1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Unidentified Garden (Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania)
Date:
06/23/1954
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.
1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
United Kingdom -- England -- Warwickshire -- Stratford-upon-Avon
Date:
1929
General note:
The print is reversed left to right from the actual appearance of the site. In addition, the notation "Combined Photo" on the print mount, as well as visual inspection of the image's lighting, suggests that two negatives were used to create the print. Plants such as the hollyhocks in the foreground are much lighter and brighter than the middle and background of the image.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Gardens -- England -- Warwickshire -- Stratford-upon-Avon Search this
1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Date:
1905-1930
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Date:
circa 1905-1930
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Dauphin County -- Harrisburg
Date:
06/24/1937
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Pennsylvania -- Cumberland County
Date:
06/22/1911
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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The Andorra Garden of Mr. and Mrs. George Q. Nichols (Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania)
United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Lafayette Hill
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, photocopies of articles, plant lists, and other information.
General:
Set in a tree-filled valley The Andorra Garden of Mr. and Mrs. George Q Nichols was inspired by English cottage gardens, with an antique stone barn and stone walls as well a formal courtyard created by landscape designer Frederick Peck in the 1950s. The property comprises five acres that once were part of a tree farm and benefits from the remaining mature trees. The recent owners concentrated on growing flowering shrubs, perennials and annuals including New Dawn and Madam Alfred Carriere climbing roses, tree peonies, clematis, climbing and bush hydrangea, Oriental poppies, delphinium, acanthus, hollyhocks, columbines, and foxgloves. Flower arrangements filled the house and were entered into competition at the Philadelphia Flower Show. The design of the garden included flowering borders along axial gravel paths that led between the barn and the house with large swaths of lawn. Borders with roses, clematis and honeysuckle growing up trellises were planted on either side of the eight-foot high stucco walls that enclose the garden. Three arched entries into the old barn are echoed in an antique arch over a doorway in the walls, and in an enormous mirror mounted on the house. The formal courtyard near the house includes a restored octagonal garden bed with a fountain in the center. The stone fireplace from the original kitchen outbuilding is nearby.
Flowers in darker shades of maroon, brown and black were featured in the garden to provide contrast and definition to the spaces. Antique stone benches and wrought iron pieces were featured. A sculpture created from a hoe, rakes, a shovel, watering can, bucket, scythe and other tools mounted on the side of the barn commemorates all the work that went into this garden, and the ones that preceded it.
The area was settled in 1700s by Swiss German farmers and the original farmhouse and barn were built circa 1750. In 1850 Richard Wistar bought the property and named it Andorra Farm. He planted many trees and intended to build a mansion on his estate but died in 1863. In 1882 the property was purchased for further development by Henry Howard Houston and a tree farm was established, later owned and run by the nurseryman William Warner Harper. Although much of the surrounded acreage was sold and developed for housing the Houston family retained ownership of part of the original property. A granddaughter of Henry Houston, Eleanor Houston Smith and her husband Lawrence Smith, donated 100 acres in the 1970s to Fairmount Park. It is now the Wissahickon Environmental Center, and its visitors' center is in a nurseryman's cottage that was built around a sycamore tree although that tree is no longer standing.
Persons associated with the garden include Richard Wistar (former owner, 1850-1863); Henry Howard Houston and family (former owners, beginning in 1882); William Warner Harper (nurseryman and former owner of Andorra Tree Farm, 1920-1934); Lukens family (former owners, beginning in 1929); George and Audrey Nichols (former owners, 1976-2008); Frederick Peck (landscape designer, 1950's).
Related Materials:
The Andorra Garden of Mr. and Mrs. George Q. Nichols related holdings consist of 1 folder (16 35mm slides (photographs))
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Lafayette Hill Search this
Collection Citation:
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 -- New York -- Nassau County -- Oyster Bay -- Glen Head
Date:
2001 Aug.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
United States of America -- New York -- Orange County -- Warwick
Date:
[between 1960 and 1969]
General:
Vernon, New Jersey, Warwick, New York's "sister town" across the state line, is sometimes shown as Meadowburn's location. Meadowburn apparently straddles the border.
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.
United States -- Vermont -- Orange -- Randolph Center
The Hill Garden (Randolph Center, Vermont)
Scope and Contents:
28 digital images (2015-2022) and 1 file folder.
General:
A blank canvas of about 100 acres with a woodlot, fields, big views and a stream that would be dammed to create a small swimming pond were purchased in 1972. The house designed by the owner, was built in 1974-1975 on a southwest facing slope that had maximum views; beginning in 1976 the garden was built in an English country design. Trees and shrubs were planted to define garden spaces and rooms and to shade the southwest facing terrace. A tall native stone retaining wall, a planting bed outlined with landscape timbers and eventually steps separate the flower beds surrounding the house from the slippery slope. A lawn was seeded on a flat area north of the house. The property's slopes mandated additional retaining walls for perennial beds. Shrubs and trees were planted on the north side to mitigate the impact of winter winds. Two barns and a shed were added and an additional house for the owners' daughter was built.
The owner, a professional landscape designer, determined that her garden style at home would be loose and informal: lushly planted beds with flowers to fill the house and a large vegetable garden. Unsightly areas such as the driveway and the compost were screened with shrubs and tall perennials including lilacs, baptisias, boltonia, and the tallest day lilies, with ninebark concealing the compost. A pollarded English elm in the driveway garden adds color and texture. The first square vegetable plot south of the lawn clashed with curving flower beds so eventually was dismantled, and new vegetable beds were dug beyond the pine trees that were the garden's original frame. More perennial flower beds were added in the newly available space, adding ornamental grasses and shrubs that require less maintenance. The early perennial beds were planted with day lilies, peonies and Siberian iris that were propagated and planted in new beds. Different varieties and more species and spring ephemerals were added over the years and the beds were kept fertile with weed-free manure. Although there is no strict planting scheme the colors yellow, purple and blue recur in all the flower beds, with spots of red from crab apples and cranberries.
There are varied plantings on each side of the house and outside the gray barn walls. The terrace is paved with irregular native stones with creeping thyme and moss growing in the crevices. On the western side facing the Green Mountains the flower border has short perennials and annuals with a stone-bordered water basin and jet as features. Pots of tuberous begonias and other tender plants line the broad steps up to the house. The flower bed on the south side is planted with day lilies, phlox, false indigo and bearded iris, and a shrubby, spiny yellow rose spills over the tall native stone retaining wall. The barn's flower beds feature warm colors including false sunflower, lady's mantle, coreopsis and clematis. Yellow sundrops contrast with the red berries of high bush cranberry and a Preston lilac marks the transition to a raspberry patch.
The retaining walls below the terrace are planted with ninebark, white rugose rose, elderberry, baptisia, tall ornamental grasses, Siberian iris, peonies and phlox. An air-conditioning unit is screened by panicle hydrangea and tall phlox varieties. There is a grapevine climbing to an upper deck. In every direction one finds lush plantings with texture, color and scent from familiar and unusual varieties of species and enough repetition to unify all the beds.
Persons associated with the garden's design: Suzanne R. Dworsky (landscape architect, 1975- ).
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 -- Vermont -- Orange -- Randolph Center Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
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.
The Garden at Plum Hill (Manchester, Massachusetts)
United States of America -- Massachusets -- Essex -- Manchester
Date:
2011 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:
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Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Manchester Search this
Collection Citation:
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.
The Garden at Plum Hill (Manchester, Massachusetts)
United States of America -- Massachusets -- Essex -- Manchester
Date:
2011 Jul.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Manchester Search this
Collection Citation:
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 -- New Jersey -- Essex -- Short Hills
Scope and Contents:
The file includes worksheets and photocopies of historic photographs.
General:
The first garden borders attempted by the owner of this 1929 half-timbered Tudor style house were filled with fifty roses, species day lilies, hollyhocks and delphiniums inside low stone walls that had been cleared of brambles and debris and repaired. Hot, humid summer weather and voracious deer necessitated a rethinking of this design. Through trial and error the English-born owner found plants that deer do not eat. Perennials include foxglove, peony, iris, nepeta, astilbe, clematis, lavender, salvia, Russian sage, ferns and honeysuckle. Boxwood shrubs have thrived, replacing damaged yews and disguising deer damage to the lower branches of mature western cedar trees. Two roses remain: one in the back garden climbing on the playhouse and a rambler next to the lamppost near the street. The one-acre property includes a large expanse of lawn with perennial and shade gardens all bordered by stone, and a small pond and waterfall with a water garden. A spring riding horse set in the lawn came with the property; the owner also has a collection of vintage metal watering cans on display. Stone animals including rabbits, hedgehogs and a pig decorate the garden and steps. There are numerous birdhouses, a shaded birdbath and winterberry to welcome birds to this garden.
The property was originally part of the four and one-half acre Charlecote estate (AAG Garden #NJ023) that was subsequently subdivided; that estate's gardener lived in the house on this property. A forty-foot long greenhouse and furnace house were sited on the property but later demolished due to their deteriorated condition.
Persons associated with the garden include: Erling D. and Elinore F. Naess (former owners until 1945); John and Hazel Laird (former owners, 1945-1955); Hazel Laird (former owner, 1955-1960); Richard E. and Anne B. Fowler (former owners, 1960-1979).
Related Materials:
Repton 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 -- New Jersey -- Union County -- Summit
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a work sheet, site plans, garden features description, and copies of newspaper articles.
General:
The garden was designed as an English cottage garden complete with hedge rows, a wooden fence and rose-covered garden house. The flower beds, in the slides, are full of roses, hollyhocks, and many other lush perennials.
Persons associated with the gardens include: Mr. and Mrs. David Stiles (former owners, 1936-1980).
Related Materials:
The Schmitz Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (10 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.
