United States of America -- Iowa -- Polk County -- Des Moines
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a worksheet, garden plans, garden features descriptions, plant lists, garden tour brochures, and newspaper and magazine clippings
General:
The garden houses a collection of marked bricks, which are displayed on the west side of the garage, a feature in the informal garden. The owners are collectors of old marked paving bricks from early Des Moines streets and sidewalks. The bricks are used for walkways, walls and patios. South of the house is a wooden area that was formed in 1993, offering a progression of blooms spring through mid-summer. A garden of informal squares filed with annuals and perennials dot the property, providing visual interest and flowers for cutting.
Persons and firms associated with the property and garden include: US Government (prior to 1849); George C. Shell (former owner, 1849-1852); Whitley Moore and Joseph Mott (former owners, 1852-1925); Edwin Proctor (former owner, 1925-1943); J.H.Carroll (former owner, 1943); Beulah H. Kelsey (former owner, 1943-1946); Fern L. Beagler & Frances Ellen Bryne (former owners, 1946-1947); Marie F. Worth (former owner, 1947); Phil Jr. and Louise B. Worth (former owners, 1947-1965); William Heard (landscape architect, 1966-1990); Bob Rennebohm (landscape architect, 1993- ); Barbara Lyford (garden designer, consultant, 1990- ); Ann Wallace Fleming (landscape designer, 1989-1991); and Bo Cleveland (herb gardener, 1980's).
Related Materials:
Brickhaven related holdings consist of 1 folder (14 35 mm. slides)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Sponsor:
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
A scientific and policy review of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Federal Coal Leasing Program of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. submitted to the Department by the Institute of Ecology Environmental Impact Assessment Project ; edited by Katherine Fletcher
Issuing body:
Environmental Impact Assessment Project Search this
Editor:
Fletcher, Katherine Institute of Ecology Search this
Author:
United States Bureau of Land Management Search this
Physical description:
viii, 246 pages illustrations, diagrams, map 22 cm
Chronicles of the gringos: the U.S. Army in the Mexican War, 1846-1848; accounts of eyewitnesses & combatants. Edited, with introd., commentaries, and notes, by George Winston Smith & Charles Judah
Vigilance: a symposium Donald N. Buckner and James J. McGrath, editors. Participants: Paul Bakan [and others] Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. Conducted by Human Factors Research, inc., Los Angeles
Memorial services in the Congress of the United States and tributes in eulogy of Richard Brevard Russell late a Senator from the State of Georgia Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing
Author:
United States 92d Congress, 1st session, 1971 Search this
United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing Search this