardscape for a new front entrance as well as planting around the new parking pad, garage, and driveway circle; a woodland garden with skimmia japonica, miniature rhododendron, meadow rue and ferns; perimeter planting of Norway spruce and hemlock; another woodland garden where deer ate the hosta (they were replaced with native perennials); more walkways and a patio extension. An understory of American holly and magnolia was planted within the existing deciduous forest. Native dogwood and deciduous magnolia were underplanted with shrubs and flower beds that helped connect the house to the landscape.
The current owners installed a water feature reflecting pool and gentle waterfall outside the master bedroom. A pair of paperbark maples were planted alongside a moss and grass patch in the deep woods. The front garden leading to the entrance was planted and a cobblestone driveway and wall were installed. Now there is a wildflower garden and more native plants in lower gardens that overlook woods. Also, miniature evergreen and deciduous trees have been planted near the house with other shrubs relocated. Pots including large urns and planters are filled with annuals and perennials that add color to the otherwise green summers. Plants chosen for the garden areas are low maintenance, landscape plantings are described as voluptuous, and deer help with pruning. New cultivars are sought out and added, and there are plans for another native woodland garden downhill to the stream.
Persons associated with the garden include: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bowman (former owners, 1965-1980); Dr. and Mrs. James Fuchs (former owners, 1980-2005); Kurt Bluemel (1933-2014) (landscape architect and designer, 1970-1980); Foxborough Nursery (garden design and plants, 1985- ); Maxalea Nursery (plants, 1985-2000); Nan Paternotte (landscape architect, 1985- ); Primo Doria (stone mason, 1985- ).
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.
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 -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Baltimore
Scope and Contents:
Rusty Rocks related holdings consist of 2 folders and 173 lantern slides including 153 autochomes. Folder 1 includes worksheets, photocopies of articles, and other information. Images 174-203 are autochromes.
General:
The two-acre property is situated in an abandoned rock quarry in Baltimore, Maryland. The home and terraces were created using rocks from the quarry; the unusual properties of the stone gave Rusty Rocks its name. The house was built in 1907 within Roland Park, an early planned suburb laid out by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and Edward H. Bouton, president of the Roland Park Company. Bouton and his wife, Luella, were the original owners of Rusty Rocks. Luella Bouton transformed the landscape there into a wildflower sanctuary. A series of terraces, shaded by giant oaks, sycamores, and dogwood, evoked the feel of extensive woodlands.
The garden included wisteria, wildflowers, mertensia, and violets. The space acted as a setting for community gatherings and wildflower preservation advocacy work by Luella Bouton.
Persons associated with the garden include Edward H. & Luella Bouton (former owners, 1907-1930s?), A. J. Tormey (former owner, 1940s?), Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Cloud (former owners, 1950s?), Joseph D. Minutilli (former owner, 1960s-1990s?).
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.
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.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Brent Heath Garden Photography Collection.