Object Details
- General
- Entered along an allée of pleached lime (linden) trees and situated on a pond and a bend in the Charles River, this two-acre garden was established in 1988. The enchanting little house is surrounded by a basic garden architecture featuring brick and cobble and bluestone paving and steps, with stone and brick walls. An entrance courtyard lends itself to vertical planting, i.e., an espaliered Magnolia soulangeana as well as Hamamelis mollis 'Brevipetala', a fan Taxus (yew), Rosa 'Léontine Gervais' growing with Clematis 'Betty Corning', Lonicera x heckrottii, and four Buxus sempervirens 'Graham Blandy' against pillars in the brick wall. The terrace is a parterre garden with four Prunus 'Kwanzan' underplanted with Buxus in different varieties and patterns, such as Sempervirens 'Suffruticosa', microphylla, and harlandii of gardens, the latter planted in a pattern with Artemisia schmidtiana 'Nana'. Other ornamentals here are six pleached limes against the back brick wall, Stewartia ovata var. grandiflora, a pair of Rhododendron micronatum, and Chaenomeles x superba 'Cameo', which is espaliered. Between an entrance flanked by Daphne x burkwoodi and Azalea prinophyllum, one enters another garden room with raised brick beds. Here are two espaliered Malus--a fan and four arm cordons--and one embracing the house corner, a pair of Rosa gallica versicolor ('Rose Mundi'), a variety of herbs, and from behind the brick wall Rosa 'Madame Grégoire Staechelin' and Syringa pubescens microphylla 'Superba' (Daphne lilac).
- Persons associated with the garden include: Gwendolyn Parker (former owner) and Beatrice Dabney (former owner).
- Former owner
- Dabney, Beatrice
- Parker, Gwendolyn
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- Virage du Charles (Dover, Massachusetts)
- United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Dover
- Topic
- Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Dover.
- Former owner
- Dabney, Beatrice
- Parker, Gwendolyn
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Massachusetts
- 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 MA249
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
- 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.
- Scope and Contents
- The folder includes a worksheet and abbreviated garden plan.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643208220039-1643210180775-0
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