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[Meadow Wind]: facing south.

Smithsonian Gardens

Object Details

Garden designer

Favretti, Rudy J., 1932-1923

Former owner

Keator, Alice

Collection Creator

Garden Club of America

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref22876

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6511de296-aad5-44d5-a87d-b7bbe8ba9d6f

General

This garden is based on the colonial tradition of mixing herbs and perennials and annuals and is laid out in a parterre syle , enclosed in a low stone wall broken by a picket fencealong one side. Garden designer Rudy Favetti helped with the design. An inner circle is planted with culinary herbs. The inner quadrants are planted with vegetables; and the outer quadrants are planted with perennials and annuals. A large birdhouse on a tall pole stands in the middle of the inner circle. A dovecote and arbor seat covered with grapevines are buit at each end of the enclosure.

Place

Connecticut -- Washington Depot
Meadow Wind (Washington Depot, Connecticut)
United States of America -- Connecticut -- Litchfield County -- Washington

Topic

Rose arbors
Fences -- wooden
Walkways, gravel
Birdhouses
Watering cans
Woodlands
Walls, stone
Herb gardens
Gardens -- Connecticut -- Washington Depot

Garden designer

Favretti, Rudy J., 1932-1923

Former owner

Keator, Alice

See more items in

The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Connecticut / CT139: Washington -- Meadow Wind

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.

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1987 Jul.

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item CT139003

Type

Archival materials
Slides (photographs)

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 featured in House Beautiful (January, 1986) pp. 86 & 87. Garden featured in Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead, Herbs: Garden, Decorations and Recipes (New York: C. N. Potter, 1985) p. 68.

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.
AAG.GCA_ref22876
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6511de296-aad5-44d5-a87d-b7bbe8ba9d6f
AAG.GCA
AAG

Record ID

ebl-1643208220039-1643210178122-1

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