Object Details
- General
- In 1923 the owner's family purchased 150 acres of treeless farmland near St. Louis, Missouri, and had their house and gardens designed by well-known practitioners of that time: architects, James Jamieson and George Spearl; and landscape architect, Warren Manning. Jamieson and Spearl designed the buildings on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Warren Manning worked at Frederic Law Olmsted's firm in Boston and had designed gardens for the owners' other home on Cape Cod. Although now scaled back to 29 acres, these mature formal gardens retain features from the original design including: ornamental iron gates, stepping stones and stone stairs, low stone walls, a balustrade, and wishing well. There are perennial borders on either side of a wide swath of lawn between the residence and the swimming pool. A sunken lawn is bordered by double hedges of English boxwood planted in the 1920's. Hedges bordering the formal garden rooms and woodlands framing the gardens that were planted according to Manning's design have grown to maturity. Recent changes include a new swimming pool with water jets built to the same dimensions as the old one, a new pool house, and closer to the residence there is a new water feature and patio.
- Persons associated with the garden include: Mary Randolph and John Gates Williams (former owners, 1923-2005); James P. Jamieson & George W. Spearl (architects, 1923-1925); Warren Henry Manning (landscape architect, 1923-1925); Gary Barnum (landscape designer, 2005); Charles Reay (architect, 2005).
- Former owner
- Williams, John Gates
- Randolph, Mary
- Landscape architect
- Manning, Warren H.
- Landscape designer
- Barnum, Gary
- Architect
- Reay, Charles
- Jamieson and Spearl
- Provenance
- Ladue Garden Club
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- Far Meadows (Ladue, Missouri)
- United States of America -- Missouri -- St. Louis County -- Ladue
- Topic
- Gardens -- Missouri -- Ladue
- Former owner
- Williams, John Gates
- Randolph, Mary
- Landscape architect
- Manning, Warren H.
- Landscape designer
- Barnum, Gary
- Architect
- Reay, Charles
- Jamieson and Spearl
- Provenance
- Ladue Garden Club
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Missouri
- 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.
- Custodial History
- The Ladue Garden Club facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, File MO117
- Type
- Archival materials
- Digital images
- 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.
- Bibliography
- Garden has been featured in "Warren H. Manning, Landscape Architect and Environmental Planner: Critical Perspectives in the History of Environmental Design Series," Robin Karson et.al editors, 2017, pp. 191-195.
- Genre/Form
- Digital images
- Scope and Contents
- The folder includes worksheets.
- 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-1643208220039-1643210181537-2
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