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[Madoo]: kitchen garden with formal layout.

Photographer:
Weller, Eleanor C.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Madoo (Sagaponack, New York)
United States of America -- New York -- Suffolk County -- Southampton -- Sagaponack
Date:
1984 Aug.
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:
Summer  Search this
Kitchen gardens  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Gardens -- New York -- Sagaponack  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NY439005
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York / NY439: Southampton -- Madoo
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6e6d28ffd-83a3-4d4f-8de9-1af83dc7e129
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref29590

[Homewood]: the garden in 1956 facing south-east, in spring-to-summer bloom; an apple orchard and children's play area are situated beyond the garden.

Photographer:
Pettibone, John Jr.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (col., 8 x 10 in.)
1 Digital image (JPEG file, col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Digital images
Place:
Homewood (Middleburg, Virginia)
Virginia -- Middleburg
United States of America -- Virginia -- Loudoun -- Middleburg
Date:
[1956]
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 -- Virginia -- Middleburg  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Roses  Search this
Boxwood  Search this
Trees  Search this
Arbors  Search this
Wisteria  Search this
Shrubs  Search this
Orchards  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Photographic prints
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item VA176006
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Virginia / VA176: Middleburg -- Homewood
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb64bdd2e08-a6ad-436d-add1-7f41adc48747
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref30160

[Windholme Farm]: "Rusty" grazes in a pasture at Windholme Farm.

Photographer:
Erler, Catriona Tudor  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (digital) (col., JPEG.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photograph (digital)
Digital images
Place:
Windholme Farm (Orange, Virginia)
United States of America -- Virginia -- Orange
Date:
2010 Jun.
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:
Rail fences  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Fields  Search this
Farm buildings  Search this
Gardens -- Virginia -- Orange  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item VA404011
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Virginia / VA404: Orange -- Windholme Farm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb636cd76e1-173c-4128-85c1-31074dbd3b5a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref30244

[Windholme Farm]: a quiet grove of trees on a sunny day.

Photographer:
Erler, Catriona Tudor  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (digital) (col., JPEG.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photograph (digital)
Digital images
Place:
Windholme Farm (Orange, Virginia)
United States of America -- Virginia -- Orange
Date:
2010 Jun.
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 -- Virginia -- Orange  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Lawns  Search this
Trees  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item VA404025
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Virginia / VA404: Orange -- Windholme Farm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6ed8c1050-0839-4c86-b1f4-dc643c9ea513
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref30248

Coatesville -- Runnymede

Provenance:
Garden Club of Wilmington  Search this
Landscape architect:
Schmidt, Owen  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- Coatesville
Runnymede (Coatesville, Pennsylvania)
Scope and Contents:
8 35mm slides and 1 file folders.
General:
The 2500 acre property with rolling hills, woods and meadows had an English-style hunting lodge built in 1931 and a stud barn. In 1963 the owner added a new wing to the house, pool and porch, turning the hunting box into a residence. Several greenhouses were built for the owner's prize-winning plants that completed at the Philadelphia Flower show. The potted plants were placed around the swimming pool and around and inside the house. In 2014 the owner donated more than 500 plants to the Garden Club of Wilmington that were sold to raise funds.

Other features of the property included rail fences, a vegetable garden with a border of peonies and a nearby field of poppies, a root cellar, and the Doe Run River bordered by golden willows. Three bronze sculptures of Stewart Cheshire foxhounds by Clayton Bright were sited on the property.

Persons associated with the garden include: Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley Reeve (former owners, c. 1920- ); Diana Strawbridge Crompton Wister (former owner, 1963-2015); George F. Shepard, Shepard & Sterns (architect, 1931); Walter Kremer Durham (1896-1978) (architect of addition, 1963); Owen Schmidt (landscape designer, 1963); Clayton Bright (sculptor).
Related Materials:
See the Eleanor Weller Collection for an image of the greenhouse.
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 -- Pennsylvania -- Coatesville  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File PA788
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb63921fb1f-147c-44ae-929d-cb86102a0293
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref32760

Pittsburgh -- Mitnick Garden-Bucks Leap

Provenance:
Garden Club of Allegheny County  Search this
Owner:
Mitnick, Norlene  Search this
Mitnick, James  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny -- Pittsburgh
Mitnick Garden-Bucks Leap (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Scope and Contents:
23 digital images (2017-2018) and 1 file folder.
General:
In 1990 the owners began building a farm on 34 acres of undeveloped wooded property; they've installed or built an 1891 Amish bank barn, a smaller chicken barn and storage shed, an outhouse, a fruit orchard with a nearby apiary, flower beds, a pond and raised vegetable and herb beds in addition to their house. In the first summer they laid out a 50 foot long raspberry patch, built 12 raised beds for vegetables and planted 20 fruit trees. Once their house was built they commenced landscaping, planted a lawn and tended the vegetables, raspberries and fruit orchard. New flower beds were added every year planted with shrubs, perennials, annuals and bulbs adding up to more than 1,000 plants on the farm. The pond was designed to collect runoff from the house and has been planted with a water lily and stocked with fish. It provides fresh drinking water for the more than one million honey bees that were brought in to improve pollination of the fruit trees. The chicken coop houses 40 hens and a rooster and has a built-in dove cote, empty since local hawks caught the doves. The modern outhouse has running water, a composting toilet and a half-moon cut-out in the door, and is sited near the vegetable garden.

In addition to the orchard apple trees are espaliered to a split rail fence along the driveway with the goal of creating a living fence. A row of Dutch elm trees planted along the driveway in 2000 has matured to 30 to 40 feet tall. The original raspberry patch has been replaced and supplemented with blueberries. The raised beds for vegetables and herbs were filled with trucked in soil and compost and have drainage pipes since the indigenous soil is clay. Crops include strawberries, tomatoes, beans, lettuce, leeks, rhubarb, asparagus, garlic, tarragon, basil, parsley, sage, thyme and many other varieties. Milkweed, dahlias, sunflowers and nasturtiums are planted around the perimeter to attract pollinators. A raised wall flower bed spans the entire back of the house, built from stones that were fractured and dug up during construction. Ample plantings include irises inherited from a family property in Indiana. Two goats that live in the barn help control vegetation on hills beyond the cultivated gardens. Another garden at the local library was devised by Jim Mitnick in honor of his wife Fritz who is a retired children's librarian and master gardener

Persons associated with the garden include: James and Norlene (Fritz) Mitnick (owners, 1990- ).
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 -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File PA843
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6bdcf4128-94ea-4037-b88d-9ac5e2601360
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref32872

Nashville -- Meldhaven Home and Gardens

Provenance:
Garden Club of Nashville  Search this
Landscape architect:
Wells, Steven  Search this
Owner:
Manning, Lisa Z.  Search this
Sculptor:
Hunt, Charlie  Search this
Rice, Tom  Search this
Ironworker:
Merry, Keith  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
31 Digital images (color, JPEG file. )
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
United States of America -- Tennessee -- Davidson County -- Nashville
Meldhaven Home and Gardens (Nashville, Tennessee)
Scope and Contents:
31 digital images and 1 folder.
General:
Meldhaven Home and Gardens is situated on the 129- acre former H.G. Hill estate located six miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The property was subdivided in 1995 into estate-sized lots and named Hill Place, leaving the existing Hill home, mature shade trees, white rail fencing, and pastoral land bordering the railroad tracks and Richland Creek.

Meldhaven was partially completed in 1998 by the original owner before the current owners purchased the property in 1999. They began remodeling the home and grounds, adding a swimming pool, pool house, brick walls, garden beds, and soil amendments. The gardens feature a number of propagated rare plants, architectural collections, and also contain pollinator, cutting, and vegetable gardens. The entire property incorporates composting and is cultivated using exclusively organic practices.

Along the front driveway entrance to the home, mature trees native to the original Hill property divide a canopy for an understory bed filled with perennials. On the driveway to the Northern side of the property, specimen trees like the holly tea olive, dwarf-grafted umbrella catalpa tree, hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), china firs, and junipers are interspersed. The loss of a large maple tree facilitated the creation of border and island stumpery beds gathered from a collection of stumps found after years of being submerged underwater. The stumps were placed in beds with architectural rocks, specimen Japanese maples, hellebores, an apricot tree, dwarf bamboo, and ferns. One of the bed features wave walls, with a plaque and a quote by G.W. Carver.

Along the Eastern woodland border sit three beehives shadowed by brown magnolias. Ferns, mosses, and an assortment of perennials are planted along the border, with stumps and rocks interspersed throughout. A path leads to a large compost pile hidden between the border and brick wall. A fountain repurposed from an antique millstone sits nearby. Another path leads to an 18th century pigeonary filled with ferns.

The backyard, swimming pool, pool house, and pergola are enclosed by a brick wall. A sculpture by Tom Rice is surrounded by a bed of shrubs and perennials. White hydrangea blooms near the perennials and shrubs, interspersed with sculptures and architectural pieces. Border beds surrounding the pool include antique planters filled with succulents, a sculpture by Charlie Hunt, a miniature boxwood collection, and containers of exotic plants. The rear wall of the pool house is trellised with mandevilla vines overlooking a pollinator garden. The pergola near the main house shelters a container garden of succulents and cacti during the warmer summer months. During the winter, the greenhouse is used for housing container plants and growing fennel lettuces, fruits, vegetables, and herbs.

Persons associated with the garden include: Stephen Wells (landscape architect, 1999); Lisa Z. Manning (current owner and horticulturist, 2000); Charlie Hunt (sculptor); Keith Merry (ironwork); Tom Rice (sculptor).
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 -- Tennessee -- Nashville  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File TN122
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Tennessee
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6caf9b717-b616-442f-b838-5bf51105cdcf
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref32898

[Runnymede]: The vegetable garden, field of poppies, and view of horse enclosure.

Photographer:
Marony, E.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (color, slide., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Runnymede (Coatesville, Pennsylvania)
United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- Coatesville
Date:
2008 June
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 -- Pennsylvania -- Coatesville  Search this
Vegetable gardening  Search this
Vegetables  Search this
Poppies  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Genre/Form:
Slides (photographs)
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item PA788007
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA788: Coatesville -- Runnymede
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6181c85b0-841a-4dc0-b178-b061b3df38a8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref32965

[Mitnick Garden- Bucks Leap]:The bee yard seen over the fence from the orchard.

Photographer:
Drake, Sarah  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Digital image (color, JPEG file. )
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Mitnick Garden-Bucks Leap (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County -- Pittsburgh
Date:
2017 September 23
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 -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh  Search this
Garden borders  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Orchards  Search this
apiaries  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item PA843015
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA843: Pittsburgh -- Mitnick Garden-Bucks Leap
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69689c868-1d0c-4e5c-b517-422c54753106
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref32985

Oyster Bay -- Fox Ridge

Photographer:
Gahagan, Betsy J.  Search this
McLanahan, Elizabeth  Search this
Owner:
Schiff, Lisa  Search this
Schiff, Peter  Search this
Landscape architect:
Innocenti & Webel  Search this
Garden designer:
Lepsis, Tony  Search this
Whitney, Brian  Search this
Architect:
Keith Kroeger & Associates  Search this
Former owner:
North Country Garden Club of Long Island  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
United States of America -- New York -- Nassau County -- Oyster Bay
Fox Ridge (Oyster Bay, New York)
Scope and Contents:
17 digital images (2013-2014, 2016-2017) and 1 file folder.
General:
Fox Ridge is located in Oyster Bay, New York. Established in 1990, the 10-acre property features a pond, specimen trees, perennial borders, and vegetable garden on land that had been horse pasture.
The property is entered through a long driveway, lined with Acer saccharum (sugar maples) on the left with split-rail fencing beyond. On the right side of the driveway, spring bulbs bloom at the edge of woodlands. The driveway curves around to the north before reaching a circular turn-around where the road then turns south at the main gate. This is a transitional moment between the main driveway into the property and the drive up to the house. A pair of square stone pillars topped with bluestone hold white painted wood gates. Another row of Acer saccharum (sugar maples) along the left of the drive with Forsythia beyond the trees and horse jumps that are original to the property. Looking northwest, back through the gate, there is a bank of Rhododendron. As the driveway curves around, it circles a pond.
The pond is considered the focal point of the property, and includes a re-circulating waterfall. At one end of the pond, nearest to the house, are Adirondack chairs and Fagus sylvatica "Purpurea" (copper beech). In the distance are many small flowering trees including Acer rubrum (red maple), Lagerstroemia (crepe myrtle), Salix (willow) and Prunus floribunda (crabapple). Nearby is a large dome-shaped Malus floribunda (Japanese crabapple) underplanted with Muscari (grape hyacinths) An alleé of six Zelkova serrata (Japanese Zelkova) trees connects the pond to the house. Southwest of the house, is a vegetable garden enclosed by a split-rail fence with Prunus floribunda (crabapple trees) and Prunus persica (peach trees) around its perimeter.
Next to the house, there is an upper terrace, with a green painted gate, which looks onto the pool. The pool has a brick patio in a herringbone pattern and small statues at the corners of the bluestone coping. There are also large banks of Rhododendron in the background. Another large field with banks of Rhododendrons and a large perennial border to the south of the house. In the spring, two of these beds are full of flowering bulbs.
Persons associated with the garden's design: Innocenti and Webel (landscape architect, 1980s -1990s), Keith Kroeger and Associates (architect, 1990s), Ed Stein (builder, 1990s), Tony Lepsis and Brian Whitney (garden design, 2008-2018).
Provenance:
This garden documentation was facilitated by the North Country Garden Club of Long Island, Inc. in 2022.
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 -- New York -- Oyster Bay  Search this
Driveways  Search this
Ponds  Search this
Swimming pools  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NY748
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6c1b8556f-5c05-4d4c-97c3-1d662ad79513
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref33266

Ladew Topiary Gardens

Creator:
Ladew, Harvey Smith  Search this
Trustees Of The Ladew Topiary  Search this
Architect:
O'Connor, James  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Maryland -- Monkton
United States of America -- Maryland -- Harford County -- Monkton
Pleasant Valley Farm (Monkton, Maryland)
Date:
1976
General:
Harvey S. Ladew bought the property and spent the following years developing his topiary garden. Ladew was born in the Long Island Hunt country in 1886 and decided to move to he Maryland Hunt Country in 1929 and died in 1976.
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:
Spring  Search this
Bridges  Search this
Follies (Architecture)  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Allées  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item MD150024
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Maryland / MD150: Monkton -- Ladew Topiary Gardens
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6ac529b8f-6986-4637-8375-f56d2217a9d6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref14877

[Orchard Farm]: garden bed at front of house.

Photographer:
Salomon, Sarah Hood  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Orchard Farm (Potomac, Maryland)
United States of America -- Maryland -- Montgomery County -- Potomac
Date:
[2001?].
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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Topic:
Gardens -- Maryland -- Potomac  Search this
Trees  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Lawns  Search this
Tulips  Search this
Flowering trees  Search this
Hyacinths  Search this
Birdhouses  Search this
Spring  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item MD041020
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Maryland / MD041: Potomac -- Orchard Farm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb699b8b7b1-67d8-4166-955a-ec156e0ff7c3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref14937

[Orchard Farm]: pasture and shed.

Photographer:
Salomon, Sarah Hood  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Orchard Farm (Potomac, Maryland)
United States of America -- Maryland -- Montgomery County -- Potomac
Date:
[2001?]
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 -- Maryland -- Potomac  Search this
Trees  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Flowering trees  Search this
Spring  Search this
Weeping willow  Search this
Outbuildings  Search this
Pastures  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item MD041021
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Maryland / MD041: Potomac -- Orchard Farm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb662690405-d42c-4e8a-8069-94193d5b2da2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref14938

[Tan Hill Farm]: empty vegetable garden covered with black plastic and enclosed within a rail fence.

Photographer:
Felton, Catherine M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Tan Hill Farm (Essex, Massachusetts)
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- Essex
Date:
2004 Sep.
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:
Trees  Search this
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Essex  Search this
Lawns  Search this
Conifers  Search this
Perennials  Search this
Edging  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Buildings  Search this
Vegetable gardening  Search this
Garden borders  Search this
Walkways, grass  Search this
Bricks  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item MA342017
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts / MA342: Essex -- Tan Hill Farm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb60b205be1-92a3-4370-86aa-8ad11d3cb5d2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref18099

West Orange (Llewellyn Park) -- Woodlands Stables, Llewellyn Park

Former owner:
Burke, John, 1880s-1892  Search this
Babcock, John, 1955-1968  Search this
Robbins, Charles, 1967-1999  Search this
Garden designer:
Poinier, Lois W.  Search this
Landscape architect:
Morrison, Mark K., 2000  Search this
Provenance:
Garden Club of the Oranges  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Woodlands Stables, Llewellyn Park (West Orange, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Essex -- West Orange
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and historical information.
General:
The residence originally was a horse stable built circa 1880 and the gardens now include an enclosed courtyard, designed in the 1960s during the conversion of the residence, and kitchen, vegetable and shade gardens, on about two acres, with another two acre lot kept as a mowed meadow for horseback riding and jumping. The original courtyard garden contained specimen trees including a Sir Harry Lauder walking stick and two white birches, no longer existing. Ornamental features include brick and ironwork gates with a sandstone carving of a horse's head, the original horses' water trough converted into a fountain, and brick walls. Trees planted by another previous owner that are still growing include star magnolias along a split rail fence and a giant sequoia and dawn redwood that have grown to impressive heights. The current owners are growing vegetables in raised beds, containers, and hay bales. Their kitchen garden has perennials, shrubs, a peach tree, berries and herbs; both areas are fenced to keep out deer. The shade garden between the house and meadow has been augmented with more ferns, mountain laurel, viburnum and a wisteria arch, and bluestone and brick walkways. In the courtyard garden the drainage has been redone and new trees and shrubs planted, including hawthorn, kousa dogwood, redbud, elms, maples, Norway spruce, and fruit trees.
The large estate mansion was built in the late nineteenth century by a member of the Guinness family, John Burke, who emigrated from Ireland to market Guinness stout in the United State. The mansion was demolished, and the property was divided among family members of the next owners, with the stables eventually given to a granddaughter as a wedding present. In addition to the house there are two studios for photography and ceramics, a garage and woodworking shop enclosing the courtyard. Llewellyn Park was one of the first planned suburbs in the United States, noted for naturalized plantings and specimen collections of trees.
Persons associated with the garden include John Burke (former owner, circa 1880s-1892); Mr. and Mrs. William Scheerer (former owners); John Babcock and Mary Scheerer Babcock (former owners, circa 1955-1968); Charles and Margaret S. Robbins (former owners, 1967-1999); Lois W. Poinier (garden designer, 1950s-1960s); Mark K. Morrison and Melissa Ix (landscape architects, 2000); and Claudia Thornton (landscape architect, 2008).
Related Materials:
Woodlands Stables, Llewellyn Park related holdings consist of 2 folders (12 35mm slides (photographs); 18 digital images, 4 digital prints)
See others in:
Lois W. Poinier slide collection, circa 1920-1999.
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 -- New Jersey -- West Orange  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NJ319
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New Jersey
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69f6942fe-ab2f-4d4e-a199-b11720624db4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref20283

[Cedar Ridge Farm]: the owners planted a shade garden next to the original house.

Photographer:
Ziebarth, Elizabeth J.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (digital) (JPEG file, col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photograph (digital)
Digital images
Place:
Cedar Ridge Farm (Bedminster, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Somerset County -- Bedminster
Date:
2011 May.
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 -- New Jersey -- Bedminster  Search this
Gardening in the shade  Search this
Ferns  Search this
Stepping stones  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Shrubs  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NJ529012
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New Jersey / NJ529: Bedminster -- Cedar Ridge Farm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6d9ed926c-691f-4744-87ee-572252e66395
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref20319

[Kinney Garden]: entrance gates.

Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Kinney Garden (New Vernon, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Morris County -- Harding Township -- New Vernon
Date:
[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.
Topic:
Gates -- wooden  Search this
Driveways  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Gardens -- New Jersey -- New Vernon  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NJ065003
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New Jersey / NJ065: Harding -- Kinney Garden
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb640fc6aa6-f782-4b9e-baf0-c7d75afdffa5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref20393
Online Media:

[Trenton Garden III]: entrance and stone wall.

Photographer:
Stokes, Barbara K.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Trenton Garden III (Lambertville, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Hunterdon County -- Lambertville
Date:
2001 Sep.
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 -- New Jersey -- Lambertville  Search this
Driveways  Search this
Trellises  Search this
Trees  Search this
Lampposts  Search this
Fences  Search this
Walls, stone  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NJ301001
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New Jersey / NJ301: Lambertville -- Trenton Garden III
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6b24563c0-973f-475e-89b2-131e8f8a3d16
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref20410

[Trenton Garden III]: pasture.

Photographer:
Stokes, Barbara K.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Trenton Garden III (Lambertville, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Hunterdon County -- Lambertville
Date:
2001 Sep.
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 -- New Jersey -- Lambertville  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Fences  Search this
Evergreens  Search this
Trees  Search this
Pastures  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NJ301007
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New Jersey / NJ301: Lambertville -- Trenton Garden III
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb684b7c2d2-b508-4ce2-bfc7-e65bbec3af6d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref20414

[Basshole Farm]: cutting garden with Stout family monument and rail fence in background.

Photographer:
Laughlin, Nancy  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Basshole Farm (Skillman, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Somerset County -- Montgomery -- Skillman
Date:
2003 Jun.
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 -- New Jersey -- Skillman  Search this
Perennials  Search this
Vines  Search this
Plant supports  Search this
Rail fences  Search this
Monuments  Search this
Garden ornaments and furniture  Search this
Hedges  Search this
Trees  Search this
Treillage  Search this
Box  Search this
Cutting gardens  Search this
Owls -- Design elements  Search this
Tuteurs  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NJ487006
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New Jersey / NJ487: Montgomery -- Basshole Farm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb616134755-fc89-4f42-9d7c-5983d3ab3402
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref20692

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