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Ruth Bancroft Gardens

Smithsonian Gardens

Object Details

Creator

Bottomley, Marion
Ruth Bancroft Garden
Bancroft, Hubert Howe

Gardener

Hawkins, Lester

Horticulturist

Cabot, Frank

Collection Creator

Garden Club of America

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref26629

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6bc50015b-5e26-4a46-937c-02fd96a0f419

General

Dry garden with two thousand specimans: cacti, trees, shrubs and succulents.

Place

California -- Walnut Creek
United States of America -- California -- Contra Costa County -- Walnut Creek

Topic

Spring
Palms
Cactus
Rock gardens
Walkways, gravel
Xeriscapes
Conservatories
Botanical gardens

Creator

Bottomley, Marion
Ruth Bancroft Garden
Bancroft, Hubert Howe

Gardener

Hawkins, Lester

Horticulturist

Cabot, Frank

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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / California / CA313: Walnut Creek -- Ruth Bancroft Gardens

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

05/01/1993

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item CA313002

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.

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_ref26629
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6bc50015b-5e26-4a46-937c-02fd96a0f419
AAG.GCA
AAG

Record ID

ebl-1643208220039-1643210177318-2

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