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Falmouth (Quisset) -- Edwin Sibley Webster Garden

Smithsonian Gardens

Object Details

Former owner

Webster, Edwin Sibley
Webster, Edwin Sibley, Mrs.
Scherer, Mrs.

Landscape architect

Innocenti & Webel
Innocenti, Umberto
Kellaway, Herbert J.

Rosarian

Foote, Harriett Risley, 1863-

Collection Creator

McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948
American Rose Society

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company Collection.

Scope and Contents note

The folders include worksheets, a copy of the garden plan, and photocopies of articles and other information about the garden.
sova.aag.mcf_ref9374

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6e0fc9151-0eff-48c7-8593-ae2cf1fb799a

General note

This was a five-acre summer home site along the shore of Buzzard's Bay and was famous for its roses and perennial plantings. In addition, the garden featured a mixture of colorful annuals such as petunias, zinnias, pinks, and alyssum. Statuary, including a cigar-store type Indian figure (now at Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, MA), complemented the garden designs of Umberto Innocenti and Herbert J. Kellaway. Development of the rose garden occurred in the 1930s; the house was torn down in 1971.
Persons associated with the property include: Mrs. Scherer (former owner, 1894); Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sibley Webster (former owners, 1902-1971); Herbert J. Kellaway (landscape designer); Harriett R. Foote (horticulturist); Umberto Innocenti (landscape architect); and Innocenti and Webel (landscape architects).

Place

United States -- Massachusetts -- Barnstable County -- Falmouth -- Quissett, Woods Hole
Webster, Edwin Sibley, Garden (Falmouth, Massachusetts)

Topic

Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Falmouth

Former owner

Webster, Edwin Sibley
Webster, Edwin Sibley, Mrs.
Scherer, Mrs.

Landscape architect

Innocenti & Webel
Innocenti, Umberto
Kellaway, Herbert J.

Rosarian

Foote, Harriett Risley, 1863-

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J. Horace McFarland Company collection
J. Horace McFarland Company collection / Series 1: Garden Images / United States / Massachusetts

Date

1951

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.MCF, File MA096

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 the Better Homes and Gardens' publication, "America's Gardens" (1964). Garden has been featured in Gardens and Gardening: The Studio Gardening Annual 1934. Garden has been featured in Herbert J. Kellaway, "A Rose Garden at Quissett," Landscape Architecture (October 1932), pp. 24-30.

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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Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].

Holdings

Edwin Sibley Webster Garden related holdings consist of 4 folders (9 35 mm. slides; 2 photoprints)
AAG.MCF_ref9374
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6e0fc9151-0eff-48c7-8593-ae2cf1fb799a
AAG.MCF
AAG

Record ID

ebl-1504732814211-1504732814950-3

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