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Creator: McCormick, Mildred Day Landscape Architect: Smith, Ann Leighton Farrand, Beatrix Jones 1872-1959 Type: Projected media Date: 1930 Topic: Summer Garden borders Walkways Gates Hedges Houses Local number: ME048001 Physical description: 1 slide: glass lantern, col.; 3 x 5 in Notes: Mildred McCormick was Sargent Collier's great aunt. Elizabeth Collier is Sargent Collier's wife. No 35 mm slide Place: Maine Bar Harbor Persistent URL:http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!181995~!0#focus Repository:Archives of American Gardens View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.

(NOTE: This is re-purposed from an old post, in honor of the RU LA Fall Field Trip to DC) A while back, Harvard Magazine featured one of Harvard's finest properties, Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown, DC. As detailed in the article, Dumbarton Oaks is both a phenomenally historic house and one of the classic American landscapes. Designed by Beatrix Farrand, Dumbarton Oaks is maintained by Harvard as a key home for the humanities. The house was home to John C. Calhoun, has been modified by Phillip Johnson, hosted a meeting where the UN was essentially created and holds a fabulous library of LA history works and pre-Columbian art. Every time we take our LA students to DC we stop to visit Farrand's incredible gardens, which function as an interconnected series of rooms. The structure of the spaces and the incredible grace with which the gardens have aged are a testimony to Farrand's deserved place in the annals of American landscape architecture. These photos are all from the most recent Fall Field Trip.

Discover the lesser-known contributions of professional women to American landscape architecture and the female photographers who captured their work on film at the New York Botanical Garden’s exhibition, Groundbreakers: Great American Gardens & The Women Who Designed Them. This exhibition, which takes place from May 17 through September 7, explores the burgeoning age of gardening and the contributions of American women who emerged as influential professionals in the fields of landscape architecture, design, and photography. The following images, courtesy of The New York Botanical Garden, highlight some of the must-see features of the exhibition.

The 65 miles of carriage trails along Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Pocantico Hills wind through meadows, across streams and up hills with views of the Hudson River.

One of the more formal sitting gardens at Dumbarton Oaks, in Georgetown. The potted plant nearest the camera is a lime tree.

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Title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: Trompe L'Oeil: Mother of Pearl Fountain Other title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.) Creator: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1960 Creator role: Landscape Architect Date: circa 1942 Current location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States Description of work: ""The Mother of Pearl Fountain is not a fountain at all, but a trompe l'oeil plaque. Its stylized perspective design of a latticed alcove with an inlaid mother of pearl water spray at its center was to be positioned at the end of the walk next to the Lilac Circle. Such perspective play is a common device that disguises the abrupt ending of a path."" Tamulevich, Dumbarton Oaks : garden into art, 2001, p. 161. Description of view: View down pathway to Trompe L'Oeil mother of pearl fountain and surrounding plantings. Work type: Architecture and Landscape Culture: American Materials/Techniques: Wood Source: DeTuerk, James Resource type: Image File format: JPEG, TIFF archived offline Image size: 1356H X 2135W pixels Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For additional details see: alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures Filename: larch slide (#1)0003.jpg Record ID: WB2007-0926 Sub collection: gardens walkways garden structures Copyight holder: Copyright James DeTuerk

Title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: Trompe L'Oeil: Mother of Pearl Fountain Other title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.) Creator: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1960 Creator role: Landscape Architect Date: circa 1942 Current location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States Description of work: ""The Mother of Pearl Fountain is not a fountain at all, but a trompe l'oeil plaque. Its stylized perspective design of a latticed alcove with an inlaid mother of pearl water spray at its center was to be positioned at the end of the walk next to the Lilac Circle. Such perspective play is a common device that disguises the abrupt ending of a path."" Tamulevich, Dumbarton Oaks : garden into art, 2001, p. 161. Description of view: View down pathway to Trompe L'Oeil mother of pearl fountain and surrounding plantings. Work type: Architecture and Landscape Culture: American Materials/Techniques: Wood Source: DeTuerk, James Resource type: Image File format: JPEG, TIFF archived offline Image size: 1356H X 2135W pixels Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For additional details see: alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures Filename: larch slide (#1)0003.jpg Record ID: WB2007-0926 Sub collection: gardens walkways garden structures Copyight holder: Copyright James DeTuerk

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Title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: Rose Garden: Bench Other title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.) Creator: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 Creator role: Landscape Architect Date: circa 1925 (constructed) 1978 (redesigned) Current location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States Description of work: Stone bench on the east wall of the Rose Garden; redesigned in 1978 to include stone and lead obelisks and stylized sheaf of wheat. Description of view: Carved stone bench with inscription. Inscription: inscribed across back of bench: QUOD SERVERIS METES Work type: Architecture and Landscape Culture: American Materials/Techniques: Metal Stone Source: DeTuerk, James (copyright James DeTuerk) Resource type: Image File format: JPEG, TIFF archived offline Image size: 1409H X 2139W pixels Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For additional details see: alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures Filename: WB2007-0186 Dumbarton.jpg Record ID: WB2007-0186 Sub collection: garden structures gardens Copyight holder: Copyright James DeTuerk

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