United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County -- Pittsburgh
Mark Meaders - David Kozloff Garden (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Scope and Contents:
32 digital images (2020-2022) and 1 file folder.
General:
Work on this three-quarter acre hillside garden began in 1988 when wild growth was cleared and desirable plants were pruned. The property faces north and its shape is mostly a long rectangle with additional space to one side at the bottom. In 1989 masses of impatiens were planted for summer color followed by quantities of bulbs planted in the fall. Then perennials were planted in any open space. Eventually the plants that adapted best came to dominate and provide successive blooms for three seasons. First in spring are yellow daffodils, purple Hesperia, and white spirea from the owner's mother's garden. Next are azaleas, rhododendron and dogwood, followed by self-seeding foxgloves in white, purple and pink. As these decline red and white roses, daylilies in many colors, and red crocosmia and monarda come into bloom in full summer. Hydrangeas in blue or white follow then fade to green along with limelight hydrangea. In September white Montauk daisies start up and bloom until hard frosts; an earlier garden from 1939 contributes red burning bush. Japanese maples and fothergilla complete the colorful seasons.
Bricks were salvaged from old houses in the neighborhood that were being demolished and used to build paths. A bamboo grove that is contained by a dry moat hides the secret garden: two benches in perpetual shade. A white marble spire purchased at auction is a focal point and complements a neighboring church steeple. There is a vegetable patch protected by deer fencing and a sunroom/greenhouse that was added to the house in 2005. Even before the sunroom was built the owner dug out a small pond with a waterfall at the house's back door. A larger 25-foot pond was created near the bamboo grove followed by a 12 by 15-foot pond with a waterfall best viewed from the house, another small pond outside the sunroom, and finally a 10 by 10-foot pond near the vegetable garden. As a final touch thousands of tiny lights were wrapped around trunks and into the canopies of small trees for nighttime illumination.
Persons associated with the garden's design: Cathryn Brandau, fellow gardener (1988- ); Robert Meaders, AIA, gardener and landscape designer (periodically); Mark Meaders, owner and gardener (1988- ).
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United States of America -- Virginia -- Gordonsville
Rocklands (Gordonsville, Virginia)
Scope and Contents:
30 digital images (2012-2013, 2018, 2022) and 1 file folder
General:
In 1851 the 2,200 acre estate was assembled and developed by Richard Barton Haxall, member of a prominent Richmond, Virginia family, and used primarily a summer retreat. The house was renovated in 1905 by owner Thomas Atkinson with front porch columns deaccessioned from the Virginia State Capital. In 1926 subsequent owners Charles and Doris Kellogg Neale had the house remodeled by William Lawrence Bottomley and the grounds landscaped. Umberto Innocenti installed the English Garden and worked with Charles Freeman Gillette on the formal landscape proximate to the manor house. Southwest Mountains can be seen from this property, which was granted conservation easement by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. Also the house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is registered as a Virginia Historic Landmark.
In 1998 the current owners restored the house and other structures and designed two themed gardens, the French Garden and the Italian Garden on an axis with the English Garden. Many artifacts were imported and installed on the property, notably a 12th century stone tower disassembled in France, shipped and reassembled by a master stone mason. Antique iron fencing that surrounds the three formal gardens and the swimming pool court was acquired from Richmond, Philadelphia, upstate New York, and England. Antique iron gates came from Smithfield Market in London. The English Garden retains the Innocenti design of four parterres with boxwood and shrub roses shaded by magnolia. The garden has a central fountain, antique putti on garden walls and French marigold in a planter. A perennial bed in the English Garden is planted with hydrangea, boxwood, peony, yew, chrysanthemum, hardy begonia, and several groundcovers including English ivy. On a patio overlooking the French garden there are mid-19th century benches that were made by Stewart Iron Works in Cincinnati, ornamented with a 1st century marble Roman capital found in Syria. Stone stairs to the French garden are 19th century imported from France, comprised of three monolithic pieces, also reassembled on the property by the French mason.
A horseshoe-shaped terrace at the entry to the French Garden predates the current owners; some plantings include box, magnolia, cotoneaster, wax leaf begonia, chrysanthemum, Boston ivy, and French marigold. The fountain in this garden is 19th century in the style of Louis XIV and imported from France. Gothic style columns supporting the pergola are French imports while the marble urns on the stairs were found in Westchester County, New York. Additional plants in the French Garden include David Austin roses, eastern red cedar, Carolina jessamine, and Japanese spirea. The terracotta statues are antiques from France and England, the English limestone sundial is 19th century. The Italian Garden features Carrera marble statues of the four seasons commissioned in Italy. Other 19th century features include a stone basin, three-tier cast iron fountain, mural and wrought iron spindles. This garden contains pin oak, Japanese maple, azalea, Stella d' Oro daylilies, dahlia, ageratum, and French marigold. A brick and stone wall in
the style of Achille Duchêne terminates the formal gardens. Embedded in the wall is an 11th century scallop-shaped stone known as a symbol of the pilgrims (rest stop for religious pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela, Spain) found by the owners at a prior property in France.
Additional gardens include a front entrance walkway and gardens in the front and rear of the house, a motor court garden, the walkway to the English garden, a kitchen garden with herbs, vegetables, blueberries and fig, and an orchard. The total number of plants on the estate is 4,831 at last count.
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No Names for Picture. See lecture booklet - "Small gardens and terraces" - slide # 13. The rose garden carved from the meadow, now blooming against a background of spirea, mock orange and shrub roses.
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United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Plymouth County -- Scituate
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, planting list, garden features plan and garden planting plan.
General:
Seaside Gardens has a 180-degree harbor view but the location presents gardening challenges: fierce nor'easter winds in the winter, hot sun in the summer, and salt-laden winds year round. Although the one and four-tenths acre property has been inhabited since the house was built in 1858, the gardens were installed in the 1940s, modified in 1995 when stone walls, a brick terrace and extensive plantings were added. Some of the plants that thrive in this location include hydrangea, juniper, elderberry, rosa rugosa, bayberry, pines, fairy roses, blue spruce, hosta and bulbs. There are no tall trees except an ancient wild cherry that has persisted, a tamarisk planted in the 1940s, and some taller pines that act as windbreaks. The swimming pool is sunken behind stone walls that protect the surrounding flower borders. Additional borders are planted in spring bulbs, flowering shrubs including climbing hydrangea and spirea, summer roses and perennials. The harbor retains heat in the fall, extending the season for late bloomers including asters, dahlias and more hydrangeas.
Persons associated with the garden include: Gladys and George Michaud (former owners, 1945-1977); Donald Wyman (garden designer, 1945-1946); Ron Boucher Associates (garden designer, 1995).
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Seaside Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (34 digital images)
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Garden Club of America collection, circa 1920-[on-going].
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United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Brookline
Date:
1988 Jun.
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[Good Dogs Farm]: Shrubs, perennials, and ornamental grasses are planted together along a stone path; bluefescue grasses, spirea, and Korean spice viburnum.
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire -- Sheffield
Date:
2012 Jun.
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Bergen -- Alpine
General:
The five acre property, located on the western side of the top of the New Jersey Palisades, had a few old apple trees and pines when the current owners moved there in 1979 and began planting borders of trees around the perimeter for privacy. The major part of the property behind the house, originally built in 1872, is designed as an open space with a formal garden bordered by fastigiate Irish yews, species conifers planted in peninsula beds in the lawn and an orchard for heritage apple trees. Along one side there is a garden shed transformed into a folly with an arched door, two antique windows and a cupola. Nearby there is a large vegetable and pollinator plants garden that was used previously as a nursery for propagating trees and growing bonsai. Many of the mature trees and shrubs were acquired as cuttings or seeds from other gardens and were propagated here. Hundreds of rhododendrons acquired in trade were planted with conifers along the driveway and as a hedge in front of the house to shield parked cars from view.
The tree collection in this garden is extensive, including five-needle pines from Japan, about 80 Colorado blue spruce selected from the 1,000 cuttings grown by the owner, a hedge of arbor vitae also grown from cuttings, and an assortment of trees including birch, quince, crepe myrtle and musclewood grown for their interesting bark. Two peninsula beds in the open lawn are planted with five-needle pines and other conifers. The apple trees in the orchard and a cut-leaf beech are kept pruned to shapes derived from bonsai. Large trees frame views within the garden and towards mountains in the distance. Hedges of yellow bardzilla peonies and gold leaf spirea add color to the predominantly green palette.
An arch cut in the Irish yew hedge leads to the oval formal garden that has two crescent shaped beds of shrubs, roses and perennials. There is a circular bed in the center that has herbs planted in four quadrants bisected by brick walkways. A low stone wall to the side acts as a border and planting bed for a rock garden.
Persons associated with the garden include Brewster family (former owners, circa 1872- ); Braga/Rionda (former owners, until 1972); Mary Braga (garden designer, 1980's).
Related Materials:
Grey House related holdings consist of 2 folders, 11 photographic prints and 47 digital images.
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Garden of James M. and Janet R. Hester (Princeton, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Mercer -- Princeton
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and other information.
General:
The gardens behind the Tudor Revival style half-timbered house included unexpected features: Japanese dry landscape or stone gardens designed in the 1980's by bonsai master Yuji Yoshimara, a black pool that perfectly reflected its surroundings designed by Lynden Miller, and a multi-story playhouse called Kinderschloss that was decorated with English horse brasses. The entrance garden room on the one-acre property, known as the lattice garden, was densely planted with holly, cypress, spirea, clematis, Dutchman's pipe vine, and New Dawn rose with hosta, lilies, astilbe, valerian, primroses and other perennials in the understory. There were six different beds in the Japanese gardens planted with junipers, dwarf mugo pines, kerria, kousa dogwood, spirea, ginkgo biloba, rhododendron, star magnolia and Japanese maples as well as liriope, cotoneaster and ground cover plants bordering arranged beds of stone. Nursery propagated wild flowers and ground cover plants lined the path to the gazebo along with dozens of varieties of ferns. There was a bed of mixed hostas leading to the pool, two perennial mixed borders, and a bulb and perennial bed along one of the three decks. A small circle garden was planted in the 1980's with chrysanthemums, violas, peonies and alliums; there was another enclosed perennial garden room with a statue.
The owner, Dr. James McNaughton Hester (1924-2014), headed the New York Botanical Garden in the 1980's and engaged the services of prominent landscape designers for his New Jersey home.
Persons associated with the garden include Parker Mann (former owner, 1900-1914); Charles R. Williams (former owner, 1914-1927); George Bright (former owner, 1927-1964); Robert Lewis Zion (1921-2000) (landscape architect, 1980's); Yuji Yoshimara (1921-1997) (Japanese garden designer, 1980's); Lynden B. Miller (garden designer); Frank Okamura (pruner of Japanese garden).
Related Materials:
Garden of James M. and Janet R. Hester related holdings consist of 1 folder (15 35 mm slides (photographs))
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United States of America -- Connecticut -- New London County -- New London
General:
This garden was established in the mid-1920's by Dr. Caroline Black, first chairperson of the Connecticut College Botany Department as a teaching facility for botany study. Following Dr. Black's death in 1930, the College named the garden in her honor."
"The garden began in the northern portion of its present location, and featured many perennial plants, especially Iris. Due to the increasing size of many of the trees and shrubs, as well as maintenance considerations, most perennials were phased out by 1960s."
"Today, the four-acre garden houses an outstanding collection of choice woody landscape plants from around the world. It is a part of the Connecticut College Arboretum, and serves as a living library and outdoor laboratory for botony classes and all plant enthusiasts."
"A landscape garden featuring woody plants; mature specimens of conifers; autumn interest beds; small viburnum and spirea collections. New holly collection, spring 1997. Small artificial stream and pool with re-circulating pump."
Persons associated with the property include: Dr. Caroline Black (first chairperson of the Connecticut College Botony Department); Dr. Harriett Creighton (manager of Caroline Black Garden from 1934 to 1939); Dr. Betty Thompson (manager of Caroline Black Garden from 1945 to 1970); Professor Sally Taylor (manager of Caroline Black Garden from 1970 to 1990); Professor Glenn Dreyer (Arboretum Director).
Related Materials:
Caroline Black Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (17 35 mm. slides)
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United States of America -- Connecticut -- Fairfield -- Stamford
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and additional photographs.
General:
The property comprises just under one and one-half acres, much of it sloping to woodlands and a brook, nearly all shaded by mature trees, with outcroppings of native boulders. The gardens were transformed after World War II from a vegetable garden into a mini nursery with a collection of dwarf conifers. When purchased this property had hedges of hemlock and pine on one side, false cypress and rhododendron on the other, and some foundation planting. The front rock garden was created first with narrow walkways of indigenous stone among the newly planted flowering shrubs. The back foundation garden and driveway embankment were planted next, then the flat areas in back were filled with deep borders of flowering shrubs, dwarf conifers and perennials, working around the massive granite boulders left behind by ancient glaciers. Azaleas, native rhododendrons, and mountain laurel suited the high shade from the woodlands and acidic soil condition; mosses thrive as groundcover in this location and encourage volunteer offshoots from the shrubs. The colorful spring blooms of azaleas, rhododendron and dogwood trees are followed by summer blooming hydrangea and perennials planted in beds and containers, while in fall the changing colors of leaves and ornamental grasses are featured.
Over the years the owner has introduced some newer cultivars and has added a deer fence, two small fish ponds, a bird feeder and bird houses to encourage other native wildlife. The moss lawns and terrace are kept neat by using a weed whacker and the azaleas are pruned so they do not overgrow the dwarf conifers. Since the property drops off sharply on the east side a row of containers planted with spirea on a purpose built platform line the walkway to the back garden.
Persons associated with the garden include: include Katherine Lauder Hyde (former owner, 1956); the Paul Bacco Realty (former owner, 1958); Noel B. Toombs (former owner, 1961-1966); Site Systems (terrace and fish pond, 2006).
Related Materials:
Marion's Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (33 digital images)
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United States of America -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- West Hartford
Eudy Garden (West Hartford, Connecticut)
Scope and Contents:
1 folder and 22 digital images. The folder includes worksheets, photocopies of articles, illustrated description of house and garden renovation, and owners' garden diary for one year.
General:
The French Norman style house was built in 1928 with features from the Arts & Crafts movement, such as pot-shaped terracotta trim under the roof line, signs of the zodiac, fleur de lis and glazed tiles. There are descending terraces on the less than one acre property with high brick walls, some of which have built-in platforms that would support containers for vertical gardens. Mature pines tower over the house and mark one perimeter while a mixture of pine, hemlock, oak, birch and Dutch elm form a woodland border on another side of the property. The original garden plan is mostly intact, featuring mature rhododendrons, native mountain laurels, azaleas, and perennial borders. A dense yew hedge acts as a privacy barrier in front of the house although it is set along the side of a circle of lawn in the center of the driveway, and not next to the house. Perennials, ferns and ground cover plants are layered beneath established shrubs and trees along the driveway entrance to the property and around the foundation of the house. New trees have been planted when needed as replacements that renew rather than change the established garden.
A major storm in 2010 damaged trees and opened up areas for more sun tolerant plants. A perennial mixed bed in the middle terrace includes hydrangeas, peonies, spirea, Russian sage, coreopsis, rudbeckia, and sedums. A sunken garden in the lowest terrace includes American ginger, lambs ear, ligularia, pulmonaria, tiarella, Jefferson twin leaf and a climbing hydrangea on a high brick wall. A modern extension at the rear of the house was constructed within the structure of brick topped stone walls, and opens to the top terrace that has outdoor furniture. A small barn-shaped shed was added at the lowest elevation of the property and is used to store garden tools and furniture out of season. The neighborhood was designated as a National Historic District in 1968.
Persons associated with the garden include Soby family (former owners, 1928-1934); Cooley family (former owners, 1934-1984); Firger family (former owners, 1984-2001); Johnson family (former owners, 2001-2009); Desmond, Eddy & Warner (landscape architects, 1928); Lester Beach Scheide (1897-1953) (architect, 1928); Edgar M. Brown (landscape gardener and forester, 1928).
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Topic:
Gardens -- Connecticut -- West Hartford Search this
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United States of America -- Connecticut -- Litchfield County -- Sharon
Date:
1997 May.
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The folder includes a worksheet, garden plan with list of major plants, and a narrative history of the garden.
General:
This half-acre casual woodland garden is located in the midst of the city of Atlanta. The garden is structured for color and form in all seasons. The property is on the back portion of the former grounds of a house built in 1919 for Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Case (this house was a copy of the front of Tintinhull House, Somerset County, England, and still maintains a formal boxwood parterre). Although the garden was first established in 1940, it has undergone many changes over the years. For example, a portion of the garden previously planted formally in boxwood has been converted to a small elliptically shaped lawn surrounded by a perennial plant border. Footpaths are found throughout the garden and are planted with herbs and scented flowering plants. The entire garden is surrounded by a rock wall built in 1936 at the time the house was constructed for Mrs. Case following the death of her husband. Major plantings include azaleas, camellias, maples, spirea, rhododendron, hosta, and daylilies. One area of the garden that features spring color from peonies and Japanese iris hosts ornamental grasses and rudbeckia in the late summer and early fall.
Persons associated with the property include: Mrs. Charles C. Case (former owner, 1936-1968); Carlisle Scales (former owner, 1968-1978); Frank Smith (landscape architect, 1980); William Byers (landscape architect, 1980); and Hugh Dargan (landscape architect, 1997).
Related Materials:
Hillside Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (15 35 mm. slides)
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"Another pool area at Post Brookhaven shows more terra cotta pots with seasonal color. Dominating the area is a large Cedrus Deodora with Spiraea 'Gold Flame' underneath. In the background is another large White Oak."
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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.
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.
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.
Steven & Susan Bradley Garden (Lookout Mountain, Georgia)
United States of America -- Georgia -- Dade County -- Lookout Mountain
Date:
2000 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 -- Georgia -- Lookout Mountain Search this
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.
Steven & Susan Bradley Garden (Lookout Mountain, Georgia)
United States of America -- Georgia -- Dade County -- Lookout Mountain
Date:
2008 Jul.
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 -- Georgia -- Lookout Mountain Search this
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 -- Kansas -- Johnson County -- Shawnee Mission
Date:
circa 1932
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a worksheet and copies of newspaper article (1932), photographs, and Bruce Dodson biography.
General:
A formal suburban garden, it consists of low maintenance plants such as bulbs, lilacs, spirea, evergreen foundation plantings and potted geraniums.
Persons associated with the garden include: Hare and Hare (landscape architects, 1932); Edward Tanner (architect, 1932); Earl Althare (interior designer, 1932); Bruce Dodson, Jr. and Helma Gipson Dodson (former owners, 1932-1939); Joseph S. Atha (former owner, 1939-1980) and Douglas Rose (former owner, 1980-1986).
Related Materials:
Additional photographs and aperture cards of drawings located at University of Missouri, Kansas City, Western Historical Manuscript Collection.
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.
