Object Details
Provenance
Bedford Garden Club
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Scope and Contents
The folder includes a worksheet, a garden plan, copies of a brochure about the garden/nursery and photocopies of articles about the garden.
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General
Established in 1987, this eight-acre site is both a private garden and a specialty nursery. It contains a fine collection of both woody and herbaceous ornamental plants, planted along a stunning natural marsh filled with wild rice. The property contains a large raised-bed vegetable garden, hand-built cedar structures, whimsical statuary, water features, unusual annuals, and lots of birds and bugs.
Place
Garden of Ideas (Ridgefield, Connecticut)
United States of America -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- Ridgefield
Topic
Gardens -- Connecticut -- Ridgefield
Provenance
Bedford Garden Club
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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.
Custodial History
The Bedford Garden Club facilitated the submission of this garden's documenation.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, File CT303
Type
Archival materials
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.
Bibliography
Garden has been featured in Marjorie Owens, "Family Roots," The News-Times, August 17, 1997.
Garden has been featured in William Bryant Logan, "Understory," Garden Design, August-September 1997, pp. 60-67.
Garden has been featured in Gerri Lewis, "A Garden of Ideas," Arts & Leisure [special section of The Ridgefield Press, The Wilton Bulletin, The Redding Pilot, The Weston Forum in Conn.; and The Lewisboro Ledger in N. Y.], August 1, 1996.
Garden has been featured in Tovah Martin, "A Ridgefield Gardener and His Muses," The Fairfield County Times Monthly, March 1997, pp. 21-22.
Garden has been featured in Joseph Keller, "Gardening in Harmony with Nature," Fine Gardening, No. 70 (December 1999), pp. 40-45.
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.
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Record ID
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