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, garden plans, and photocopies of articles about the garden.
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General
This three-acre garden was established in 1981 on a site that had no gardens or flowers except for a stand of old lilacs. The 19th-century farmhouse serves as the locus for the small, hedged-in garden areas that have been gradually made around it. Axes were laid out from the farmhouse's various doors. These axes form the basis for uncomplicated geometric patterns for the hedged-in areas of trees and flowers. Each area or room has a different emphasis and a different color scheme. Included are an herb garden, a white garden, a nasturtium garden, and shrub roses. The classic symmetry and simplicity of the house complement a garden formal in outline but filled with an unpretentious mixture of old-fashioned plants.
Place
Duck Hill (North Salem, New York)
United States of America -- New York -- Westchester County -- North Salem
Topic
Gardens -- New York -- North Salem
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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.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, File NY130
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 Roxana Robinson, "A Stroll at Duck Hill," House and Garden, April 1993, pp.124-131.
Garden has been featured in Katherine Whiteside, "Page's Sanctuary," Elle Decor, April 1998, pp.216-221.
Garden has been featured in Page Dickey, Duck Hill Journal: A Year in a Country Garden (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991).
Garden has been featured in Page Dickey, Breaking Ground: Portraits of Ten Garden Designers (New York: Artisan, 1997).
Garden has been featured in Page Dickey, Inside Out: Relating Garden and House (New York; Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2000).
Garden has been featured in Page Dickey, "Designing on an Axis," Fine Gardening, March-April 2001, pp. 64-68.
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.
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Record ID
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