GARDEN SPRING 2017 CITINGS

FOUNDED BY THE CHEROKEE GARDEN CLUB IN 1975

LOCATED IN THE KENAN RESEARCH CENTER AT THE HISTORY CENTER 1 DIRECTOR & EDITOR Table of Contents GARDEN CITINGS Staci L. Catron

ASSOCIATE EDITORS 04 14 Louise S. Gunn THE PLAN NEW BOARD Jo Ann McCracken-Redding Jennie Oldfield FOR MEMBERS

FOUNDING PRESIDENT PARK OVER 400 18 Anne Coppedge Carr (1917–2005) 06 EUGENE R. CHAIR THE ASHLEY MARTINI, Jane Robinson Whitaker WRIGHT LANDSCAPE ADVISORY BOARD MCINTYRE ARCHITECT Hilton Hines Ball C. Duncan Beard LECTURE Adelaide Ward Burton FEATURING 20 Mary Johnson Calhoun THE ASHLEY Carolyn Carr THOMAS WOLTZ WRIGHT J. Cannon Carr, Jr. Sharon Jones Cole 07 MCINTYRE Lane Beebe Courts Mary Wayne Dixon WORLDSHARE LECTURE Kinsey Appleby Harper MANAGEMENT FEATURING Susan L. Hitchcock John Howard SERVICES DOUG TALLAMY Ozzie Johnson Andrew D. Kohr 08 22 Molly Yellowlees Lanier Richard H. Lee IF NOT OLMSTED, GIFTS TO THE Missy Means Madden WHO DESIGNED ANNUAL FUND Audrey Hill McMenamy Tracy Gray Monk THE CALLANWOLDE 25 Carter Heyward Morris GARDENS? Caye Johnson Oglesby TRIBUTES Nancy Roberts Patterson 10 Mary McConnell Poe 28 Elizabeth King Prickett REDOUTÉ THE CHEROKEE Muriel Foster Schelke BOTANICAL PRINTS: Claire McCants Schwahn ROSE SOCIETY Alex Smith ACQUISITIONS IN AND SUPPORTING Spencer Tunnell II MEMORY OF Marsha Pirkle Webb THE ENDOWMENT Jane Robinson Whitaker RYAN GAINEY FUND Zach Young 12 NEWS FROM 30 THE GOIZUETA BOOK & GARDENS MANUSCRIPT DONATIONS

3 The Plan for Buckhead Park over GA400 By Jo Ann McCracken-Redding GARDEN CITINGS

1 Audrey Wachs, “Buckhead Park Over GA400 – New renderings revealed for ambitious, highway-capping THE PLAN FOR park in Atlanta,” The Architects Newspaper, September 7, 2016. IN URBAN BUCKHEAD PARK CENTERS OVER GA400 The CID chose Rogers Partners brought ecosystems back to life—restored By adopting the Woltz philosophy, Atlanta Architects+Urban Designers collaborating meadows, streams, woodlands, and ponds will be known less for traffic and more for the with Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape in urban and rural settings, and cultivated beauty of its urban parks, where native plants Architects (NBW) to create a vision plan connections between sites and their complex are integrated with architecture and art in and design. In September 2016, this team regional environments. spaces where people love to be. WITH NO presented an astonishingly innovative solution to the CID—go up and over. Their NBW’s approach is influenced by Woltz’s design for the Buckhead Park Over GA400 experience growing up on a working farm ABOUT THOMAS WOLTZ stretches for a half mile and is constructed in Mount Airy, at the foot of the Blue Ridge As principal of NBW, a 45-person firm based above the eight-lane highway in the heart Mountains in . He joined in Charlottesville, , and of the commercial district. NBW in 1997, originally working on the City, Woltz has infused narratives of the land SPACE ecological restoration of farmland. Now he into the places where people live, work, and The design features three areas: The is applying to urban settings much of what play, deepening the public’s enjoyment of the Commons, a green gathering place; The he learned from rural projects about soil, natural world and inspiring environmental Plaza, linking MARTA and multi-directional ecosystems, and the historical and cultural stewardship. pedestrian and bicycling routes, including the use of land. Path400 Greenway Trail; and The Gardens, Woltz was educated at the University LEFT FOR with native plants and an allée of With their design, Rogers Partners and NBW of Virginia in architecture, landscape high-canopied trees running the length of the wanted the Park Over GA400 to be integrated architecture, fine art, and architectural park from Lenox Road to Peachtree Road to into Atlanta’s natural landscape and reflect history. He holds master’s degrees in create shade and a wildlife habitat. The trees the biodiversity of the Appalachian foothills. and Architecture. planted on this upper level will be supported Woltz explains, “This approach is the After working in Venice and Paris, he by the train track structure below. opposite of decorating the outdoors with returned to the to launch his GREEN While Park Over GA400 is still in the plants. We’re selecting the most resilient career in landscape architecture. Today, 1 planning and development stage, the vision plants that are still iconic for this ecology.” Woltz serves on the Boards of Directors of is awe-inspiring with new possibilities for The Cultural Landscape Foundation and 1 fulfilling our yearning for green space. An article in The Architects Newspaper the School of describes how this philosophy is reflected Architecture Foundation. Thomas Woltz, principal at NBW, explains in the design: “The curving lawns, stepped SPACE, that the Park Over GA400 design “is seating, and sweeping overhead paths that In 2011, he was invested into the American connected to existing infrastructure and is will guide visitors over sunken lanes of traffic Society of Landscape Architects Council being built in found space, much like New are manifestations of the region’s ecology, tlanta is one of the fastest-growing of Fellows, among the highest honors in his York’s Hudson Yards”—a development on abstracted through form, material choices, metro areas in the country, and that’s profession, and in 2013 was named Design A the Far West Side of Manhattan, covering and horticulture, especially. The plaza’s due to a long list of good reasons to live and Innovator of the Year by the Wall Street 14 acres above a busy railway and industrial high canopies evoke the native savannah, work here, including trees, natural resources, Journal Magazine. Fast Company Magazine site filled with train cars, tracks, and tunnels. while upland ecology is represented in the WOLTZ and climate. recently named Woltz one of the most NBW is designing the public square and park’s commons, which is scaled to host creative people in business for 2017. His firm’s gardens opening in 2018. large events. The gardens off Peachtree Road But one of our growing pains, made worse work has been recognized with more than buffer visitors from that busy, car-oriented by our car culture, is traffic. This created 90 national and international awards and These designs for urban parks are thoroughfare.”1 a challenge for the Buckhead Community has been published widely. representative of NBW’s award-winning Improvement District (CID) leadership when landscape architecture widely celebrated for Describing his vision for contemporary park CREATES they wanted to plan additional open space Presently, Woltz and NBW are entrusted combining sheer beauty with ecologically design, Woltz adds, “As a society, we do a with places for public gathering, along with with the design of nine public parks across regenerative design. NBW team members pretty good job of creating urban parks as safe, beautiful routes for pedestrians and the United States, , and . bring to their collaborative process varied destinations, but it’s important to see those cyclists. With high-density development and These projects include Memorial Park in backgrounds in landscape architecture, destinations as connected to our daily lives a tight network of roads and highways flowing ; Hudson Yards in ; architecture, anthropology, biology, via the streetscape, public transportation, into and out of the central artery, Peachtree NoMA Green in , D.C.; Devonian economics, ecology, zoology, horticulture, the systems of storm-water management. IT. Road, how would this be possible? Botanic Garden in Alberta, Canada; and art, art history, and architectural history. It’s about seeing [everything] as one giant Centennial Park in Nashville, . The firm’s innovative design methods have complex system.” 1

4 5 Ashley Wright McIntyre Lecture By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director GAGARDENRDEN CITINGS THE ASHLEY WRIGHT WORLDSHARE MANAGEMENT MCINTYRE LECTURE SERVICES: NEW INTEGRATED FEATURING THOMAS WOLTZ LIBRARY SYSTEM

These designs for urban parks are Terminus has a new look! The Cherokee Garden Library of the Kenan Research Center is MORE WAYS TO EXPLORE THE Landscape representative of NBW’s award-winning pleased to announce the migration of its online public access catalog to a new system, OCLC RESOURCES OF OUR LIBRARY ... architect landscape architecture, noted for combining WorldCat Discovery. This change is part of a larger switch for the Kenan Research Center to AND THE WORLD’S LIBRARIES sheer beauty with ecologically regenerative using the OCLC WorldShare system, which also includes cataloging, acquisitions, circulation, Thomas Woltz design. The firm’s innovative design methods and analytics modules. The library has used OCLC WorldCat for cataloging for a number WorldCat Discovery helps users easily find have brought ecosystems back to life — of years, and this move will allow for more integrated technical services as well as a more more than two billion electronic, digital, and discusses restored meadows, streams, woodlands, powerful public catalog. physical resources from local and worldwide and ponds in urban and rural settings, and libraries with a single search of WorldCat sustainable cultivated connections between sites and Now a Terminus search will not only access the Kenan Research Center’s holdings, but also and a central index that represents more their complex regional environments. find holdings around the Southeast, the United States, and the world beyond. than 2,400 e-content collections. design. NBW’s approach is influenced by Woltz’s Thursday, October 12, 2017 Allows users to find information through experience growing on a working farm in a single search. Users can search all formats 7:00pm Mount Airy, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Atlanta History Center Find more of library resources through a single search Mountains in North Carolina. He joined box. Experienced users can continue to NBW in 1997, first working on ecological Pricing construct more complex searches, including restoration of farmland. As the firm’s items online $25 per ticket the use of database-specific indexes and principal, now he is applying to urban All lecture ticket purchases are nonrefundable. command-line searching. settings much of what he learned from rural projects about soil, ecosystems, and the With WorldCat Discovery Reservations WorldCat Discovery helps your users easily historical and cultural use of land. at our library 404.814.4150 find and get resources from your library and atlantahistorycenter.com/lectures libraries worldwide through a single search Proposed by the Buckhead Community of WorldCat and familiar, authoritative Landscape architect Thomas Woltz, whose Improvement District, the Park Over GA e-content collections. It makes collections current projects include the proposed 400’s ambition is to physically reconnect visible on popular websites where people Buckhead Park Over GA 400, will share the Buckhead neighborhood that had typically start their research. his contemporary vision for sustainable been fragmented by the freeway; provide design, represented in examples of the built much-needed park space, and integrate the Now you can search our library and the world’s library collections through WorldCat, the world’s library catalog. You can access Terminus online at Use the search box on the library website or look for the “WorldCat” link to see the millions of available titles. projects of his firm Nelson Byrd Woltz, MARTA line with bicycle and pedestrian atlantahistorycenter.on.worldcat.org/discovery based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and New connections to the neighborhood. Envisioned or visit the library Wednesday through York City. The built projects are detailed in as a series of bridges rather than a consistent Ask a librarian for tips on smarter searching. Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, for assistance the book, Nelson Byrd Woltz: Garden, Park, cap over the 9-acre space, the three distinct with the new catalog. Community, Farm. park spaces would be connected by a strong central allée of high canopied pines that link Questions? Please contact Staci Catron to adjacent neighborhood tree canopies. at 404-814-4046 or Jennie Oldfield at 404-814-4124. Fast Company recently named Woltz one of the most creative people in business for 2017.

Support The Ashley Wright McIntyre Lectures are made possible with generous funding from the Ashley Wright McIntyre Education and Programming Fund, part of the Cherokee Garden Library Endowment.

6 7 By Roger Duvall GARDEN CITINGS

Tulips in the formal garden at Callanwolde. Callanwolde’s architect was Henry The notion that William L. Monroe could gardener must have been a good one; Hamer Photo by Reeves from Garden History of Hornbostel, a prominent figure in the field. have designed the plantings at Callanwolde is worked at Callanwolde from 1920 until 1947. IF NOT OLMSTED, Georgia, 1733-1933 (Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Most of his work was in New York and intriguing. If he did, it would have been very Soon after his departure, the gardens were Garden Club, 1933). Courtesy of the Pittsburgh, but he also produced the original early in his career, when he was working for abandoned, planted mostly with grass. Peachtree Garden Club and The Garden Club designs for ’s Atlanta C.A. Dahl, several years before he went into I hope that eventually the questions raised of Georgia, Inc. WHO DESIGNED campus. At Callanwolde, originally a 28-acre business for himself. Eventually, Monroe here can be answered. In the meantime, I estate, Hornbostel designed not just the became one of Atlanta’s foremost landscape will venture the following advice to anyone mansion itself but the overall layout of the designers, with a nursery and a garden on interested in Callanwolde. Unless new THE CALLANWOLDE property, including at least six outbuildings, what is now Monroe Drive. Unfortunately, evidence shows up, we should leave Olmsted’s a swimming pool, a tennis court and, it seems we know very little about his early landscape name out of any account of the Callanwolde apparent, the gardens. Hornbostel’s plan work, because most of his plans were gardens. We should give credit to Henry GARDENS? survives in a map of the estate, produced in destroyed in the early 1950s. Hornbostel for designing the entire estate, 1920 and revised in 1923. The plan shows a not just the house and the outbuildings, courtyard garden between the main house According to an article by Roy Wyatt in the but also the basic layout of the gardens. We and the garage (now called the carriage Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 9, should search for confirmation and further house). Part of this garden has been enclosed 1990, much of Monroe’s early work “was done information about the part played by William and incorporated into the house; part in Druid Hills, Ansley Park, Morningside, L. Monroe, Sr., and we should give credit to has recently been planted, but this area is and Virginia-Highland.” The earliest garden Paul Hamer, who worked for the better part much different from the original plan. Just attributed to Monroe is the Dorough Garden of his life to make the Callanwolde gardens across the drive from the patio garden, the on Lullwater Road, reportedly laid out in a source of pride for the Candler family in plan shows a formal garden built in three 1920. This is according to the Charles R. his day and an inspiration for Callanwolde’s terraces. The top terrace was sacrificed when Adams Park National Register of Historic gardeners and historians today. the drive was eventually widened, but the Places nomination. This historic, 32-acre lower two levels remain today much as they public park in southwest Atlanta was listed Material for this article was gathered from were conceived. The stones in the retaining in the National Register in 2013. Clearly, many places: Callanwolde’s collection of walls are probably original. The central Monroe was designing gardens in the area material about its history; the papers of exit from the terrace garden led through at the time that Callanwolde was built; he the DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs a large pergola, which has been faithfully certainly could have designed the plantings held at the organization’s headquarters at reconstructed, to a circular rose bed, now at Callanwolde. Callanwolde; the Charles Howard and Flora replaced by a hydrangea garden. Glenn Candler papers at Emory University’s So what about Paul Hamer, the English Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Callanwolde is not the only project where gardener? An article celebrating Emory’s Rare Book Library; the Georgia Historic Hornbostel included gardens in his plan. acquisition of Callanwolde in the 1959 issue Landscape Initiative records at the Cherokee When I looked through contemporary issues of The Emory Alumnus says that the Candler Garden Library of the Kenan Research of the Atlanta Constitution, trying to find an family’s last gardener/jack-of-all-trades Center at the Atlanta History Center; the account of the creation of the gardens, I came was Clint Allen. “Callanwolde has had only Henry Hornbostel collection at the Carnegie across a Hornbostel proposal for a giant hotel one overseer besides Mr. Allen. He was Mellon Libraries; the property records at the on West Peachtree Street, where the Atlanta Paul Hamer, an Englishman and an expert DeKalb County Courthouse; the collection Biltmore was eventually constructed. His horticulturist, who had the job up to 1947. of newspapers at the DeKalb County Public drawing prominently includes extensive It was he who was responsible for laying Library; the Gardeners’ Chronicle, August formal gardens, like those at Callanwolde but out and keeping up the extensive formal 1920 and October 1920; and conversations on a much larger scale. The article, published gardens which used to lie west of the house.” with Staci Catron, Jennie Richardson, January 25, 1920, mentions “handsome Tim Richardson, in English Gardens in the Spencer Tunnell, Lorraine Loftis, and landscape gardens,” and, like Callanwolde, Twentieth Century, has this to say about how Robert Craig. pergolas. He would have left the selection gardens were commonly created in the early and arrangement of plants for someone else, part of the century: “[O]nce the architect and Roger Duvall gardens in Decatur, volunteers work as a garden volunteer at Callanwolde Garden was originally laid out by William Furthermore, the firm that survived Olmsted but the basic layout of Callanwolde’s gardens his builders had gone, it was left to the client at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center garden I(today Callanwolde Fine Arts Center), M. (sic) Monroe, Sr., and was tended by an has no record of any work at Callanwolde, was probably Hornbostel’s. to find a gardener to fill in the spaces with and is an active member of the Georgia one of the several estates built in Atlanta English Gardener, Mr. Paul Hamer.” The nor does the publication by Lucy Lawliss, plants.” (p. 93) Perennial Plant Association. He is interested by the Candler family in the early twentieth sign is not the only place where Olmsted is Residential Work of the Olmsted Firm in An article about Callanwolde in the March in garden writing and loves the Cherokee century. Completed in 1920, Callanwolde credited with the design of the garden. There Georgia, 1893-1937. 10, 1971 issue of the Atlanta Journal includes Hiring a gardener was, indeed, one of Garden Library. was never just a house; the gardens were, is a tradition at Callanwolde, beginning an interview with Charles Howard Candler’s Candler’s first priorities after the house was throughout the first half of the century, sometime after the Candler family moved In 2005, just before a major renovation of daughter, Catherine. Born in 1906, she built. We know very little about Hamer, but a notable botanical showplace. out, of associating Olmsted’s name with the grounds, Janet Barrickman, working would have been 14 when the family moved we do know that he was working for Candler the property. as the Cherokee Garden Library Research to Callanwolde. She grew up there and as early as August 1920. In The Gardeners’ I spend most of my volunteer time in the Fellow with the Georgia Historic Landscape continued to live there with her husband Chronicle of that year, under “New Sustaining formal garden, where the Callanwolde Needless to say, I liked the idea of working Initiative survey, came to the following William C. Warren after they were married Members,” we find “Charles H. Candler, staff has posted a sign with an intriguing in an Olmsted garden, but when I did a little conclusion regarding Callanwolde: and until her mother broke up housekeeping Atlanta, Ga. (Paul Hamer, superintendent).” summary of its history: “The original basic research, I found that he died in 1903, “landscape designer/architect unknown.” in 1957. Her account of the gardens is that In 1923, he shows up, with his wife Hannah, Formal Garden was designed by Frederick fourteen years before ground was broken I would like to be able to say that I have filled they “were laid out by William Monroe, Sr. in the Atlanta City Directory as a boarder at Law Olmstead (sic), who also designed New for Callanwolde and four years before the in that gap, but I cannot. I have, however, and later tended by an English gardener, Paul the Callanwolde address. The relationship York’s and the Olmsted Linear Candler family purchased the land. come across some interesting possibilities, Hamer, who lived in the gardener’s cottage.” between Howard Candler and his resident Parks along Ponce de Leon nearby. The which are my excuse for this article.

8 9 By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director GARDEN CITINGS REDOUTÉ BOTANICAL PRINTS: ACQUISITIONS IN MEMORY OF RYAN GAINEY

ollowing the tragic death of world- Brutelle, who gave him a job as an illustrator, The other Redouté botanical is of Gladiolus Frenowned garden designer and instructed him in plant anatomy, and Communis [Common Gladiolus] from horticulturist Ryan Gainey on July 29th of introduced him to members of the court Les Liliacées. In The Gathered Garden, last year, a group of devoted friends rallied at Versailles. Redouté was also the pupil of Ryan writes “Gladioli have always been a together and contributed in-kind and Gerard van Spaendonck, a Dutch painter part of my gardening experience. My great monetary donations for an event honoring in the court of Louis XVI and professor of grandmothers Mrs. Nora Catoe and Mrs. his life. The meaningful and beautiful floral painting at the Jardin des Plantes. Due Molly Johnson and my aunt Mrs. Marie celebration of Ryan’s life was held at the to his remarkable talent, Marie Antionette Griggs grew gladioli in their gardens in Atlanta History Center on August 31, 2016, became his patron and opened the gardens Hartsville, South Carolina.” One of Ryan’s with several hundred people in attendance. of Trianon at Versailles to him. A decade favorite gladioli was ‘Spic and Span,’ named The remaining monetary proceeds were later, Empress Joséphine, the first wife of for its bright salmon color that resembled donated to the Cherokee Garden Library Napoleon Bonaparte, became Redouté’s the colors of a box of Spic and Span cleaning for the acquisition of two rare botanical patron, granting him access to the gardens detergent. He also grew Gladiolus byzantinus, prints to honor the life of Ryan Gainey. of Malmaison. In his later years, Redouté Gladiolus callianthus, and Gladiolus dalenii taught classes at the National Museum in his Decatur garden. These gladioli were The library’s Acquisitions Committee of Natural History. In 1825, he became featured in The Gathered Garden. Through searched extensively for two artworks Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Over his estate, Ryan generously gave thirty-three that would be a fitting tribute to Ryan’s his lifetime, Redouté produced over 2,000 of the original botanical watercolors love of botanical art and horticulture. published plates depicting over 1,800 created for The Gathered Garden by Georgia The committee, with advisement from different plant species. artist Sarah G. Towery to the Cherokee the Atlanta History Center’s Collection Garden Library. Development Committee, selected two The first Redouté botanical acquired in stipple engravings, printed in colour and memory of Ryan Gainey is of Hydrangea The addition of these two rare Redouté finished by hand, by Pierre-Joseph Redouté. [Hortensia] from Choix des Plus Belles botanical prints to the collection is a Fleurs (1827-1833). Redouté writes in the testament to the love Ryan held for the Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) was preface to the Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs: Cherokee Garden Library, and to all of his the foremost eighteenth-century painter “It is with the benefit of experience, and friends who loved Ryan and wish to see of flowers and plants and one of the world’s encouraged by the most flattering approval his important legacy continue. greatest botanical artists. Called both the of naturalists and painters of France and “Raphael” and “Rembrandt” of flowers abroad, that I undertook this most agreeable Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by by nineteenth-century writers, Redouté of botanical works. By ceaseless observation hand, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, engraved by Langlois. brought the tradition of botanical painting of nature, in its constancy and its variety Hortensia [Hydrangea]. Paris: [C.L.F. Panckoucke, to its pinnacle. Redouté’s work in stipple of forms and colours, I believe that I have 1827-1833] in memory of Jennings Ryan Gainey, VIS 248, Cherokee Garden Library Print Collection, engraving and colour printing was to be reached that synthesis of botanical accuracy, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. of the greatest significance. Stippling and composition, and colouration that is the application of two or three colour inks essential to produce the perfect image of the to one plate were engraving innovations plant kingdom.” that Redouté brought to French printmaking. His techniques were brought to perfection in Ryan had a deep appreciation and love of his three great works, Les Liliacées (1802- nature. He adored hydrangeas and used 1816), Les Roses (1817-1824), and Choix des them in his own garden as well as those Plus Belles Fleurs (1827-1833). of his clients. Ryan shared cuttings from a mature hydrangea from his garden with Redouté was born in 1759 into a family of Tennessee nurseryman, Don Shadow, artists in Saint-Hubert in the present-day who in turn named it Hydrangea arborescens Belgian Province of Luxembourg. In 1782, ‘Ryan Gainey.’ This hydrangea was he journeyed to Paris to join his brother. featured in Ryan’s 2012 work entitled, They both painted scenery for theaters. The Gathered Garden. In Paris, he studied botany with the noted naturalist Charles Louis L’Héritier de

10 11 By Valerie VanSweden, Curator of the Goizueta Gardens GARDEN CITINGS

The Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) is composed of two main sections: the narrative site history NEWS FROM THE researched and written by Valerie VanSweden for completion in December 2017, and an inventory, assessment, and analysis of the Goizueta Gardens GOIZUETA GARDENS: and Living Collections written by Sarah Roberts, with recommendations by the Garden Collections Master Plan Committee, due for completion CULTURAL December 2018. LANDSCAPE REPORT

landmark civil rights case, an future developments in garden design, plant lawsuit that alleged his right to decline Ainternationally recognized sculptor, collections, and partnerships. The CLR has service to people of color because his motel a local flower designer who decorated the already been used to boost AHC employees’ was privately owned. Soon after the ruling, White House, and a transplanted movie knowledge of our fascinating collections he sold the motel. He took at least one mogul are all linked to an object presiding outside the buildings. In the future, it will fixture with him to his home overlooking the over foliage in Goizueta Gardens. This also be used as the basis for topical garden . The Turtle Tent that surprising provenance was discovered tours, interpretive panels, and possibly a sat poolside at his luxury motel was placed on through research for the Cultural Landscape visitor guide. his private estate. Years later, his estate was Report (CLR) of the Atlanta History Center. lost in a lawsuit to John W. Cherry, the first A CLR is a “This Is Your Life” for a garden, Back to our mysterious object mentioned husband of Rebecca Wight Cherry Sims. By park, or property, and serves two important at the start of this article; not much was the time the lawsuit was settled, both Cherry functions. First, the documentation known about it when it was donated to and his widow had passed away. Eventually, of the history of the place, structures, AHC. It was thought to be the creation the property was listed for sale by the Cherry people, objects, and plants is the basis for of a prominent Georgia artist. A visitor family. The sellers’ realtor was none other a management plan. Second, it guides and mentioned recognizing it from a military than Alice Wight McDonough, the sister of informs future decisions about changes. base playground. A Google search revealed Rebecca Wight Cherry Sims. She acquired that our object was a Turtle Tent designed the Turtle Tent for her own garden before Far from a dusty history book about an for Creative Playthings by Milton Hebald. she sold the estate to actor/writer/director obscure faraway setting, the Cultural Hebald is the noted sculptor of James Joyce’s Tyler Perry. Landscape Report brings to life details of the memorial in Zurich, Switzerland, among development of the Atlanta History Center’s other public works. The turtles were mass McDonough donated the Turtle Tent to thirty-three acres. This land was the domain produced as playground climbing structures AHC in 2014. The turtle’s story is recorded

Photo by Photo Photography. Hales of the native Creek people. In 1821, the First in the 1950s and 1960s. Few have survived in the Cultural Landscape Report. Work on er. Treaty of Indian Springs made this area and into the 21st century, but a Facebook page the CLR and the Master Plan for Goizueta many others available to settlers through a contains a map of the remaining ones. Gardens continues. Still ahead are the land lottery. Changing hands numerous times recording and transcribing of oral histories, over the years, parcels of land were purchased This turtle sculpture now finds its home further identification and accessioning of by Edward and Emily Inman to build their in the Sims Asian Garden. The garden was plant material, and eventually assessments estate. More parcels have been acquired since conceived as a spot to feature American and from leading experts in horticulture and 1967 when the Inman Estate became the Asian plant counterparts of the same genera. design that will shape the future collections new home of the Atlanta Historical Society. Soon after the land was cleared for the new and look of the gardens. In between, the land had been mined, farmed, garden, a local horticulturist with strong and even visited by royalty. ties to AHC died. Rebecca Wight Cherry Sims was a floral designer, teacher, and What if, hypothetically, AHC decided to plant collector. She was chosen by Rosalynn dig a humongous hole and build a gigantic Carter to help arrange the flowers throughout circular building for a great big painting? the White House for Jimmy Carter’s To determine the site for such an endeavor, inauguration. She also had a magnificent a history of the property would be important. Japanese garden. Her family generously A Cultural Landscape Report protects its donated a Japanese maple collection and subject by detailing the importance of many unusual perennials from her personal each area. garden to the new site that was eventually named for her. The Cultural Landscape Report is also a versatile document. Because it is drawn from In 1964, Moreton Rolleston, owner of the primary sources, it is the definitive history Heart of Atlanta Motel, filed a lawsuit against of the landscape. Ultimately, it is part of the the Civil Rights Act. The U.S. Supreme Court Goizueta Gardens Master Plan that will guide decided unanimously against Rolleston’s Turtle Tent inTurtle the Tent Sims Asian Garden, Goizueta Gardens the at Atlanta History Cent 12 13 By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director & Claire Schwahn, Cherokee Garden Library Nominating Committee Chairman and Past President Welcome New Board Members GARDEN CITINGS

Beginning May 1, 2017, we welcome WELCOME the following incoming class of the Cherokee NEW BOARD Garden Library Advisory Board members.

MEMBERS We are also excited to present our new slate of officers: HILTON HINES BALL C. DUNCAN BEARD Each year the Cherokee Garden Library must bid farewell to our retiring CHAIR Atlanta native Hilton Hines Ball is excited C. Duncan Beard entered the life insurance Board members. We will continue to call on them for assistance and advice to bring her love of the natural world and business in 1975 and remained in the business Jane Whitaker passion for conservation to the Board of for over 40 years. Duncan is a lifetime as part of the Cherokee Garden Library family. We extend our deepest the Cherokee Garden Library. Throughout member of the Million Dollar Roundtable, VICE CHAIR her youth, she learned about gardening, qualifying more than 40 consecutive years. gratitude to those Board members who have generously completed their Sharon Cole landscape architecture and floral design He was the recipient of MONY’s Jacob W. three-year terms of service. This year, those members are Maysie Beeson, from her mother who filled their family Schoul, Man of the Year Award in 1997. IMMEDIATE home with books on these topics and He has been a Chairman and member of Katharine Elsas, Chris Hastings, Raymond McIntyre, Jane Douglas PAST actively participated in gardening and floral MONY’s Field Advisory Board. He is a Past CHAIR endeavors both at home and within the President of the Atlanta Association of Life Reynolds, Joy Vannerson, and Helen Wray. As is our tradition, special Kinsey Harper community. Hilton attended high school at Underwriters; Board of Directors, AALU volumes are acquired for the collection in honor of each of them. Deerfield Academy in Historic Deerfield, ’81-’87; and Board of Directors, Atlanta SECRETARY Massachusetts and went on to receive her CLU Chapter, ’91-’93. He is a Life Member Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and to play of Life Leaders of Georgia and has coached Caye Oglesby lacrosse at Washington and Lee University. youth baseball and football for many years. Hilton’s love of travel and the great outdoors Duncan lives in Atlanta with his wife of 38 DEVELOPMENT took her to live and work in a variety of years, Ellen. An avid golfer and duck hunter, COMMITTEE places. She began her career working in Duncan’s other activities include volunteer CHAIRMAN photography in New York City before moving and past Board member of the Shepherd Zach Young to Argentina where she and her husband, Center, a member of The Lovett School Board Butler, built and managed a fly-fishing lodge of Trustees, and a volunteer and Elder at in the Iberá Marshland. After Argentina, Peachtree Presbyterian Church. Duncan has they moved to Sun Valley, Idaho and worked been active in fundraising for the University closely with The Nature Conservancy and of Georgia, Lovett School, Shepherd Center, the Wood River Land Trust. Hilton returned Shepherd Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, to Atlanta with Butler and their three Presbyterian Village, and Peachtree children Mason, Georgia, and Maclean in Presbyterian Church. Duncan returns to the 2012. Hilton currently serves on the board of Cherokee Garden Library Board to share his Breakthrough Atlanta and enjoys supporting many talents. various local organizations. The Ball family loves all things outdoors and can be found hiking, skiing, hunting, fishing or surfing, depending upon the season.

14 15 Welcome New Board Members Welcome New Board Members GARDEN CITINGS

CAROLYN CARR RICHARD H. LEE CLAIRE SCHWAHN JANE WHITAKER ZACH YOUNG Carolyn Carr received her Bachelor of Fine Richard H. Lee is Executive Vice President, Claire Schwahn began her involvement Jane Whitaker’s education and professional Zach Young, a native of Atlanta, grew up now Headmaster Emeritus. Studie and Zach Arts from the Atlanta College of Art in 1992. and a member of the Executive Committee, with the Cherokee Garden Library in the life have focused on linguistics and foreign in the Peachtree Battle neighborhood of Young are members of Westside Presbyterian Since 1992 she has been actively engaged of Branch Capital Partners, L.P., and its late 1990s as a member of the Cherokee languages. She taught German and French Haynes Manor in a family of avid gardeners. Church (PCA). Zach is continuing in his as a painter, photographer, sculptor, and operating subsidiary, Branch Properties, Garden Club when she helped establish the in North Carolina before moving to Atlanta, He graduated from The Westminster important role of Development Committee installation artist. Over the past twenty LLC. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree library’s first internship program. Claire where she became involved in the Atlanta Schools, the University of Virginia, and Chairman for the Cherokee Garden Library. years, Carolyn’s work has been included in with distinction from the University of has remained involved in the Cherokee Organizing Committee’s efforts to win the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Zach He currently serves on several Boards in the group and solo exhibitions in the United Virginia (1977) and a Juris Doctor degree Garden Library in many capacities over the 1996 Olympic Games. Jane helped by hosting began his professional career at SunTrust community. States and Europe. These venues include cum laude from the University of Georgia years and served as the Cherokee Garden international dignitaries when they came to Bank in management. He was hired by the the Cue Foundation, New York, NY; High (1980). Richard and his wife Kathy are Library Board President from 2013 to visit. During the Games, she was a liaison to Westminster Schools in 1980 to start a Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; BIG POND communicants of St. Luke’s Episcopal 2015, overseeing the successful exhibition, the International Olympic Committee’s office development office, serving as Vice President/ Artworks, Munich, Germany; Artists Space, Church where Richard currently serves on Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps, and in Atlanta. She has served on the Juvenile Assistant Headmaster until 1996. For 18 New York, NY; 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, the Vestry, having previously served as Senior related programming and playing a vital role Diabetes Research Foundation Board for years, Zach served as the Headmaster of Hong Kong; National Museum of Women in Warden and several terms on the Vestry. He in the success of the library’s endowment many years as the government relations Wesleyan School. He oversaw the move of the the Arts, Washington, D.C.; and the Atlanta has also served as a Trustee of the Foundation campaign. Other organizations benefitting coordinator. More recently, Jane was a vice school from its Sandy Springs location with Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. of the College and Graduate School of Arts from Claire’s many skills have included the chairman of the Garden Club of America’s approximately 400 students, grades K-8, Carolyn’s work has been critically received and Sciences at the University of Virginia; Atlanta Speech School (Guild President), The Conservation Committee, researching land to a new, undeveloped campus in Norcross, and reviewed by numerous publications. as Chairman of the Board of Directors Westminster Schools, and as a member of use issues. A past president of the Cherokee expanding the student body to 1,150, grades In addition to her studio practice, Carolyn of Kanuga Conferences, an Episcopal The National Society of the Colonial Dames. Garden Club, Jane has stayed actively K-12. Today, the campus is 86 acres with sits on the Board of the Forward Arts conference center in Hendersonville, North Claire is a ruling elder of First Presbyterian involved with the Cherokee Garden Library more than 450,000 square feet of educational Foundation, the Fulton County Arts Council Carolina; and on the Board of Theological Church, where she has been a member since and will serve as the Cherokee Garden space and an endowment of $16 million. (appointed by Commissioner Joan Garner), Horizons of Charlottesville, Virginia; as well moving from her native South Carolina. Library Board President from 2017 to During this process, Zach placed great advocating for artists and arts organizations. as other nonprofit organizations. Richard For the past six years, she has served as a 2019. She is the proud mother of two grown importance on creating handsome grounds Carr is represented by Jackson Fine Art, and Kathy are the parents of three sons: buyer for The Mustard Seed Bookstore, daughters who both reside here in Atlanta for the enjoyment of students and faculty. Atlanta, with forthcoming 2018 exhibitions Barrett (and his wife Meredith), Lansing, an outreach ministry of the church. Claire and is the proud grandmother of seven The campus now has the feel of an arboretum to include Gallery 72 (Atlanta) and Marisa and Richard, Jr., as well as the grandparents and her husband, Frank, have two grown grandchildren, including two sets of twins! that is enhanced by manicured lawns and Newman Projects (New York). She and her of Barrett, Jr., and Lucy James. His wife, children, Marjorie (and her husband Stuart) Jane loves to garden and enjoys sharing this cross-country trails that are dotted with husband, Charles Michael Gibson, and their Kathy Lee, is a past president of the Cherokee in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Frank, interest with her children and grandchildren. naturalized daffodils. Zach has a special three dogs (Monkey, Molly, and Blu) live in Garden Club and a past Board member of the Jr., who lives and works in Boston. Claire is interest in all varieties of Japanese maples. Historic Castleberry Hill. Carolyn is the Cherokee Garden Library. an avid gardener and also a Junior Master He enjoyed teaching eighth-grade Bible and granddaughter of Anne Coppedge Carr, bridge player. Through the years, she has assisting with the eighth-grade boys’ Bible who founded the Cherokee Garden Library become a dedicated football study. His scholarly interests lie in religion, in 1975 with her fellow Cherokee Garden and basketball fan attending games with GT theology, and history. Married for 43 years to Club members. alumnus husband Frank. Claire returns to Studie Johnson Young, father of three grown the Cherokee Garden Library Board in her children, and grandfather to four grandsons, new role as Cherokee Garden Club President. Zach retired from Wesleyan in 2014 and is

16 17 By Jennie Oldfield, Cherokee Garden Library Cataloger and Archivist GARDEN CITINGS EUGENE R. MARTINI, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

he Cherokee Garden Library holds public housing projects in Atlanta and the Society of Landscape Architects and served Tseveral collections of influential Southeast. Among these were Perry Homes as president of the Southeast Chapter and landscape architects who helped design and in Atlanta, Powell Homes in Savannah, as second vice-president of the national shape the cities of the Southeast. One of these and Southside Homes in Charlotte, North organization of ASLA. Martini frequently landscape architects is Eugene R. Martini, Carolina. Martini Associates also developed authored articles for publications such as FASLA, who had a significant impact on plans for urban renewal projects such as the Landscape Architecture, House & Home, and commercial and suburban development in Thomasville Urban Renewal project The American Institute of Architects Journal. the 1950s and 1960s in Georgia, , the in Atlanta. In 1965, he provided editorial assistance Carolinas, and other Southern states. to Better Homes and Gardens for the book Martini was a dedicated member of Atlanta’s Landscape Planting. Martini was born in 1915 in Chicago, , Northside United Methodist Church where and married Helen Elizabeth Brown in 1938. he served in a variety of roles, including Martini was a popular speaker for his They had three children, Patricia, Claire, membership in the Building and Grounds profession giving lectures at symposiums, and Eugene Jr. Martini graduated from Committee. Martini contributed as a roundtable discussions, and panels, as well the University of Illinois (now known as landscape architect on a variety of design as garden club meetings. He advocated for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) projects for the church grounds. Martini the education of future landscape architects in 1939 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree was also instrumental in the redevelopment and was also a supporter of public education in Landscape Architecture. He served as of Bagley Park in Buckhead, now known serving as president of his children’s Parent an instructor of Landscape Architecture as Frankie Allen Park, where he strived to Teacher Association. Martini was considered at Massachusetts State College (later the save trees without sacrificing functionality. a dedicated, energetic, and devoted landscape University of Massachusetts) where he Martini often wore multiple hats as a architect who worked tirelessly until his also pursued graduate work in statistics landscape architect, land planner, and untimely death from acute myeloma. He was and Public Administration. From 1941 to planning consultant, but always strived to also known for his jovial and witty manner 1946, Martini worked as a Land Planning balance preserving the natural beauty of the and enjoyed donning a tie showcasing his Consultant with the Federal Housing site with optimal usability. beverage namesake complete with olive. Administration in Chicago and Atlanta. Martini took an active interest in the growth Martini died in 1965 and his associate In 1946, Martini opened Eugene R. Martini and development of Atlanta, advocating for partner, Harry J. Baldwin, assumed Associates Landscape Architects in more thoughtful land use. In 1955, Martini ownership of the firm and renamed the Atlanta, later expanding and adopting the developed a landscape plan for the Georgia business Baldwin and Associates in 1967. name Martini and Associates, Landscape State Highway Department as part of the In 1973, Helen Martini began donating Architects and Planning Consultants. The Atlanta Expressway Beautification project Martini’s work to the Atlanta History Center firm’s work focused on the early stages of and produced the report Landscape Planting Archives. Using her expertise as a librarian, a project, including land planning and site Atlanta Expressway. Martini was recognized Helen Martini served as an early advisor to development. Among the wide variety of for his efforts in 1962, when he earned the Cherokee Garden Library. projects Martini Associates worked on the Merit Award for Designs for Outdoor Eugene R. Martini, 1964, Photograph by Lane Bros., Atlanta, GA. Eugene R. Martini’s Landscape Planting Atlanta Expressway (Atlanta, GA: were subdivision planning, shopping center Living from House & Home magazine for the We invite you to explore the work of Eugene Eugene R. Martini Landscape Architectural Drawings and Photographs, Eugene R. Martini for the Georgia State Highway Department, 1955), developments, churches, parks, and mobile Brittany residential development in DeKalb R. Martini in the Cherokee Garden Library VIS 202.043, Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Research Center at the TE177 .M37 1955 Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Research Center at home communities. Examples include County, Georgia. collections of MSS 148 Eugene R. Martini Atlanta History Center. the Atlanta History Center. the Sexton Woods and Lanier Heights papers and VIS 202 Eugene R. Martini subdivisions in DeKalb and Fulton Counties. Devoted to his profession, Martini Landscape Architecture Drawings and Martini also created a master plan for participated in numerous organizations Photographs. Related collections include Cocoa Isles and River Isles subdivisions such as the American Institute of Architects MSS 999 Harry J. Baldwin papers, VIS 188 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, and developed Georgia Chapter, American Institute of Harry J. Baldwin Landscape Architectural plans for the Tower Mobile Homes Court in Planners Southeast Chapter, and the Atlanta Drawings, and MSS 654 Expressway Leesville, Louisiana. Throughout his career, Regional Metropolitan Planning District. Beautification Association records. Martini consulted and worked on many He was a trustee and fellow of the American

18 19 By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director GARDEN CITINGS

On a crisp fall evening, native plant guru, CHEROKEE GARDEN GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS Doug Tallamy, inspired the audience to Thanks to all who LIBRARY AT THE ATLANTA (CAROLINA JESSAMINE) LEVEL THE ASHLEY WRIGHT plant natives to help sustain biodiversity HISTORY CENTER on our planet at the Ashley Wright joined us for this Virginia and Bond Almand McIntyre Lecture. inspiring evening. MCINTYRE LECTURE Bringing Nature Home: Sharon and Bonneau Ansley Jr. Many thanks to event co-chairs Carter How You Can Sustain Wildlife Mrs. William Bowen Astrop Top Row Morris and Libby Prickett for a successful with Native Plants Adelaide and Dal Burton Cherokee Garden Library Board member Nancy and Dan Carithers and enlightening event. We also share a Raymond McIntyre and event committee member FEATURING Linda and Dean Copeland gracious thank-you to the event committee, Ashford McIntyre with speaker Doug Tallamy. Douglas W. Tallamy, Ph.D. Mary Calhoun, Sharon Cole, Kinsey Photograph courtesy of Bartram Nason. Lisa and Michael deGolian DOUG TALLAMY Harper, Jane Lamon, Missy Madden, OCTOBER 19, 2016 Elise and Carl Drake Ashford McIntyre, and Tracy Monk. Supporter Ernie Prickett, Cherokee Garden Lee and Mike Dunn Library Past President, Board member, and event The Cherokee Garden Library Katharine and Alan Elsas co-chair Libby Prickett, and supporter Bette Hines thanks its patrons for their Pam and Michael Elting appreciating the festivities following the lecture. generosity and support. Ken Fisher Gearon Photograph courtesy of Bartram Nason. Mr. Robert H. Gunn Jr.

MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA Elizabeth and Sheffield Hale Middle Row Wawa and Richard Hines Cherokee Garden Club President and supporter (SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA) LEVEL Emily C. Huie Adelaide Burton delighting in the evening with supporter Dal Burton. Photograph courtesy of Alfred Kennedy and Bill Kenny Bartram Nason. Jane and Hollis Lamon Ione and John Lee Cherokee Garden Library Past President Claire Jane and Dameron Black Kathy and Richard Lee Schwahn, Cherokee Garden Library Director Staci Mr. and Mrs. Madison F. Cole Jr. Missy and Patrick Madden Catron, and supporter Mary Morrison Moore. Mary Wayne Dixon Lindsay W. Marshall Photograph courtesy of Bartram Nason. The Family of F. Raymond McIntyre III Peggy Foreman Louise S. Gunn Audrey and Greg McMenamy Cherokee Garden Library Board Past President, Tracy Gray Monk Board member, and event co-chair Carter Morris Paula and Mark Hennessy Sally and Jim Morgens with supporter Jane Black and Cherokee Garden Edwina and Tom Johnson Library Board member and Program Committee Carter and Hampton Morris Mary and Felton Norwood co-chair, Mary Calhoun. Photograph courtesy of Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Jr. Caye and Rich Oglesby Bartram Nason. Libby and Ernie Prickett Nancy and John Patterson Teed and Sadler Poe Bottom Row Mrs. Lula P. Post Supporters Richard and Wawa Hines enjoying Claire and George Reid the reception with supporters Studie and Zach Scottie and Chris Schoen Young, Cherokee Garden Library Board member Claire and Frank Schwahn and Development Chair. Photograph courtesy of Margaret and Charlie Shufeldt Bartram Nason. HYDRANGEA QUERCIFOLIA Carmen and Gene Talley (OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA) LEVEL Supporters Hollis Lamon and Jane Lamon with Suzie and Jim Viebrock one of the floral designs created by Jane Lamon Jane and Bill Whitaker and her fellow event design team members. Helen and Chris Wray Photograph courtesy of Bartram Nason. WE ALSO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO

SUPPORTED THE EVENT

BUT COULD NOT ATTEND Ellen and Duncan Beard Beverly B. Coker Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Childress Susan and Ed Croft Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Conrad Kinsey and Gordon Harper Mrs. Betty W. Dykes Sally and McKee Nunnally Ms. Susan L. Hitchcock Nancy and John Oglesby Mrs. Kerry M. Izard Eleanor H. Ridley Denise and Jay D. Mitchell Mrs. Margaret C. Spratlin

Esther and Jim Stokes Laura and John Wallace Studie and Zach Young

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The Garden Library is working to reach its We encourage you to add your support to the These monies allow us to continue to offer annual fund goal for Fiscal Year 2016–2017, Garden Library by making a donation online special programs and exhibitions to the DONORS WHO GAVE BETWEEN and we need your help. or by sending a check to: community as well as to add to and preserve the collections. We thank you! Cherokee Garden Library JANUARY 1–DECEMBER 31, 2016. Atlanta History Center 130 West Paces Ferry Road, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30305 THE CHEROKEE GARDEN atlantahistorycenter.com

LIBRARY THANKS YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.

VISTA ($5,000 AND OVER) Howard Payne Company Beth and Crawford Barnett Mr. and Mrs. William C. Huff Margaret and Charlie Shufeldt Camellia District Teed McConnell Poe Lola and Charlie Battle Mr. Edward H. Inman II Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Skiles Camellia Garden Club, Rome, Georgia Louise Staton Gunn Revival Construction Inc. Elaine Hazleton Bolton Ms. Dale Jaeger, FASLA Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith II Carrington Woods Garden Club, JBS Foundation Jane Douglas Reynolds Teri and Mose Bond Mr. Ozzie Johnson Mrs. Maidee Spencer Milledgeville, Georgia Ms. Stephanie Parker and Frances Wilkins Robinson Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bratton Jr. Lauren and Todd Kalen Maggie and John Staton Cherokee Garden Club, Mr. James C. Nobles Jr. Endowment Fund Ms. Renee Brown-Bryant Alfred Kennedy and Bill Kenny Sue and John Staton Lawrenceville, Georgia Libby and Ernie Prickett on behalf of Betsy and Lee Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Craig B. Cairney Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keough Carmen and Gene Talley Conyers Garden Club, Conyers, Georgia Weswood Foundation Muriel Foster Schelke Nancy and Dan Carithers Harriet and Kip Kirkpatrick Mr. Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. Country Hills Garden Club, Alex Smith Garden Design Ltd. Mrs. Anne G. Catron John Finley Kiser Mr. and Mrs. Frank Troutman Jr. Sewanee, Georgia Springer Mountain Farms Sherrie and Gordon Chappell Mr. and Mrs. John O. Knox Mrs. Joy Vannerson Covington Garden Club, Covington, Georgia ALLÉE ($1,000 TO $4,999) Mrs. Margaretta Taylor Lucile M. Clarkson Mr. James H. Landon Carolyn and Bryan Vroon Cumming Garden Club – Evening, The 2492 Fund Trust Jane and Bill Whitaker Mrs. Linda Copeland Mrs. Howard P. Lawrence Ms. Terry Waith Cumming, Georgia on behalf of Henry L. Howell Studie and Zach Young Mrs. Ann Cousins Kathy and Richard Lee Laura Schoen Warren Dogwood District and Helen Howell Wray Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Dr. and Mrs. A. Jefferson Lewis III Mrs. Marsha P. Webb Dogwood Garden Club, Americus, Georgia Carolinas Dahlia Society PERGOLA ($500 TO $999) Robin and Stockton Croft Nancy and Jerry Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Buck Wiley III Dogwood Garden Club, Valdosta, Georgia J. Cannon and Kathleen Carr Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Crosby Missy and Patrick Madden Katherine Woodruff Williams Douglas Garden Club, Douglas, Georgia Maysie Spalding Beeson The Chattahoochee Unit of Mary Palmer and Hugh Dargan Mr. and Mrs. A. Wright Marshall IV Linda Munroe Williams Driftwood Garden Club, Newnan, Georgia Adelaide and Dal Burton The Herb Society of America Ms. Susan L. Daugherty Melissa and Tom McAdams Ms. Jennifer Yankopolus Druid Hills Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Mary Johnson Calhoun Cherokee Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Flossie H. Dodge Caroline and Spence McClelland Mrs. Lee Dunn, Atlanta, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Drake Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Ms. Sarah B. Dozier Ms. Janet L. McGinnis CONSERVATION Evergreen Garden Club, Monroe, Georgia Mrs. Joyce E. Ferris Sharon and Matt Cole Mrs. Elizabeth W. Dykes Ms. Linda McNay ADOPT-A-BOOK FUND Federated Garden Clubs of Macon, Friends of The State Botanical Garden Mrs. Mary Wayne Dixon Ms. Mary Ann Eaddy Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Mershon Macon, Georgia of Georgia Inc. The Chattahoochee Unit of The Herb Mr. and Mrs. William M. Dreyer Betty and Bob Edge Denise and Jay D. Mitchell Fleur-de-Lis Garden Club, The Garden Club of America Board Society of America Lee and Mike Dunn Sally and David Emory Mrs. Sally F. Morgens Gainesville, Georgia of Associate Members Katharine Ellis Elsas Mr. John Ewing Anne and John Mori Fulton Federation of Garden Clubs, Institute of Classical Architecture Mr. Al Goodgame Mr. and Mrs. William C. Finch Jr. Anne and Jeff Neikirk THE GARDEN CLUB OF GEORGIA, Fulton County, Georgia & Art, Southeast Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Mr. Ian J. W. Firth Robin and Tim Newberg INC. FUND FOR THE CHEROKEE Garden Club of Griffin, Griffin, Georgia Iris Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Mrs. Helen C. Griffith Mr. L. Tom Gay Mary and Felton Norwood GARDEN LIBRARY Garden Study Garden Club, Rome, Georgia Ione and John Lee Margaret and Tom Hall Ken Fisher Gearon Ann and Scott Offen Green Thumb Garden Club, Trudy and Bert Madden Ama-Kanasta Garden Club, Kinsey and Gordon Harper Mrs. Sylvia M. Gibson Paces Gardeners Club, Atlanta, Georgia Roswell, Georgia Audrey Hill McMenamy Douglasville, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hastings Julianna Givens Goecke Mrs. Genevieve C. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. Philip Groce, Macon, Georgia Douglas and Craig Perry Amicalola Garden Club, Tate, Georgia Mr. John Howard Mr. and Mrs. Holcombe T. Green Jr. Pine Forest Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Hartwell United Garden Club Council, Scottie and Chris Schoen Anesta-Ga-Da Garden Club, Mrs. Sarah Kennedy Mrs. Marion Groover Ms. Lynn Pollard Hartwell, Georgia Trustees’ Garden Club, Savannah, Georgia Ball Ground, Georgia Mr. George Lanier Mr. and Mrs. Haines Hargrett Mrs. Lula P. Post Augusta Council of Garden Clubs, Holly Garden Club, Valdosta, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Lanier Ms. Jane P. Harmon and Mr. H. Mikell Jones Mrs. Martha H. Price Iris Garden Club, Augusta, Georgia TOPIARY (TO $499) Augusta, Georgia Ms. Virginia D. Molloy Linda and Hank Harris Mrs. Catherine N. Rawson Avondale Estates Garden Club, Killarney Queen Garden Club, The Albert and Nan Gray Monk Foundation Madeline and Howell E. Adams Jr. Ann May Harrison Mrs. Eleanor H. Ridley Avondale Estates, Georgia Thomasville, Georgia Tracy Gray Monk Mrs. Beaumont Allen Bonnie and Bob Helget Mrs. Blair Robbins Bellmere Garden Club, Johns Creek, Georgia Ladybugs Garden Club, Lilburn, Georgia Carter and Hampton Morris Virginia and Bond Almand Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hills Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Robinson Brookwood Hills Garden Club, The Landings Garden Club, Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Winette and Brad Almon Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hines Olive and Roby Robinson Atlanta, Georgia Savannah, Georgia Caye and Rich Oglesby Mr. Shepard B. Ansley Ms. Susan L. Hitchcock Mrs. Susan M. Roof Burkeland Garden Club, Laurel District Nancy and John Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Askins Mrs. Mary M. Holladay Rose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Waynesboro, Georgia

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THE GARDEN CLUB OF GEORGIA, Pine Tree Garden Club, Hartwell, Georgia MATCHING GIFTS Planters Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia INC. FUND FOR THE CHEROKEE The Coca-Cola Foundation Primrose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia TRIBUTES GIVEN BETWEEN GARDEN LIBRARY CONTINUE RBC Foundation Rambler Rose Garden Club, Lawrenceville Garden Club, Thomasville, Georgia Lawrenceville, Georgia Rose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia IN-KIND DONATIONS SEPTEMBER 30, 2016–APRIL 6, Louisville Garden Club, Louisville, Georgia Sandy Springs Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Food & Wine Festival Madora Garden Club, Hartwell, Georgia Sea Oats Garden Club, Brunswick, Georgia Avalon Catering Magnolia Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Smoke Rise Garden Club, Edward L. Daugherty, FASLA 2016. THE CHEROKEE GARDEN Milledgeville Garden Club, , Georgia McCracken & Associates Milledgeville, Georgia Spade and Trowel Garden Club, PeachDish Monroe Garden Club, Monroe, Georgia Carrollton, Georgia Preserving Place LIBRARY THANKS YOU FOR Moonflower Garden Club, Spade and Trowel Garden Club, Barnesville, Georgia Thomaston, Georgia Mountain Ivy Garden Club, Spalding Garden Club, Dunwoody, Georgia YOUR GENEROSITY. Clayton, Georgia Spartina Garden Club, Townsend, Georgia Mountain View Garden Club, Rome, Georgia Springfield Garden Club, Norcross Garden Club, Norcross, Georgia Springfield, Georgia Odum Garden Club, Odum, Georgia St. Marys Garden Club, St. Marys, Georgia Unless otherwise directed by the donor, all tributes Old Capital Garden Club, Stonehedge Garden Club, Buford, Georgia Milledgeville, Georgia Three Rivers Garden Club, Rome, Georgia are now designated to the Anne Coppedge Carr Old Town Garden Club of Sharpsburg, Town and Country Garden Club, Sharpsburg, Georgia Milledgeville, Georgia Palmyra Heights Garden Club, Vienna Garden Club, Vienna, Georgia Research and Director’s Fund, the Louise Staton Gunn Albany, Georgia Vineville Garden Club, Macon, Georgia Peachtree Battle Garden Club, Watkinsville Garden Club, Conservation Fund, the Ashley Wright McIntyre Atlanta, Georgia Watkinsville, Georgia Piedmont Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Winder Garden Club, Winder, Georgia Education and Programming Fund, or the Carter Pine Center Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Wisteria Garden Club, LaGrange, Georgia Pine Needle Garden Club, Augusta, Georgia Mrs. Ginny Wolf, Atlanta, Georgia Pine Tree Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Heyward Morris Acquisitions Fund.

IN HONOR OF Louise Staton Gunn Fluffy McDuffie Gifts designated to the Louise Staton Pat and Haines Hargrett Virginia Almand DONORS WHO GAVE BETWEEN Gunn Conservation Fund Pat and Haines Hargrett Carter and Hampton Morris Ms. Randy Jones Gifts designated to the Carter Adelaide Burton Mr. George Lanier Heyward Morris Acquisitions Fund JANUARY 1, 2017–APRIL 24, 2017. Mrs. John E. Duggan Mr. and Mrs. Preston R. Miller Jr. Libby and Ernie Prickett Pat and Haines Hargrett Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Moister Jr. Studie and Zach Young Mrs. Libby Prickett Kinsey Harper Ann James Offen ALLÉE ($1,000 TO $4,999) TOPIARY (TO $499) Staci L. Catron Dr. and Mrs. O. Anderson Currie Jr. Adelaide and Dal Burton Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Courts IV Madeline and Howell Adams Jr. Ms. Merrily C. Baird Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith Mrs. Mary Wayne Dixon Teri and Mose Bond Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Caye Johnson Oglesby Kinsey and Gordon Harper Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Ms. Stephanie Borer Knoxville Garden Club, Carter and Hampton Morris Libby and Ernie Prickett Jenny and Andrew Kohr Cherokee Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Knoxville, Tennessee Terry I. Waith Frances Wilkins Robinson Cobb County Master Gardeners Mr. Robert L. Mays Lisa Hoffman Jane A. Whiteman Endowment Fund Maureen Harnisch Foley Libby and Ernie Prickett Pat and Haines Hargrett on behalf of Betsy and Lee Robinson Mrs. Judy Garland Mrs. Marsha P. Webb Jane Whitaker’s Birthday John Howard Mr. Ozzie Johnson Libby and Ernie Prickett Susan B. Croft Ginny and Charles Brewer PERGOLA ($500 TO $999) Carrie and Whit Lanier Mr. Edward S. Croft III Jane Robinson Whitaker Mr. Raymond McIntyre Randy Jones Boxwood Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Mary E. Brown Pine Tree Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Edward L. Daugherty’s 90th Birthday Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Audrey Hill McMenamy Rose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Libby and Ernie Prickett Jane and Bill Whitaker Rosa and Neal Sumter Andrew D. Kohr Claire and Frank Schwahn Libby and Ernie Prickett Laura and John Wallace Betty Edge Mr. Michael C. Kohr Mrs. Joy Vannerson Zach Young Pat and Haines Hargrett Windsor Forest Garden Club, Lindee and Art Lucas Le and Beauchamp Carr

Savannah, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Bob Goodsell Libby and Ernie Prickett Dr. and Mrs. O. Anderson Currie Jr.

Mrs. John E. Duggan Lindsay W. Marshall

L. Courtenay Beebe, MD

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IN MEMORY OF Martha and George Atkins James R. Cothran Mary Jane Carter Heyward Julia Orme Martin Additional support for the Lola and Charlie Battle Ms. Renee Brown-Bryant Gifts designated to the Carter Heyward Maudie Martin Huff Anne Coppedge Carr Boyce Lineberger Ansley Ellen and Duncan Beard Judith B. Tankard Morris Acquisitions Fund Julie Martin McClelland Research and Director’s Fund Bonnie and Mel Adler Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Berman Mrs. John H. Beach Sharon and Bonneau Ansley Jr. John Edward Duggan Dr. and Mrs. Louis Battey Vernona Chiles McDuffie Mr. Mendal Bouknight The Estate of Jennings Ryan Gainey Ann and Hal Barrett Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Jane and John Breviu Sharon and Bonneau Ansley Jr. Nina and Bill Bugg Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Mr. and Mrs. William N. Benedict Jr. Carter and Hampton Morris Mrs. Susan Brooks Mr. and Mrs. William N. Benedict Jr. Nancy and Dan Carithers The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Adelaide Burton Nancy and Dan Carithers Adelaide and Dal Burton Alice and Jim Carr Lawrence Yates Foote Jr. Mr. Spencer Tunnell II, ASLA Helen and Ware Bush Le and Beauchamp Carr Nancy and Dan Carithers Henny and Steve Clay Adelaide and Dal Burton Jane and Bill Whitaker Le and Beauchamp Carr Mrs. Beverly B. Coker Le and Beauchamp Carr Mrs. Linda Copeland Paula and Mark Hennessy Linda Munroe Williams Alice and Jim Carr Sharon Jones Cole Mrs. Beverly B. Coker Ms. Susan R. DeDeyn Mrs. Helen Izlar Helen and Chris Wray Mrs. Beverly B. Coker Mr. Charles M. Cushing Mrs. Mary Wayne Dixon Mrs. Elizabeth W. Dykes Libby and Ernie Prickett Mrs. Mary Wayne Dixon Pam and Mike Elting Pat and Haines Hargrett Betty and Bob Edge Additional support for Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Charlene Fowler Mrs. Anne H. Foster Paula and Mark Hennessy Katharine and Alan Elsas the Louise Staton Gunn Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Adelaide and Dal Burton Mrs. Betsy Glenn Bettye and John Maddox Virginia and Peter Gorday Conservation Fund Mr. and Mrs. F. Sheffield Hale Mrs. Louise S. Gunn The Markwalter Family Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Carol Lewis Fox Maysie Spalding Beeson Pat and Haines Hargrett Mrs. Anne Haltiwanger Ms. Jo Ann McCracken-Redding Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Louise Staton Gunn Kinsey and Gordon Harper Pat and Haines Hargrett Mrs. Tavia McCuean Sandra and Harry Haisten Libby and Ernie Prickett JBS Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Charles Harrison Jr. Kinsey and Gordon Harper Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Jr. Margaret and Tom Hall Mr. James H. Landon Jennings Ryan Gainey Paula and Mark Hennessy Ann and Scott Offen Mr. and Mrs. C. Dale Harman Additional support for the Nancy and Jerry Lynn Mrs. William Bowen Astrop Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hill Libby and Ernie Prickett Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Harrison Jr. Ashley Wright McIntyre Education Mrs. Tavia McCuean Lynda and Tommy Blanchard Wawa and Richard Hines Mrs. Margaret Stickney Mr. and Mrs. William Hays and Programming Fund Mrs. Fluffy McDuffie Mrs. Judith Branch Mr. and Mrs. Ralph N. Jones Mrs. Camille W. Yow Mr. and Mrs. Nathan V. Hendricks III Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Jr. Mrs. Adelaide Burton Mrs. Patricia M. Lehrer Wawa and Richard Hines Ashley Wright McIntyre Mary and Felton Norwood Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Candler Jr. Mrs. Tina R. Louis Additional support for the Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Howard Gifts designated to the Ashley Ann and Scott Offen Mrs. Linda Copeland Mrs. Tavia McCuean Carter Heyward Morris Jane and John Howard Wright McIntyre Education Mrs. Teed M. Poe Mrs. Jill DeLoach Mrs. Fluffy McDuffie Acquisitions Fund Alfred Kennedy and Bill Kenny and Programming Fund Libby and Ernie Prickett Sandra and John Glover Ms. Tracy Gray Monk The Albert and Nan Gray Monk Foundation Mr. and Mrs. W. Donald Knight Jr. Claire and Frank Schwahn Mrs. Wayne Goodall Carter and Hampton Morris Julie and John McClelland Tracy Gray Monk Carole and Ed Krise Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Jr. Ms. Constance Ashford McIntyre Libby and Ernie Prickett Elizabeth and Clay Long Pat and Haines Hargrett Mary and Felton Norwood Mr. Raymond McIntyre and Family Mr. William T. Smith, ASLA John Harrison Beach Leah-Lane and Vandy Lowe Mr. James H. Landon Ann and Scott Offen Elizabeth Muller Mr. and Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Jr. Nancy and Jerry Lynn Mrs. John S. Law Libby and Ernie Prickett Bonnie and Mel Adler Mrs. William Bowen Astrop Trudy and Bert Madden Mr. Marc Mosley, Mosley Architecture Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Sanford Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Mrs. Lindsay W. Marshall & Gardens Claire and Frank Schwahn Susan Wingfield Neville Pat and Haines Hargrett Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. McLarty Mr. Thomas L. Noble Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Shaffer Jr. Mrs. Lamar E. Oglesby Kinsey and Gordon Harper Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Mershon Ann and Scott Offen Mr. and Mrs. Charles U. Slick Mrs. Fay S. Howell Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Betty Yopp Nunnally Peachtree Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stribling IV Mr. and Mrs. McKee Nunnally Carter and Hampton Morris Ms. Sandra Mowry Libby and Ernie Prickett Susan and Frank Troutman Libby and Ernie Prickett Sally and McKee Nunnally Olive and Roby Robinson Susan and Frank Virgin Dr. Mark P. Pentecost Jr. Patterson Family Foundation Mary Adair Howell Bird Ms. Anna Thode Libby and Jenner Wood Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Peterson Jr. Mrs. Cornelia M. Bird Mrs. Ray H. Thompson Mrs. John D. Wood Mr. Mark P. Pentecost III Mrs. Teed M. Poe Sarah Towery Wade Mr. and Mrs. Tim Woodall Margaret Davison Block Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Mrs. Lula P. Post Studie and Zach Young Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Jones Libby and Ernie Prickett James M. Garner Lori Pettine Pat and Haines Hargrett William Barrett Howell Anne Coppedge Carr Olive and Roby Robinson Adelaide and Dal Burton Claire and Frank Schwahn Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Jr. Alice and Jim Carr Henry Grady Elise Cleary Rawson Harriet and Charlie Shaffer Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wilson Mr. Paul Sanger Nancy and Jerry Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Jr. Laura and Carter Smith Mrs. Kathryn Hutchison Royce Merrill Castellow Philip Haines Gwynn Jr. The Bakers Sue and John Staton Penny and John Coppedge Adelaide and Dal Burton Adelaide and Dal Burton Dan and Liz Einstein Mr. and Mrs. Mason W. Stephenson Nancy and Jerry Lynn Mrs. Henny S. Clay Pat and Haines Hargrett Ms. Mickey McQueen Webb Ms. Cathy Temple Sophie and Hajo Smulders Mrs. Helen Izlar Helen Howell Wray Dr. Robert Baker Hale Jr. Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Mrs. Fluffy McDuffie Mary Ann Harber Johnson Studie and Zach Young Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Mrs. Ward Wight Kay Castellow McKnight and Adelaide and Dal Burton Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Mr. French McKnight Ida Wolff Copenhaver Dorothy Candler Hamilton Caroline and Frank Kibler Libby and Ernie Prickett Mrs. Helen Izlar Mr. and Mrs. William N. Benedict Jr. Susan Wilcox Mrs. Fluffy McDuffie Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Kibler Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Shanor Adelle Bartlett Harper Penny and John Coppedge Mrs. Camille W. Yow Mrs. Margaret Stickney Gertrude Rew Landon Meredith Woods Johnson Robert Willis James W. Corley , Jr. Mr. James H. Landon Beverly Butler Coker Eric H. Henderson Lynda and Tommy Blanchard Judy and Dick Allison Mrs. Cynthia E. Dolder Dr. David C. Lowance Nancy and Jerry Lynn Lane Young Mr. and Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Jr. Mrs. Louise S. Gunn Mrs. Lula P. Post Penny and John Coppedge Mrs. William B. Astrop

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The Cherokee Rose Society of the Franklin Miller Garrett Society celebrates those honored donors who have chosen to make a planned gift to the Cherokee Garden Library at the Atlanta History Center. OF OUR Although charitable gifts may be made to the Garden Library through a variety of means, significant support in future years will come from those who include the Garden Library in their total estate plans. By creating a personal legacy, the Cherokee Rose Society will also create a lasting legacy for the Cherokee Garden Library. Please join us in this important endeavor. To join the Cherokee Rose Society or to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Garden Library Director, Staci Catron, at 404.814.4046 or HERITAGE IS [email protected].

SO IMPORTANT. SUPPORTING THE ENDOWMENT FUND AND IF WE To support the Cherokee Garden Library Endowment, please make your check payable to “Cherokee Garden Library” and send with a note indicating which fund you have selected (Anne Coppedge Carr Research and Director’s Fund, Louise Staton Gunn Conservation Fund, Ashley Wright McIntyre Education and Programming Fund, or Carter Heyward Morris Acquisitions Fund of the Endowment) to Cherokee Garden Library, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, NW, Atlanta, DON’T CARE GA 30305. Every gift in any amount will make a tremendous difference in the life of the Cherokee Garden Library. Your gift may be made in honor or in memory of a beloved family member or friend. Acknowledgments will be sent promptly. If you have any questions, please call Garden Library Director Staci Catron at 404.814.4046. You may also make your gift online at AtlantaHistoryCenter.com/ FOR THAT CherokeeGardenLibrary and call Staci to share the specifics regarding your donation. HERITAGE,

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Cherokee Garden Library Founder, Anne Coppedge Carr

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The Cherokee Garden Library thanks In addition to purchases throughout the year, the other records to enhance the quality of the Garden you for your generosity. Garden Library relies on the kindness of book and Library’s holdings. We extend our deep appreciation BOOK & MANUSCRIPT manuscript donors to strengthen its collections. It is to these donors. For more information on how to a generous deed for a donor, whether an individual donate materials, please contact the Director, DONATIONS or an organization, to part with beloved books and Staci Catron, at 404.814.4046.

A. E. M. Book and Donation from Norman D. Askins: Donation from the Cherokee Garden Club, Donation from Planters Garden Club, 1. Rome Area Heritage Foundation. A Plan Atlanta, Georgia, in honor of new members, Atlanta, Georgia: for Barnsley Gardens: Prepared by the Rome Hyde Desloge, Elizabeth Hale, Jill Holder, 1. Planters Garden Club scrapbook, manuscript Area Heritage Foundation with a matching and Blair Robbins: 1996–1997, and yearbooks, 2000–2001 grant from United States Department of 1. Beissinger, Steven R., David D. Ackerly, and 2015–2016. donors who Interior, administered by Department of Holly Doremus, and Gary E. Machlis, eds. Natural Resources, State of Georgia. Rome, Science, Conservation, and National K. gave between GA: Rome Area Heritage Foundation, Parks. Chicago: University of Chicago Donation from Northwood Garden Club, ca. 1979. Press, 2017. to be added to the existing collection: 1. The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Awards, September 29, B. F. A Seventy-Fifth Jubilee Certificate in Donation from Betty L. Benson: Donation from The Estate of Jennings support of The Founders Memorial 2016 to April 24, 1. 44 volumes pertaining to ferns, floral Ryan Gainey: Garden to Northwood Garden Club, design, gardening, herbs, roses, vegetables, 1. Thirty-three original botanical December 31, 2014. 2017, and who and wildflowers. Benson is the author watercolors, by Georgia artist Sarah G. 2. Northwood Garden Club scrapbook, of Nature’s Melody: A Guide to Native Towery, which were created for Ryan 2011-2012. Wildflowers, Ferns, Shrubs, Trees and Vines Gainey’s book entitled The Gathered 3. Northwood Garden Club scrapbook, have signed for Gardens in the State of Georgia (Athens: Garden (Tucker, GA: Printed by Bennett 2015-2016. The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., 1994). Graphics for Ryan Gainey, 2012). a formal L. C. G. Donation from Tom Woodham: Deed of Gift. Donation from Elaine Hazleton Bolton: Donation from Susan L. Hitchcock, 1. Coker, William Chambers. Chapel Hill 1. American Hemerocallis Society. 2005 in memory of her husband, James Ferns and Their Allies. Chapel Hill, NC: Hemerocallis Cultivar Registrations. Marshall Garner: Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 1907. Flowood, MS: American Hemerocallis 1. A collection of twenty-eight rare, glass 2. C. T. American Art. Postcard of Biltmore Society, 2006. lantern slides of historic gardens primarily House showing Lily Pools, Asheville, 2. Brown, Margaret. A Florist’s Walk Down in the Southeast United States. N.C., “In the Land of the Sky,” dated Magnolia Lane. Augusta, GA: Margaret August 8, 1950. Brown Flowers LLC, 2015. H. 3. Johnson, Marilyn. “Fame Flowers: Daisy 3. McKee, Roland, G. E. Ritchey, J. L. Donation from Geraldine A. Laufer: Named for Area Woman,” Atlanta Journal- Stephens, and H. W. Johnson. Crotalaria 1. Brochures, magazine articles, programs, Constitution, January 27, 2003. Culture and Utilization. Farmers’ and committee planning documents 4. Keystone View Company. Stereo View Bulletin No. 1980. Washington, D.C.: U.S. pertaining to the Olmsted Plein Air of Chipping a Turpentine Tree, Georgia, Department of Agriculture, October 1946. Invitational, Atlanta, Georgia, 2016. ca. 1900. 4. Ragsdale, Elmo. Hints for Georgia 5. Sinnes, A. Cort, “The Private Domain of Gardeners. Circular 280. Athens, GA: I. Ryan Gainey,” Flower & Garden, February University of Georgia, Agricultural Donation from Carter H. Morris from the 1989. Extension Service, April 1944. library of Edward Barnwell Heyward 6. Woodham, Tom. “Inspiration to (1826-1871) of South Carolina in memory Installation of a Winning Exhibit” D. of Mary Jane Heyward Morris: (regarding “Elizabeth’s Garden” designed Donation from the Fuller E. Callaway 1. Holmes, Francis S. The Southern Farmer by Ryan Gainey), American Horticulturist, Foundation: and Market Gardener. Charleston, October 1989. 1. Fuller E. Callaway Foundation. Callaway’s SC: Published by Wm. R. Babcock and 7. 8x10 full-color photograph of the parterre Great Estate: Hills & Dales Estate, A McCarter & Co., 1852. garden at the Cannon House on Blackland Historic Property of Fuller E. Callaway Road, Tuxedo Park, Atlanta, Georgia, Foundation. LaGrange, GA: Fuller E. J. ca. 1980s. Callaway Foundation, 2016. Donation from Susan Neill: 1. Chezar, Ariella. The Flower Workshop:

Lessons in Arranging Blooms, Branches,

Fruits, and Foraged Materials. Berkeley,

CA: Ten Speed Press, 2016.

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