Object Details
- General
- In 2008, bare ground surrounded a newly built Tuscan style house and outbuildings on a half-acre lot was developed into six garden rooms with connecting crushed limestone and slate walkways. A walled courtyard and a gothic door set in a yew hedge, antique stone artifacts embedded in walls and some artificial aging of new cast stone features contribute to its Old World ambience. Tall Leyland and Italian cypress in the formal front garden, boxwood hedges and topiary balls and perennial rye grass emphasize the verticality of the house and introduce the predominantly green and white color scheme. White flowers and leaves used in different garden rooms include crepe myrtle, caladium, snowball viburnum, limelight hydrangea, Queen Anne's lace, Confederate jasmine, and white rain lilies that were passed down in the family. Purple flowers and leaves used as accents include pansies, petunias, vitex, wandering Jew, purple clematis, foxglove and iris, while contrasting yellow flowers include rudbeckia, black-eyed Susan and daffodils as well as the leaves of creeping Jenny and some evergreens.
- Four raised beds originally for flowers now are planted year-round with summer vegetables and flowers alternating with greens and onions in winter. Three beehives provide gallons of honey; fruit grows on a banana tree and espaliered lemon and tangerine. Herbs are grown in a bed under the kitchen window, and a leaf cutting bed provides material for the owner's floral designs. Water features include a koi plant and a wall fountain. Future planting plans include replacing ground cover with Lenten roses and an annual flower garden, a new rose bed, and a grape arbor. Statuary includes a contemporary Madonna in the garden room entered through the gothic gate. The landscape fulfills the owners' desire for character, stillness, movement, nature and the Divine.
- In 2008, the garden won the 'Best New Garden of the Year for the State of Mississippi.' The garden was documented as an example of a Zero Lot Line for senior citizens. THe garden was also featured on the 2010 Spring Home and Garden Tour organized by The Garden Club of Jackson.
- Persons associated with the garden include: James H. Eley (architect, 2006-2008); Rick Griffin of Griffin and Egger (landscape architect, 2007-2008); Hugh Cliett (landscape and stonework installation, 2007-2010); Emmanuel Littleton (gardener, 2007-2017); Jesus Nelra (gardener, 2012-2017).
- Architect
- Eley, Jim
- Landscape architect
- Griffin, Rick
- Landscape designer
- Cliett, Hugh
- Provenance
- The Garden Club of Jackson
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- United States of America -- Mississippi -- Madison County -- Madison
- Topic
- Gardens -- Mississippi -- Madison
- Architect
- Eley, Jim
- Landscape architect
- Griffin, Rick
- Landscape designer
- Cliett, Hugh
- Provenance
- The Garden Club of Jackson
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Mississippi
- 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 Garden Club of Jackson facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, File MS070
- 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 "A Quiet Escape" by Sylvia Hall, published in The Northside Sun Magazine: The Garden Club of Jackson's Spring Garden Tour, March 2010, p. 39.
- Genre/Form
- Digital images
- Scope and Contents
- 1 folder, 40 digital images and 4 photographic prints. The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of garden tour guides.
- 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-1643208220039-1643210181406-1
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