Object Details
Architect
Lutyens, Edwin Landseer Sir, 1869-1944
Garden designer
Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932
Former resident
Benson, Robert Henry, 1850-1929
Benson, Evelyn Holford, 1857-1943
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 worksheets and an essay.
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General
Buckhurst Park, the home on Buckhurst Estate, dates from 1603 and was visited during the Garden Club of America's 1929 tour to England. An addition to the estate was made by the British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens in the early twentieth century. Lutyens designed the gardens with the help of Gertrude Jekyll who assisted with plantings. The Buckhurst Estate served as inspiration for author A. A. Milne in the creation of Winnie the Pooh and the Hundred Acre Wood.
In 1902-1903, Lutyens and Jekyll created a terraced garden consisting of three levels for then-lessors Robert Henry Benson and Evelyn Benson. The top level contained a sunken lily pond. Lutyens also built two stone pergolas on the lowest level of the terrace. Revisiting the historic plantings for this garden, the current owner replanted the terrace in 2011 with lavender, salvia, alchemilla, gorse, digitalis, and various roses.
A complete copy of the GCA tour itinerary was printed in the Bulletin of the Garden Club of America (Fourth Series, No. 5), September 1929, pp. 6-25.
Persons associated with the garden include Robert Henry Benson and Evelyn Benson (former owners, 1920s), Sir Edward Lutyens (architect, 1902-1903) and Gertrude Jekyll (garden designer, 1902-1903).
Place
Buckhurst Park (Withyham, East Sussex, England)
United Kingdom -- England -- East Sussex -- Withyham
Topic
Gardens -- England -- East Sussex -- Withyham
Architect
Lutyens, Edwin Landseer Sir, 1869-1944
Garden designer
Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932
Former resident
Benson, Robert Henry, 1850-1929
Benson, Evelyn Holford, 1857-1943
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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 ENG004
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
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Bibliography
Garden has been featured in Of Gardens: Selected Essays by Paula Deitz (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011) p. 248-50.
Collection Restrictions
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Record ID
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