GARDEN SPRING 2019 CITINGS

FOUNDED BY THE CHEROKEE GARDEN CLUB IN 1975

A LIBRARY OF THE KENAN RESEARCH CENTER AT THE HISTORY CENTER 1 SPRING GARDEN CITINGS 2019 04 GROUNDBREAKING DESIGN WHERE BEAUTY & SUSTAINABILITY MEET 06 AN ACQUISITION IN MEMORY OF EDITH REDWAY WRIGHT

DIRECTOR & EDITOR Staci L. Catron 08 OLGUITA’S GARDEN

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Louise S. Gunn Jo Ann McCracken-Redding 12 Carter H. Morris FIELD GUIDE TO FLORA ALONG THE SOUTH FORK CONSERVANCY TRAILS OF PEACHTREE CREEK Jennie Oldfield

FOUNDING PRESIDENT 14 Anne Coppedge Carr INCOMING ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS (1917–2005)

CHAIR 19 Jane Robinson Whitaker WISH YOU WERE HERE: CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY POSTCARD COLLECTION 22 AN ACQUISITION IN MEMORY OF BLANCHE FLANDERS FARLEY

ADVISORY BOARD Andrew D. Kohr 24 Hilton Hines Ball Molly Yellowlees Lanier C. Duncan Beard Richard H. Lee THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY SEPTEMBER LECTURE Jeanne Johnson Bowden Tracy Gray Monk Carolyn Carr Caye Johnson Oglesby Sharon Jones Cole Nancy Roberts Patterson Lane Beebe Courts Elizabeth King Prickett 26 Mary Wayne Dixon Betsy Wilkins Robinson Laura Rains Draper Muriel Foster Schelke THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY OCTOBER LECTURE Lee C. Dunn Claire McCants Schwahn Kinsey Appleby Harper T. Blake Segars Chris Hastings Yvonne Wade Susan L. Hitchcock Jane Robinson Whitaker 29 John Howard Zach Young GIFTS & TRIBUTES TO THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY ANNUAL FUND 36 BOOK, MANUSCRIPT & VISUAL ARTS DONATIONS SPRING GARDEN CITINGS 2019 CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY FALL LECTURE

Groundbreaking Design 2019 Where Beauty & Sustainability Meet

When Deborah Nevins and the landscape firm Once completed, the Stavros Niarchos Cultural NEVINS PORTFOLIO IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD SAVE THE DATE she founded were featured among the Top Center and Park will be one of the largest Nevins’ design work is steeped in her vast 100 Architects and Designers by Architectural public spaces in Europe planted with only knowledge of architectural and landscape Digest in 2017, she was asked to name the next Mediterranean, drought-tolerant plants. history. After earning a Master of Art History CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY FALL LECTURE big thing. Her response: More emphasis on from Columbia University, she lectured on pictured below New York-based landscape IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY using native plants and organic approaches to landscape history at Barnard College and the designer, Deborah Nevins. Photograph courtesy landscape maintenance. Cooper Hewitt Museum for a decade, later of Deborah Nevins & Associates. morphing her passions into an extraordinary

career in garden design.

Today, she is president of Deborah Nevins & Associates, the New York-based landscape design firm she founded over 25 years ago, WEDNESDAY and a principal of Nevins & Benito Landscape Architecture. OCTOBER 16, 2019, 7:00 PM

Nevins is revered among designers and clients throughout the world and has created landscapes for major cultural sites and for residences including those of Michael Eisner, David Geffen, and Tommy Hilfiger. DEBORAH

Her firm designs projects all over the world, ranging in size from compact urban gardens, NIVENS to a large park, to a ranch of several thousand acres. A remarkable project in the Southeastern PRESENTS is the expansion of the campus of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston—the largest At the start of the project, Nevins and the At the Cherokee Garden Library Fall 2019 cultural project currently underway in North design team were presented with a 40-acre, Lecture, in partnership with The Garden America. Work also includes the serene and totally flat, degraded site. The Park now rises Conservancy, Deborah Nevins’ talk will feature elegant Pritzker Garden at the Art Institute of over the buildings, approximately 96 feet the work of the Deborah Nevins & Associates Chicago. The firm’s extensive residential work from the street, allowing those in the city to GROUNDBREAKING DESIGN design team, including examples of the firm’s encompasses significant gardens and estates have a view of the sea, which was previously purpose to go beyond solely being beautiful in throughout the United States, the Caribbean, blocked by an eight-lane highway. The project WHERE BEAUTY & SUSTAINABILITY MEET their commitment to sustainability. and Europe. included the planting of 1,400 trees and 310,000 ILLUSTRATED PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION Mediterranean shrubs and perennials. At 1.7 Her firm is known for its expertise in working Nevins’ influences include legendary designers, acres, one of the green roofs is planted with with fragile natural environments using Vita Sackville West, Russell Page, Jane Jacobs, 164,000 grasses, cultivated from seeds collected indigenous plant communities in harmony with and Alex Vervoordt. Her favorite garden is in the hills of Attica, resulting in a roof which the local ecology—most especially wetlands and Sissinghurst, one of the most celebrated gardens RESERVATIONS: 404.814.4150 ATLANTAHISTORYCENTER.COM/LECTURES looks like those very hills. protected areas in New England, Long Island, in England, created by English poet, novelist, the West, and beyond. Key principles in the and garden designer Vita Sackville-West. Her The Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center, firm’s approach to sustainability include ease of own exquisite garden at her Long Island home including the Park, the National Library, and maintenance, function and performance, safety, was recently featured in The New York Times. MCELREATH HALL the National Opera House of Greece, is widely and universal accessibility. considered one of the most important cultural AWARD-WINNING DESIGN IN ATHENS, GREECE and educational projects ever undertaken in $25 PER TICKET Greece. In 2018, the project was awarded first One of the firm’s most exceptional projects is ALL LECTURE TICKET PURCHASES ARE NONREFUNDABLE prize for Innovative Concept or Design by the 40-acre Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center the European Garden Heritage Network, and and Park in Athens, Greece, in collaboration the Green Roof Leadership Award from the with Italian designer Renzo Piano’s firm. International Green Roof Association.

04 05 SPRING GARDEN CITINGS 2019 IN MEMORY OF EDITH REDWAY WRIGHT

By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director §

EDITH “ EDIE ” REDWAY WRIGHT Batty Langley’s When Edie Wright learned that her garden club was embarking on a new adventure back in the mid-‘70s, she decided to become a member of the organizing group, because with Anne Carr in charge, it would be “a wonderful thing.” New Several years later, when the Garden Library acquired the Woodburn Collection, Edie and Louise Gunn were the first to catalog the historic books, and Edie was Principles of able to apply her museum experience from working at the Phillips Collection in and the Whitney in New York. From the Woodburn Collection, they Gardening learned about other volumes they should seek.

When the organizing group met at Anne Carr’s home to discuss their plans, AN ACQUISITION she served what they called “library cookies.” Edie laughs, suggesting that the IN MEMORY OF hospitality extended with those cookies helped fuel the early acquisitions. From EDITH REDWAY WRIGHT those meetings about the development of the collection, a more formal Acquisitions Committee evolved. They enlisted advisors including Louise Allen, Helen Martini, The Cherokee Garden Library recently acquired Batty Langley (1696-1751) was an early pictured above Edith “Edie” Redway Wright, Florence Griffin, and Sally Bruce McClatchey, all of whom knew about books, a rare volume by Batty Langley entitled New champion of the freer style of landscaping which for “Legends of the Cherokee Garden Library,” specifically gardening books. One source of acquisitions early on was a published list Principles of Gardening: or, the laying out was to dominate landscape and garden design in 2013. Photograph courtesy of Jim Fitts. of books from horticultural libraries in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis that were and planting parterres, groves, wildernesses, the 18th century. For the design of his landscape, de-accessioning some of their volumes. According to Edie, “You had to work fast— labyrinths, avenues, parks, &c . . . (Second drew upon garden design this list would come out and they’d be gone very soon.” Edition. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth books or “pattern books” that were popular and C. Hitch, 1739). This significant addition among large land owners in the colonies. One Following the policies of the Atlanta History Center, Edie says, “Ours was not a to the collection was acquired in memory of book, in particular, was the most influential in lending Library. However, the materials were there for anyone interested in them.” a beloved member of the Cherokee Garden Washington’s development of the landscape plan Edie remembers that long before the Garden Library had a director, the president Library family, Edith “Edie” Redway Wright. for Mount Vernon—Batty Langley’s served as the librarian and had to be on call, with “Miss Lillian” Salter of the History It was made possible by generous contributions New Principles of Gardening. Washington Center on-site to provide advice and support. to the Library in her memory as well as ordered Langley’s book on May 1, 1759, in support from the Carter Heyward Morris the first letter he sent to London after his Another step in the evolution of the Garden Library came when Edie and Louise Gunn Acquisitions Fund, part of the Cherokee marriage to Martha Custis a few months attended their first meeting of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries in Garden Library Endowment. earlier. New Principles of Gardening opens Chicago. Representing the Garden Library, they were in the company of professional with a discussion of geometry in landscape librarians and enjoyed learning from the tours of gardens and libraries. An active member of the Cherokee Garden architecture before moving on to the principles

Club, Edie Wright played an important role as a of garden design, fruit, forest and evergreen Edie continues to serve on the Acquisitions Committee, and in reflecting back over the member of the organizing group that formed the trees, box and holly, and flowering shrubs. years says, “The volunteers made the Garden Library what it is today— from the Delta Garden Library in 1975. For over four decades, A final section deals with the design of a proper Air Lines pilot who sought books for us abroad, to the garden club volunteers who built she served to further the development of the kitchen garden containing vegetables, herbs, it early on, one volume at a time.” She adds, “The history of gardening is the history of Library in many capacities, from cataloging and medicinal plants. Twenty-eight folding the country. People feel that libraries are kind of rarefied and stodgy, but they’re often books and attending national meetings of plates depicting model gardens illustrate very exciting places to be!” the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Langley’s lessons. Libraries to volunteering at events. She served As highlighted in the adjacent spotlight article as an astute member of the Garden Library’s Reprinted from “Legends of the Cherokee Garden Library” publication, by Carter about her, Edie Wright had an inquisitive mind Acquisitions Committee from its inception Heyward Morris, 2013, to honor Mrs. Wright’s contributions to the Garden Library. and a devotion to the Cherokee Garden Library. and co-authored a booklet documenting the The Acquisitions Committee and Edie’s family Elisabeth Woodburn Historic Collection with agree that she would be well pleased with the Louise Gunn and Ione Lee. Edie was honored as selection of Batty Langley’s volume to honor one of the “Legends of the Library” in 2013. her leadership.

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pictured from left to right OLGUITA’S GARDEN The garden’s By Sarah Roberts, Olga C. de Goizueta Vice President, Goizueta Gardens and Living Collections architectural design was created by Alex Smith and In October 2018, the Atlanta History Center The water feature hosts water lilies, lotus, grace each niche in the museum building, Marc Mosley, with opened its first major garden in over three and complementary aquatics from spring featuring seven-sons trees and a pair of planting design decades. Honoring the life of Goizueta Gardens’ through fall. evergreen Japanese blueberry trees flanking by Sarah Roberts. namesake, Olga “Olguita” C. de Goizueta, the doors leading inside the museum building. the ornamental garden is intended for the Italian influence is felt in these formal parts of Either side of the amphitheater contains a rich Image of planting enjoyment of flowering and fragrant plants— the garden, with the structure provided by walls, planting palette of long-blooming perennials, plan courtesy of the a place of beauty for quiet reflection. columns, and clipped hedges, transcending , conifers, ornamental shrubs, and Goizueta Gardens the garden into an extension of architecture. burgundy-leaved Japanese maples. staff, Alex Smith, Their influence spread across all of Europe and and Marc Mosley. is prominent in the English landscape as well. GARDEN DESCRIPTION The English achieve structure in the garden Olguita’s Garden, a with “rooms,” clipped topiary, and hedges that PLANTING DESIGN gem in the Goizueta provide contrast and order to lush, billowing THEORY Gardens at the plantings. This concept served as inspiration for Atlanta History Olguita’s Garden planting plan. Center. Funding for Two main goals drove the planting decisions Olguita’s Garden The double border in Olguita’s Garden is a for this garden: to have flowers and interest has been generously version created for the Southeast, showcasing throughout the year, and to bring the feel of an provided by The hundreds of the best ornamental shrubs, English garden to the design. At times, these Goizueta Foundation. perennials, and seasonal plantings against a can be diametrically opposed to each other, as Photograph courtesy fragrant and evergreen tea olive hedge. Six the typical romantic vision of an English garden of the Goizueta matching urns evenly spaced along the double is of a long, perennial border. Those borders, Gardens staff. border are planted with topiary and provide however, would fall flat in Atlanta and provide symmetry and rhythm to the mixed border. only a short season of color. They are planted with half-standard topiaries— either panicle hydrangeas or boxwood In England, seasons are gentler and sunlight is The garden’s architectural design was created depending on the season. softer at a lower angle with frequent light rains by Alex Smith and Marc Mosley, with planting and permanent air-conditioning completing design by Sarah Roberts. Inspiration is from Beyond the columns, there is a small lawn perennial garden bliss. The palette of plants the great gardens of Europe, honoring Mrs. edged with a low, clipped holly hedge, providing that bloom for long seasons in England is Goizueta’s love of English and French gardens. a clean line against the luxurious planting in different to what lasts in Atlanta’s fluctuating The previous sloping lawn adjoining the the deep bed just behind. Within this quiet temperatures, storms, and flood-or-famine Mabel Dorn Reeder Amphitheater has been space, there is a set of antique French outdoor rain patterns. Yet, the English garden perennial transformed to a verdant and elegant garden, furniture pieces where a visitor can sit quietly border aesthetic remains one of the most ensconcing the amphitheater within and in a world apart. popular of all the worldly influences on extending across the museum’s entire the Southeast. garden façade. Toward the center are three Kieffer pear trees that have been artfully trained as three-tiered To bring the idealized look to fruition, the first There are several distinct parts of the garden. candelabra espalier against brick walls. These step is to have the framework established— The centerpiece is a formal garden. Here, a are a nod to the French, who perfected the adding evergreen hedges, specimen trees and walled limestone terrace provides seating ancient agricultural practice of training woody shrubs, and focal points. This framework among potted boxwood standards, with a plant growth against a wall to capture the sun’s leads the eye around the garden, resting at view that leads to formal 50-foot-long double warmth and encourage production of fruit. The intentional places for specific views and borders. The view culminates in a focal point pears are potted in half-moon planters adorned screening out others. The structure always of limestone columns designed by Atlanta with an acanthus-leaf motif, each weighing over comes first—this is what is visible all winter and architect that were donated to the 1,000 pounds. gives delineation and clarity to the garden from History Center by Renee M. F. Shackelford in spring through fall. memory of her husband, Francis Shackleford. The Mabel Dorn Reeder Amphitheater, an The columns stand within a reflective water important component of the museum building’s After structural planting comes the color feature with a backdrop of rare and mature garden façade, is nestled within the total range scheme and planning for blooms and interest fall-flowering camellias. Climbing ‘Peggy of Olguita’s Garden. Enhancements include in each season. An arrangement of all types Martin’ roses grace the columns. new steps down the center of the amphitheater, of plants as described above—trees, shrubs,

walls rebuilt for symmetry, and large planting perennials, and annuals is typically referred beds on both sides. At the top, four large pots to as a “mixed border.” This is as opposed to

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In Olguita’s Garden, the sumptuous and Jones and Roberts selected 15 of the specimens Funding for fragrant blooms of herbaceous peonies, bearded for Olguita’s Garden, including one that was Olguita’s iris, and English garden roses perfume the air unlike any they had seen before. A remarkable in spring and summer. Dahlias, not to be left plant in flower and form with small, glossy dark Garden has out, grace the late summer and fall garden. green leaves setting off a staggering amount of been generously These are paired with perennials that pick flowers. Each semi-double flower is different, provided by up where they leave off, hide their unsightly with raspberry-pink coloring over a white base, seasons, and carry on the show in a subtle but spreading in varying degrees across the petals— The Goizueta reliable manner. quite an unusual variegation. Foundation.

Deep beds adjoin either end of Olguita’s Garden. After inquiring about this exquisite plant, pictured from left to right These beds are designed to loosen up the formal Green explained it was a one of a kind, unnamed nature of the rest of the garden and begin to form. Plantsmen are often a generous and The limestone columns, blend into the landscapes adjoining either side. kind lot, and touched by the idea of the family designed by Atlanta This is a technique made popular by Gertrude creating a garden for their mother, he offered architect Neel Reid, Jekyll, one of England’s most respected the opportunity to name the unique camellia in are a focal point in garden designers. In her residential garden honor of Olguita Goizueta. Olguita’s Garden. designs, Jekyll kept high maintenance and The columns were showier plantings near the house, where they Camellia ‘Olguita’ is officially registered with donated by Renee M. F. can be more frequently accessed and enjoyed. the American Camellia Society and can be Shackelford in memory Conversely, she kept low maintenance plantings found adjacent to the limestone terrace, along of her husband, toward the woods, where they would blend into the main path alongside Olguita’s Garden. Francis Shackelford. the natural landscape beyond. Photograph courtesy of the Goizueta Repetition of colors and plants also ties a garden FUN FACTS Gardens staff. together and here snowball viburnums and the traditional perennial borders of English and friend, Lynden Miller, “Does it make its Southern magnolias are repeated in both end Camellia ‘Olguita’, gardens that are based primarily on color neighbor look better?” This simple question is beds. This brings a glossy evergreen backdrop Tons of topsoil brought in to replace named in honor of combinations. A mixed border takes a harder a great guide to combining plants. and cohesion to the long, narrow garden. Plants compacted clay: 300 Olguita Goizueta, is look at form and foliage as major components with burgundy foliage repeat throughout officially registered of the overall design. This gives the garden an Attention is also paid to the plants that bring the garden as do select perennials with long Tons of homemade compost utilized: 20 with the American extended season. their show back in the fall with blazing color, a bloom seasons. 320 tons of soil = weight of 20 school buses Camellia Society and long and worthy second season that is too often full of children can be found adjacent In an English garden, there is none of the left out of plant descriptions. Fragrant foliage to the limestone typical American tendency of spacing out plants and flowers are essential, bringing another Approximate quantity of plants used to terrace, along the so they have room to grow to their full mature dimension of sensory interest and delight. ATLANTA HISTORY create Olguita’s Garden: 9,020 main path alongside size, with no crossing of lines and mingling. Contrasting form, interesting bark, buds or CENTER’S FIRST PLANT Cast limestone pots used throughout the Olguita’s Garden. Expanses of mulch and pine straw have become seedheads extend the season of interest from a garden were custom-made in Southern Illinois Photograph courtesy garden features here, which is not particularly few fleeting weeks of flowers to last all year. INTRODUCTION of the Goizueta interesting or attractive. In this garden, plants Faux bois benches from Atlanta’s own Gardens staff. are tucked in cheek by jowl, layered with bulbs, It cannot be stressed enough that all plants One of the most exciting components of Currey & Company and perennials are allowed to run crashing selected for these various attributes must be creating a new garden is visiting nurseries to into each other and spilling over paths. It is suited to the soil conditions and light they are find the best plants while talking to fellow plant about luxuriance and romantic abundance. given. Planting design is as much science as enthusiasts and seeing what excites them. PLANT SELECTION The structure prohibits chaos. art. If the needs of the plant do not match the A visit to Green’s Nursery in Fairhope, , conditions, then no matter how beautiful the was exceptionally fruitful. Bobby Green is one The floral color scheme is of gentle shades — combination may be, it is doomed to fail. Plants hand selected across the country, of the nation’s leading camellia hybridizers, coral, peach, butter, and soft pink, a sampling: including the October Magic® series picked up burgundy, light blue, lavender, and white. For all the reasons and strategy that go into by Southern Living. The first perennials chosen were known selecting the vast majority of the plants for ‘Peggy Martin’ roses from Texas, the largest performers with long bloom seasons and extended seasons of interest, there are always grown for sale in the country; Here, at long last, the search for mature attractive foliage. The neutral backdrop of some that must be added for the sheer delight camellias came to a close. Senior Horticulturist Camellias from Fairhope, Alabama, the largest shades of green foliage is accented with plants they bring, for their fabulous, if fleeting, floral Tiffany Jones discovered that Green had many Camellia sasanquas for sale in the country in chosen specifically for foliage in contrasting existence. These are the drama queens with camellias, mostly unnamed, and several in his 100-gallon pots; burgundy, variegated white and green, or huge or fragrant flowers and fussy habits. The breeding stock in 100-gallon containers. For silver. Combinations were made to have popularity of these plants belies their demands Tea olives for the hedge, from Charleston, SC; reference, that is a rootball about 3’ across, 2’ complementary and contrasting leaf textures for frequent attention and horticultural skill. deep, and weighing approximately 600 pounds. Espaliered pears from Decatur, TN; and and colors—matte against glossy, coarse Yet, they are worth the additional work when At almost 7’ tall and 20 to 30 years old … these against fine, sharp against soft. In the words they are a showstopping accent against the vast were perfect. Weeping katsura from Millstone, NJ. of the public garden designer, author, mentor majority of the garden.

10 11 SPRING GARDEN CITINGS 2019 FIELD GUIDE TO FLORA

pictured from left to right

FIELD GUIDE Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Plate 36, Mary Vaux Wolcatt’s North American Wild TO FLORA Flowers, Volume 1 (Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian institution, 1925), Cherokee Garden Library Historic Collection, Kenan Research ALONG THE Center, Atlanta History Center.

SOUTH FORK Poplar or Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), Plate 61, François André Michaux’s The North American Sylva, Volume 1 (Paris: Printed by CONSERVANCY C. D’Hautel, 1819), Cherokee Garden Library Historic Collection, Kenan Research Center, TRAILS OF Atlanta History Center. PEACHTREE CREEK

By Sally Sears, A simple request created this good idea. “I’d like Those rich images contained the delight of the Instead, we found good photographs for jewel Founding Board a field guide to our plants,” Kimberly Estep told artists, aware they were first to capture the weed and river oats. Graphic designer Gerlinda Member, The South me. She oversees hundreds of volunteers who of the Americas for European audiences. Grimes placed them on a trail map and created Fork Conservancy donate thousands of hours each year building an origami fold perfect for hip pockets on a hike. Board hiking trails along Atlanta creeks. “They know We found ten glorious images. Then twenty. kudzu and privet better than goldenrod and Soon, the variety was overwhelming. Among I was eager to get to the printer. But Kimberly milkweed. Let’s turn that upside down!” trees, shrubs, and blooming wildflowers, the had one final idea. She included a checklist, South Fork Conservancy has reintroduced making the guide an engaging scavenger hunt. Hour by hot hour, volunteers triumph over non- hundreds of species in ten years of trail building. Today you can download the field guide from native plants, yanking out English ivy, privet, We had to narrow the field guide. southforkconservancy.org/field-guide and and kudzu which outcompete local species. hunt for yourself. Quickly the abundance turned to alarm. Her idea made sense to me. A good field guide Could we not include bee balm (Monarda The adventurous botanists, explorers, and could encourage volunteers to appreciate the didyma)? How can we leave out tulip poplar naturalists whose works we used are some of biodiversity of ’s native horticulture. (Liriodendron tulipifera)? The plenty led to a the first, of record, to appreciate these plants. A guide with a clear map would show the plants contest. We scored the candidates on beauty, With this field guide, viewers in the 21st century along the trails, and help neighbors rediscover popularity, and memorable facts. Then, a new can enjoy the treasures of the past. Centuries the tributaries of Peachtree Creek from the problem arose. We chose eleven, but only after their creation, these historic books with BeltLine in to . found historic images for nine. beautiful botanical illustrations that are protected in the Cherokee Garden Library A generous grant from the Peachtree Garden The missing two were jewel weed (Impatiens remind us of the timeless need for information Club’s Community Fund sent a committee capensis) and river oats (Chasmanthium and beauty. of South Fork Conservancy volunteers to the latifolium). Jewel weed’s bright orange and Cherokee Garden Library. We brought lists of yellow flowers turn into a seedpod that explodes Sally Sears, an award-winning news reporter, plants as candidates for our guide. Most of all, to the great delight of an attentive passerby. is a Founding Board Member of the South Fork we wanted to find historic images that testify The deep-rooted river oats hide a safety benefit. Conservancy. The Trust for Public Land named to the plants’ appeal. Thin stems don’t block the view, giving trail her its 2015 Trailblazer for her leadership of users a sense of security. Why were these the vision of the South Fork. Her work is an On a sunny morning this summer, Staci Catron missing from early botanical volumes? outgrowth of 30 years of news reporting in met us at the door. Inside the Library, she growing cities across the South. Special televised unlocked glass-fronted cabinets protecting Staci Catron emailed an answer: “Native reports on solutions to north Georgia’s growth historic books of horticultural importance: wildflowers and grasses were not what one issues of water, land use and traffic helped her Bartram’s Travels, Michaux’s North American would call ‘popular’ during the early to find broader community connections to create Sylva, and Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, among mid-1800s so hand colored botanical cooperation among partners. Current television others. Carefully, we shared the antique volumes. illustrations of such plants are going to reports include specialized news reporting on The beauty inside widened our eyes. be difficult to find.” It is a timely reminder CBS 46. She’s also a founding chair of the DeKalb plants’ popularity can ebb and flow. County watershed oversight committee. Sally is a native of Montevallo, Alabama, and a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University.

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Welcome Incoming Advisory Board Members

By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director on behalf of the Nominating Committee

Each year the Cherokee Garden Library must bid adieu to our Helen Bost Sharon Cole Jennifer Cruse-Sanders Helen Bost is a native Georgian, who was born Born in Atlanta, Sharon Jones Cole spent Jennifer Cruse-Sanders, Ph.D. is the Director retiring Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board members. and raised in LaGrange where her parents her early years in Charlotte, North Carolina. of the State of Georgia, still live. She graduated from St. Catherine’s Upon graduating from Charlotte Country which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018. We will continue to ask them for help and guidance as part of School in Richmond, Virginia in 1993 and the Day School, she returned to Atlanta as an The State Botanical Garden is a 313-acre University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Agnes Scott student where she graduated university garden with 30 acres of cultivated the Cherokee Garden Library family. We offer our deepest 1997 with a B.A. in English. Upon graduation, with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Sharon is a gardens and five miles of trails through natural Helen moved to Atlanta where she worked in member of one of Atlanta’s oldest garden clubs, areas. As part of Public Service and Outreach gratitude to those Advisory Board members who have generously the interior design field for seven years before the Rose Garden Club. She also serves on the at the in Athens, the starting her own firm, Helen Bost Interiors. In board of the Atlanta Shakespeare Company. garden serves the citizens of Georgia through completed their three-year terms of service. This year, those 2009, Helen became an associate at Portraits, Sharon and her husband, Matt, have two adult educational programming, horticultural Inc., and continues to represent portrait artists children—a daughter living in Alexandria, expertise and display gardens, and conservation members are Lane Courts, Mary Wayne Dixon, Susan today in addition to her interior design work. Virginia, and a son who lives in Atlanta. The programs developed at the Mimsie Lanier Helen is also a co-author, with her mother, Coles enjoy spending time in Cashiers, NC, Center for Native Plant Studies. Jennifer Hitchcock, John Howard, Andrew Kohr, Molly Lanier, Polly Mattox, of Private Gardens of Georgia and it is no surprise that Sharon gives back to has an M.S. and Ph.D. in Botany from the (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2008). For four years, that community as well. She currently serves University of Georgia, and she completed her Tracy Monk, Libby Prickett, and Muriel Schelke. As is our Helen and her mother enjoyed traveling across on the Board and Executive Committee of B.A. in Biology at Boston University. Until 2017 Georgia, meeting different people, and visiting the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and is a Jennifer served as the Vice President for Science tradition, special volumes are acquired for the collection in honor a wide array of gardens. Hearing from the member of the Board of the Cashiers Village and Conservation at the Atlanta Botanical gardeners and landscape architects about their Green. In Sharon’s spare time, she enjoys Garden where she launched the Center for of each retiring member in appreciation for their service. visions, as well as their approaches to garden playing bridge and is an avid reader. Sharon Southeastern Conservation and helped to host design was both enlightening and inspiring. is returning to the Cherokee Garden Library the inaugural Southeastern Partners in Plant Helen and her mother have presented their Advisory Board, continuing her service as Conservation meeting with the U.S. Fish and book to numerous garden clubs and other Vice Chair. Wildlife Service, USDA Forest Service, and organizations across Georgia and the Southeast. Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Beginning May 8, 2019, we welcome the following incoming Helen is married to William Bost, whom she met She is the recipient of the 2016 Marsh Award for at the University of North Carolina at Chapel International Plant Conservation from Botanic class of the Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board members. Hill. They have been married for 17 years, and Garden Conservation International, the 2016 they have two daughters, Heyward and Anne, Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award from the We are excited to announce our Executive Committee for the who attend The Lovett School. Helen and her Natural Areas Association, and the 2015 USDA family are members of St. Anne’s Episcopal Forest Service, Wings Across the Americas coming year, Tavia McCuean, Chair; Sharon Cole, Vice Chair; Church. With her deep love of nature and International Award for Urban Communities gardening, Helen is thrilled to be a part of the in Conservation. Through collaborative Nancy Patterson, Secretary; Duncan Beard, Development Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board. partnerships, she has helped to build networks for conservation across the Southeastern U.S. Chair; and Jane Whitaker, Immediate Past Chair. and developed community sustainability programs to establish native plants and pollinator habitats in greenspaces.

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Elise Drake Kinsey Harper Wright Marshall Tavia McCuean Raymond McIntyre Ann Offen Elise Blitch Drake attended Salem Academy, Kinsey Appleby Harper grew up in Atlanta and Wright Marshall, who is returning to the Tavia McCuean, a member of Cherokee Garden Raymond McIntyre grew up in Jacksonville, Ann James Offen, a lifelong resident of Duke University (B.A., Art History) and the graduated from The Westminster Schools. Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board, Club, is a senior director at Coxe Curry & Florida, and graduated with a B.A. from Atlanta, is an active member of the Atlanta University of Georgia (M.A., Art History). After graduating from the University of owns Revival Construction, Inc. Since its Associates, a fund-raising consulting firm. Washington and Lee University. After Botanical Garden, the Atlanta Audubon A native of Winder, Georgia, Elise and her Colorado and spending her early married inception in 2000, Revival specializes in Tavia brings more than 30 years of experience college, he joined the First National Bank of Society, the Atlanta History Center, the husband Carl have called Atlanta home for the years in New York working on Wall Street, the renovation and restoration of older, in- working with the nonprofit and business sectors Atlanta’s management training program, and Cherokee Garden Club, The National Society past thirty years. After working as an admission she returned to Atlanta to raise her family and town Atlanta homes, focusing on classically with a primary focus on conservation and later headed the Institutional Equity Sales of the Colonial Dames, the Historic Oakland counselor in the Emory University Office of pursue a career in fundraising for nonprofit designed, whole-house renovations and environmental stewardship. Prior to joining Division of Wachovia Securities, followed by Foundation, the Georgia Perennial Plant Undergraduate Admission, Elise transitioned organizations. She was the Director of additions. Growing up in nearby Griffin, Wright Coxe Curry, she served as Vice President of Morgan Keegan’s Capital Markets as head of Association, and the State Botanical Garden to serving as a community volunteer. Currently, Development of the Schenck School and later graduated from Woodward Academy, followed Stewardship and Conservation for the Forestar their sales and trading effort in the Financial of Georgia. Ann and her family are members Elise serves on the Board of Trustees of The the Atlanta History Center. Kinsey has also by Washington and Lee University, where he Group, a real estate and natural resources Institutions Group. Today, he is a Senior Vice of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in Smyrna. Lovett School, which her children attended. served as the Cherokee Garden Club President studied business and art history. Georgia’s company committed to environmentally President for Royal Bank of Canada’s Private She attended E. Rivers Elementary School, Other areas of involvement are the docent as well as the Cherokee Garden Library classical architecture has always been Wright’s responsible development, where she directed a Wealth Management division. He has two Sarah Smith Elementary School, and The program of the High Museum and the flower Advisory Board Chair (2015-2017), playing passion and inspiration, and he is a frequent land conservation program for the protection of children, Raymond IV and Ashford. In 2009, Westminster Schools, ultimately graduating guild of Peachtree Road United Methodist a vital role in the success of the Library’s speaker and writer on Atlanta’s historical sensitive lands. Previously, Tavia served as Raymond and his family started an endowment from Moultrie Senior High. Ann’s studies at Church. An active member of Cherokee Garden endowment campaign and fostering new architects and neighborhoods. Wright is also Vice President and Executive Director of the at the Cherokee Garden Library to support a the University of Georgia focused on graphic Club, she serves as co-chair of programs. Elise partnerships for the Library throughout on the Board of the Southeast Chapter of the Nature Conservancy of Georgia for almost lecture series in memory of his late wife and design, while at Georgia State University is excited to combine her love of learning, joy of Metro Atlanta. Currently, Kinsey is serving on Institute of Classical Architecture and Art and 20 years, growing revenue from $150,000 to Cherokee Garden Club member, Ashley Wright she earned another degree in elementary serving, and appreciation of nature as she joins the A.G. Rhodes Health and Rehab Board of Washington and Lee University Alumni Board. $4 million annually and overseeing a McIntyre. Raymond returns to the Advisory education. Her life propelled her into a 25- the Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board. Advisors and the All Saints’ Episcopal Church The historic preservation goals of the Cherokee $100 million capital campaign. Prior to that Board, bringing his guidance to our financial year teaching career which extended from Elise and Carl have two daughters; Katherine Altar Guild. She enjoys bridge with friends, Garden Library are in keeping with his interests position, she provided strategic leadership at development and to our public programs. He is The Cathedral of St. Philip’s Preschool to works in supply chain management for Bell traveling with her husband, Gordon, especially in classicism and creating a seamless integration The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and married to Dr. Mary Fair McIntyre and lives Warren T. Jackson Elementary School. Ann Flight in Dallas, Texas, and Emily is a fourth- biking trips to exciting destinations, and between home and garden. Wright and his at the Northwest Florida Water Management in Buckhead. loves dogs, the Dawgs, and the Braves. She has year student at the in gardening in Atlanta and in Cashiers, North wife, Shelly, live in with District. Tavia has served in various board two daughters, Perry Yates, who is the Lower Charlottesville, Virginia. Elise enjoys tennis, Carolina. The Harper’s three children and seven their two boys. positions with Atlanta Girls’ School, the Georgia School Librarian at The Lovett School, and gardening, travel, and being with her family grandchildren live in Atlanta, Houston, and Chamber, Junior League of Atlanta, Leadership Winnie Smith, the Program Coordinator for and friends. Chattanooga, so they are often “on the road” Georgia, and . Tavia currently the Willson Center for Humanities & Arts to visit family. serves on the board of the Cherokee Garden at the University of Georgia. Her husband Club and the Smithgall Woods Foundation. Scott is the arborist for Bold Spring Nursery She has been actively involved with The in Hawkinsville, Georgia. In addition, Ann Lovett School, Cathedral of St. Philip, and has four outstanding grandsons: Henry (9), National Charity League. Tavia is a graduate of Emmett (7), Winfield (7), and Mac (9 months). Auburn University and attended the nonprofit Ann loves to read and loves to garden; a perfect management program at Harvard Business combination of interests to bring to the School. She and her husband, Doug, who works Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board, at SunTrust Securities, are the proud parents which she will join in her capacity as the of their daughter, Anne Torrey. Tavia will be Cherokee Garden Club President, 2019–2021. returning to the Cherokee Garden Library A longtime devotee of the Cherokee Garden Advisory Board to serve as our Board Chair. Library, Ann is excited to work with the Garden Library Advisory Board.

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SPRING GARDEN CITINGS 2019 CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY POSTCARD COLLECTION

One might be surprised to learn that the Cherokee Garden Library collects postcards. Whether used for a quick and easy way to communicate, or to keep as a souvenir, postcards often offer a glimpse into gardens and landscapes of the past. Several years ago the Garden Library started a collection of WISH Southeastern garden and landscape postcards which has grown to over 250 cards, ranging in dates from 1898 to the 1990s. This unique form of visual material provides some fascinating details of historic homes and gardens, while documenting a wide range of landscape styles; all within a medium that itself has changed YOU through time. Postcards have a long history of evolving styles and formats from the first United States government issued postcard of 1873, to the Golden Age of postcards of the early 1900s, to the color photograph postcards of today. Both sides of the postcard have WERE evolved through time with improvements in paper, ink, and printing processes. Messages were initially added to the front of the card, but moved to the back of divided postcards in 1907. White borders around Claire Schwahn Melissa Wright HERE postcard images first appeared around 1915. Inks and coloring

techniques have varied through the years from black and white, Claire Schwahn began her involvement with Melissa Furniss Wright grew up in Atlanta to hand-colorized or tinted cards, giving way to brightly colored the Cherokee Garden Library in the late 1990s with an appreciation for beautiful and unique CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY cards. Paper card stock quality improved through the years to as a member of the Cherokee Garden Club flowers as both of her parents are judges for the high rag content linen-like postcards of the 1930s. Real photo when she helped establish the first internship American Orchid Society. She graduated from POSTCARD COLLECTION style postcards of the early 1900s progressed to glossy-coated program at the Garden Library. Claire has the University of Virginia where she earned By Jennie Oldfield, photochrome cards developed in the late 1930s providing color remained involved in the Cherokee Garden a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Melissa Librarian/Archivist, Cherokee Garden Library photograph postcards. Library in many capacities over the years and worked in both advertising and interior design served as the Cherokee Garden Library Board and now devotes her time to being a community President from 2013 to 2015, overseeing the volunteer. Melissa’s husband, Bobby, is a sales successful exhibition, Following in the Bartrams’ manager for Medicraft Clinical Services and Footsteps, and related programming as well they have two children, Molly, a third-year THE COLLECTION as playing a vital role in the success of the student at the University of Virginia, and Garden Library’s endowment campaign. Other Mason, a first-year student also at the University organizations benefitting from Claire’s many of Virginia. Melissa was an active volunteer at Among the treasures in the Garden Library’s growing collection skills have included the Atlanta Speech School both Morris Brandon Elementary School and are images of Southeastern city parks, street scenes, historic (Guild President), The Westminster Schools, The Westminster Schools where their children buildings, cemeteries, residences, private gardens, and landscapes and as a member of The National Society of attended. She is now on the UVA Parents as well as rural yards. Many of these cards were not sent through the Colonial Dames. Claire is a ruling elder of Fund Committee and the board of Theological the mail, but some include messages and postmarks which First Presbyterian Church, where she has been Horizons at the University of Virginia. A add to their interesting history. The majority of the collection a member since moving from her native South member of the Cherokee Garden Club, Melissa covers Georgia cities such as Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, and Carolina. For the past six years, she has served currently serves as both the Awards Chair and Thomasville, but other Southeastern states and cities are as a buyer for The Mustard Seed Bookstore, the President of the Cherokee Garden Club also included. an outreach ministry of the church. Claire and Community Fund. She enjoys cooking and her husband, Frank, have two grown children, traveling with her family. Melissa is especially A variety of domestic architectural styles, garden trends, Marjorie (and her husband Stuart) in Charlotte, honored and excited to join the Cherokee and plant selections are highlighted from formal foundation North Carolina, and Frank, Jr., who lives and Garden Library Advisory Board because plantings to tropical landscaping to naturalistic settings. works in Boston. Claire is an avid gardener and her mother-in-law, Edie Wright, was one of Plants featured include cannas, banana trees, elephant ears, also a Junior Master bridge player. Through the founders and a lifelong supporter of the and palms; traditional southern favorites such as wisteria, the years, she has become a dedicated Georgia Cherokee Garden Library. azaleas, jasmine, and magnolias; and European-inspired formal Tech football and basketball fan attending landscapes with intricate planting beds filled with colorful games with GT alumnus husband Frank. Claire annuals and perennials. Garden features such as fountains, has served on our Board the past two years in pathways, and pots are also illustrated. her role as President of the Cherokee Garden Club (2017-2019), and will return to serve a new term on our Advisory Board, continuing her leadership role at the Garden Library.

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PRIVATE MAILING CARDS (1898—1901) DIVIDED BACK OR GOLDEN AGE & UNDIVIDED BACK PERIOD (1901—1907) PERIOD (1907—1915)

The oldest postcard in the collection is of the Azalea Tea House in Millions of postcards were exchanged during the Golden Age of Augusta, Georgia, from 1898. Black and white with an undivided back, postcards and the Garden Library holds many charming examples. this postcard is labeled Private Mailing Card, from the first year of Parks and cemeteries show wide paths for strolling and pastimes authorized privately produced postcards in the United States. In 1901, such as reading on park benches or canoeing on a lake are illustrated. as sending cards gained popularity, the words “Post Card” replaced The private garden postcard of Green Island Ranch, Columbus, Private Mailing Card on the back of the postcard. Street scenes such Georgia, from the 1910s, is beautifully illustrated with lush plantings as the postcard of Washington Street in Atlanta from circa 1905 and invites a garden stroll for our imaginations. One postcard of the depict shade trees, shrubs, and front yard gardens set back by fences LaGrange residence of Col. J. H. Fanin from circa 1909 includes a and wide sidewalks. Another early example is the circa 1907 post- Washington Street in Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1905. VIS 264.021, Cherokee Green Island Ranch, Columbus, Georgia, ca. 1910s. VIS 264.046, Cherokee note that reflects the popularity of sending postcards, “Pretty card card of Martin Fountain on Lower Green Street in Augusta which Garden Library Postcard Collection, Cherokee Garden Library, Garden Library Postcard Collection, Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Research Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center. read, thanks for same. I most prefer buildings view. Which do you Center, Atlanta History Center. illustrates city parks that included fountains and plantings common prefer? [I] am receiving several cards daily.” in the early 20th century.

WHITE BORDER LINEN PERIOD PERIOD (1915—1930) (1930—1945)

After World War I began, North American printers increased their With advances in technology, publishers started using a linen- production of postcards creating a more competitive marketplace like textured paper stock with high rag content in postcards both with a wide range in quality. A white border around the postcard’s bordered and unbordered. With bright and vivid colored inks, many image was introduced to save money and production time. Coloring of these cards depict idyllic scenes popular during the difficult varies in this period from black and white scenes, to hand colorized, times of the 1930s and 1940s. Residences and mansions as well as tinted, and color inks. This period documents many styles of gardens plantations and estates, are often illustrated in this time period. and landscapes as well as varied plant material. A 1920s postcard of Neatly pruned foundation shrubs with colorful border plantings are the Richard W. Massey residence and garden in Birmingham commonly found on these cards. Vibrant colors, linen-like texture, provides a detailed glimpse of an Italian-influenced formal garden Richard W. Massey Residence and Garden, Birmingham, Alabama, and a pristine setting make the 1940s postcard of a Druid Hills Druid Hills Residential Street, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1940s. VIS 264.128, circa 1920s. VIS 264.002, Cherokee Garden Library Postcard Collection, complete with fountain, urns, statuary, and terraces. Another curious residential street a beautiful example of the Linen Period. Cherokee Garden Library Postcard Collection, Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center. Research Center, Atlanta History Center. postcard is of a greenhouse provided for the employees of several cotton mills in LaGrange where textile mills were flourishing under the direction of Fuller E. Callaway.

Postcards have always been a fun way to capture a memory, share a story, or remember a special place. The Garden Library has made further use of these interesting keepsakes by studying them to provide details of landscapes, gardens, and plants of the past. Sometimes we even gain insight into how people utilized and valued their natural environment. We invite you to enjoy this special collection with us, Cherokee Garden Library postcard collection, VIS 264, Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center.

Cotton Mills, employees’ greenhouse, LaGrange, Georgia, circa 1915–1930. VIS 264.058, Cherokee Garden Library Postcard Collection, Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.

20 21 SPRING GARDEN CITINGS 2019 IN MEMORY OF BLANCHE FLANDERS FARLEY

it is sometimes identified as the “9th” edition. This work has significantly enhanced the The Cherokee Garden Library recently The dictionary, printed in two columns, is Cherokee Garden Library’s rare book collection procured a rare work by Thomas Martyn Thomas arranged alphabetically by the plant, with in the subject area of nineteenth-century entitled The Gardener’s & Botanist’s entries giving botanical descriptions, habitat, horticulture and serves as a meaningful Dictionary; Containing the Best and Newest propagation, and culture, plus, where and lasting tribute to Blanche Farley. The Martyn’s Methods of Cultivating and Improving the available, information on the place and date of Acquisitions Committee and our friends at Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Garden and introduction. The preface contains a synopsis Elisabeth Woodburn, Books, from whom the Nursery; of Performing the Practical Parts of all the earlier editions of Miller’s book acquisition was obtained, agree this work honors The Gardener’s of Agriculture; of Managing Vineyards, and and a discussion of his other horticultural Blanche’s many contributions to the Cherokee of Propagating All Sorts of Timber Trees. publications. Garden Library. & Botanist’s By the Late Philip Miller... (London: F. C. & J. Rivington, et al., 1795-1807). This important four-volume set was acquired in memory of Dictionary Blanche Flanders Farley. It was made possible by generous contributions to the Library in AN ACQUISITION her memory as well as support from the Carter IN MEMORY OF Heyward Morris Acquisitions Fund, part of the BLANCHE FLANDERS FARLEY Cherokee Garden Library Endowment.

Blanche served as the Librarian for the Blanche was awarded a PEN Syndicated Fiction Cherokee Garden Library from the fall of 1993 Award in 1984 for one of her stories and was a to September 2000. She played a vital role member of the Georgia State Poetry Society. in the development of the Cherokee Garden Library—from converting the book collection Ever patient and generous with her time, from the Dewey Decimal to the Library of Blanche mentored countless students in her Congress classification system and growing the various roles. She was devoted to maintaining collection significantly, to starting the library’s her friendships and avidly corresponded with newsletter, serving researchers, and working letters and poems, enhanced by her beautiful with the Council on Botanical and Horticultural handwriting or calligraphy. In her work as a Libraries, the Southern Garden History Society, librarian, her love of historic books was evident and the Cherokee Garden Library’s Board to in the joy she expressed in her endeavors. broaden the Garden Library’s outreach to a As friend and colleague Anne Salter notes, national audience. “She was a true bibliophile with a rare appreciation for books.” Blanche was gentle, Born in Wrightsville, Georgia, Blanche was warm, and modest, and her gifts as an artist, a graduate of LaGrange College. She held a teacher, writer, and librarian were admired by Master of Art from the University of Michigan; all who had the good fortune of knowing her. pictured from a Master of Writing from Warren Wilson left to right College, Swannanoa, NC; and a Master of With Blanche’s appreciation for rare, historic Library Science from Clark Atlanta University. botanical publications in mind, The Gardener’s Blanche Flanders Blanche also taught art in Fulton County and Botanist’s Dictionary is a stunning example Farley, Librarian for Schools and at Young Harris College before of the type of book she adored and strove to the Cherokee Garden joining the Cherokee Garden Library, all the acquire for the Cherokee Garden Library. This Library, from 1993 while keeping up her pursuit of writing. After treasure is a revised version of Philip Miller’s to 2000. Courtesy of leaving the Garden Library, she served as an The Gardeners Dictionary, first published the Cherokee Garden academic librarian in Dublin, Georgia. in 1731. Philip Miller (1691-1771) was the Library collection. superintendent of the Chelsea Physic Garden Blanche was an accomplished poet and in London and author of a very popular and Frontispiece writer of fiction and essays and co-edited an extensive encyclopedia of plants, The Gardeners and title page of anthology, Like a Summer Peach: Sunbright Dictionary. Miller’s Gardeners Dictionary was Thomas Martyn’s Poems and Old Southern Recipes (Papier-Mache the seminal horticultural publication of the The Gardener’s & Press, 1996). Her writings were featured in 18th century—the first and only comprehensive Botanist’s Dictionary, numerous publications such as the Georgia manual of practical gardening in Europe. Volume 1, acquired Journal, Southern Humanities Review, Southern Every species available in Britain was listed to honor Blanche Poetry Review, Florida Review, Tar River alphabetically, together with advice on how to Farley’s contributions Poetry, Newsday Sunday Magazine (New York propagate and cultivate it. After Miller’s death to the Cherokee By Staci L. Catron, edition), and The Flannery O’Connor Bulletin. in 1771, the work was revised by Thomas Martyn, Garden Library. Cherokee Garden Library Director Anthologies include Dear Winter, At Our Core, a botanist and professor at Cambridge, and Photograph courtesy and Jennie Oldfield, The Signet Book of American Humor, and published from 1795 to 1807 as The Gardener’s of Staci L. Catron. Librarian/Archivist, Cherokee Garden Library The Bedford Introduction to Literature. and Botanist’s Dictionary;

22 23 THANK YOU THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY SEPTEMBER 2018 LECTURE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY

I have a strong feeling that, as gardeners, we should let the land speak for itself rather than impose our own thoughts and preferences upon it.

LOUISE AGEE WRINKLE

Author and speaker Louise Wrinkle (center) with her Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board Chair Jane daughter, author Margaret Wrinkle, and friend Whitaker, Event Co-Chair Libby Prickett, Event Co-Chair Jim Landon, on a beautiful September afternoon. Carter Morris, and Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board Vice Chair Sharon Cole. Libby Prickett and Carter Morris are LISTEN TO THE LAND: both past presidents of the Cherokee Garden Library Board. CREATING A SOUTHERN WOODLAND GARDEN

On a lovely September afternoon, Louise Wrinkle inspired an audience of 200 Cherokee Garden Club members, Elizabeth Hale, Supporter George Lanier with Mary Wayne Dixon, with her engaging story of tending a woodland oasis in Birmingham, Alabama, for Adelaide Burton, Lindsay Marshall, and Carolyn Vroon. Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board Member. over 30 years. In a charming conversation with her friend, Jim Landon, Wrinkle discussed her new book about her journey as a gardener, Listen to the Land: Creating a Southern Woodland Garden. Wrinkle is a distinguished member of the Garden Club of America, remarkable plantswoman, author, and founding board member of The Garden Conservancy.

Many thanks to event co-chairs Carter Morris and Libby Prickett for an inspiring and successful event. We share our heartfelt gratitude to Ellen Beard, Mary Moore, and Carter Morris for their exquisite floral designs. A gracious thank-you oesg to Sharon Cole and Jane Whitaker for giving their time and expertise to this special event. We extend our thanks to Louise Gunn for working with photographer Paula Gould to garner images from this beautiful event. Thanks to everyone who joined us for this delightful afternoon. Cherokee Garden Library Advisory Board Member Laura Stunning floral design created by Cherokee Garden Draper with supporter Betty Balentine and Cherokee Club members Ellen Beard and Mary Moore Garden Library Advisory Board Member Jeanne Bowden. for the September program. All images courtesy of Paula Gould Photography.

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THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY OCTOBER 2018 LECTURE

Jim and Yvonne Wade WE EXTEND with Betsy and Lee Some of the plants in this book have quite a scandalous history. A weed killed Abraham OUR SINCERE Robinson. Yvonne Lincoln’s mother. A shrub nearly blinded Frederick Law Olmsted, America’s most Wade and Betsy GRATITUDE TO Robinson are Cherokee famous landscape architect. A flowering bulb sickened members of the Lewis and Garden Library Clark expedition. Poison hemlock killed Socrates, and the most wicked weed of all— OUR PRESENTING Advisory Board members who served tobacco—has claimed ninety million lives. SPONSOR AND as event-co chairs for OUR PATRONS this special evening. FOR MAKING A M Y STEWA RT THIS WONDROUS & WONDERFUL Cherokee Garden Library Advisory EVENT COME Board Vice Chair Sharon Cole with INTO BEING. Cherokee Garden Library Advisory presenting sponsor Board Chair Jane Cherokee Garden Club Whitaker ... wearing something Community Fund a little wicked! WICKED patrons Susan and Ed Croft

Lee and Mike Dunn Cherokee Garden Ken Gearon Club members Mary Moore and Blair Louise Staton Gunn PLANTS Robbins with Cherokee Kinsey and Gordon Harper Garden Club President Claire Schwahn and Amy and Chris Hastings Cherokee Garden Paula and Mark Hennessy Club member Melissa Mary and Tim Moore Wright. Claire A special thank you to event co-chairs Betsy Robinson and Yvonne Wade for Schwahn is a past conjuring a successful and enlightening event. A tremendous thank you to Nancy Betsy and Lee Robinson president of the Jamison, Pam Elting, Ann Offen, and Yvonne Wade for the impressively wicked Claire and Frank Schwahn Cherokee Garden Library Board. floral designs. We also share our gratitude to Sharon Cole and Jane Whitaker orf Blake Segars and Sean Elliott their steadfast leadership. Many thanks to Louise Gunn and Mary Norwood for Carolyn and Jeffrey Tucker Blake Segars, Mary working with photographer Paula Gould to capture images of this engaging event. Yvonne and Jim Wade Norwood, Sara Henderson, and Thanks to everyone attending this magical evening. Studie and Zach Young Dr. Sean Elliott. Blake Segars is a Cherokee Garden Library Advisor Board member and Mary On a crisp, spooky fall evening, prolific author Amy Stewart intrigued (and terrified!) Norwood is a past a large audience with witty tales from her captivating book, Wicked Plants: Cherokee Garden Library Advisory

The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities. Board member.

All images courtesy of Paula Gould Photography.

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TO THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY ANNUAL FUND

Exquisite floral designs created by Cherokee Garden DONORS WHO GAVE BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2018 TO DECEMBER 31, 2018. Club members THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY, A LIBRARY OF THE KENAN RESEARCH CENTER Nancy Jamison and Pam Elting with AT THE ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER, THANKS YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. support of Cherokee Garden Club members Ann Offen and VISTA ($5,000 AND OVER) Caye and Rich Oglesby Sherrie and Gordon Chappell Yvonne Wadefor the Louise Staton Gunn Ms. Stephanie Parker and Lynn P. Cochran-Schroder October program. JBS Foundation Mr. James C. Nobles Jr. Linda Copeland The Albert and Nan Gray Monk Foundation Nancy and John Patterson Ann Cousins Tracy Gray Monk T. Blake Segars, AIA, ASLA Mary Palmer and Hugh Dargan Libby and Ernie Prickett William T. Smith, ASLA Flossie H. Dodge Betsy and Lee Robinson Nancy Dalton Steele and Lynda Doll James Harlan Steele Charitable Fund Elizabeth W. Dykes ALLÉE ($1,000 to $4,999) Mrs. Margaretta Taylor Mary Ann Eaddy The 2492 Fund Jane and Bill Whitaker Eloise Eager on behalf of Helen Howell Wray Studie and Zach Young Katharine E. Elsas and Henry L. Howell Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Elting Bonnie and Mel Adler PERGOLA ($500 to $999) Ian Firth Betty and Robert Balentine Virginia Almand Peggy Foreman Hilton Hines Ball Le and Beauchamp Carr Kathi and Bob Goddard Ellen and Duncan Beard Elise and Carl Drake Nancy Green Boger-Owen Foundation Robert H. Gunn Jr. Nena Griffith Kathleen and J. Cannon Carr Elizabeth and Sheffield Hale Marion Groover Cherokee Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Bonnie and Bob Helget Jane P. Harmon and H. Mikell Jones Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund, Iris Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Linda and Hank Harris Atlanta, Georgia Ione and John Lee Ann and Pegram Harrison Sharon and Matt Cole Audrey Hill McMenamy William G. Hays Jr. and Ann Hays Mary Wayne Dixon Elizabeth Ann Robinson Susan L. Hitchcock pictured from Muriel and Steef Schelke Jill and John Holder left to right Laura and Claire Draper Brenda and Bill Dreyer Scottie and Chris Schoen Barbara Howell Author and speaker Lee C. Dunn Margaret and Charlie Shufeldt Jinny Keough Amy Stewart with Virginia Dixon Fasy Kim and Alex Smith Harriet and Kip Kirkpatrick Cherokee Garden Mrs. Joyce E. Ferris Rosa and Neal Sumter Dale Jaeger, FASLA Library Director The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., Judith B. Tankard Ozzie Johnson Staci L. Catron. see club listings below Mr. and Mrs. Hollis M. Lamon Georgia Perennial Plant Association TOPIARY (To $499) Carrie and Whit Lanier Author and speaker Albert G. Goodgame Madeline and Howell E. Adams Jr. Mrs. Howard P. Lawrence Amy Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Mr. and Mrs. Brad Almon A. Jefferson Lewis III autographing her Robert H. Gunn Mr. and Mrs. John G. Alston Sr. Trudy and Bert Madden books at the October Margaret and Tom Hall Sharon and Bonneau Ansley Jr. Bettye C. Maddox program. Kinsey and Gordon Harper Shepard B. Ansley Sue and Al Olszewski Amy and Chris Hastings Avondale Estates Garden Club, Teed M. Poe Paula and Mark Hennessy Avondale Estates, Georgia Lula P. Post John Howard Anne F. Barnes Catherine Rawson Sarah Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Barrett Jr. Eleanor H. Ridley Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Kibler Jr. D. Claire Blackwell Blair Robbins Jenny and Andrew Kohr, ASLA Mr. and Mrs. W. Moses Bond Susan Roof James H. Landon Alleen D. Bratton and James H. Bratton Jr.* Rose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia George H. Lanier Ms. Jay Brooks and Mr. Joel Laseter Weslyn A. Samson Molly and Tommy Lanier Kaye and Craig Cairney Claire and Frank Schwahn Kathy and Richard Lee Nancy Carithers Barbara Slick Carter and Hampton Morris Anne and Jim Carson Maidee Spencer All images courtesy of Paula Gould Photography. Sally and McKee Nunnally Mr. and Mrs. James Caughman Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel

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Margaret Spratlin Mountain View Garden Club, Rome, Georgia TRIBUTES Esther and Jim Stokes Norcross Garden Club, Norcross, Georgia Carmen Talley Odum Garden Club, Odum, Georgia TO THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY ANNUAL FUND Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. Old Capital Garden Club, Milledgeville, Georgia Ray H. Thompson Old Town Garden Club of Sharpsburg, Frank Troutman Sharpsburg, Georgia Suzie and Jim Viebrock Palmyra Heights Garden Club, Albany, Georgia DONORS WHO GAVE BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2018 TO DECEMBER 31, 2018. Terry I. Waith Piedmont Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY, A LIBRARY OF THE KENAN RESEARCH CENTER Laura Warren Pine Center Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia AT THE ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER, THANKS YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. Marsha Pirkle Webb Pine Needle Garden Club, Augusta, Georgia Jane R. Whiteman Pine Needle Garden Club, LaGrange, Georgia Katherine W. Williams Pine Tree Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia ALL TRIBUTES ARE DESIGNATED TO THE ANNE COPPEDGE CARR RESEARCH Jennifer Yankopolus Pine Tree Garden Club, Hartwell, Georgia AND DIRECTOR’S FUND UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE DONOR. Primrose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia *In memoriam Rambler Rose Garden Club, Thomasville, Georgia Rose and Dahlia Garden Club, Athens, Georgia THE GARDEN CLUB OF GEORGIA, INC. Rose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia IN HONOR OF Marie DeGeorge FUND FOR THE CHEROKEE GARDEN Roswell Garden Club, Roswell, Georgia Merrily C. Baird Jane Whitaker LIBRARY Sandy Springs Garden Club, Kate Augustin Ellen and Duncan Beard Ama-Kanasta Garden Club, Douglasville, Georgia Sandy Springs, Georgia Lynn Cothran Carol Goodman Carter and Hampton Morris Anesta-Ga-Da Garden Club, Ball Ground, Georgia Sea Oats Garden Club, Brunswick, Georgia Jane Y. Duggan Augusta Council of Garden Clubs, Augusta, Georgia Smoke Rise Garden Club, , Georgia Adelaide Burton Zach Young Avon Garden Club, Avondale Estates, Georgia Sope Creek Garden Club, Marietta, Georgia Le and Beauchamp Carr Louise Staton Gunn Le and Beauchamp Carr Azalea District Spade and Trowel Garden Club, Betty Edge Gifts designated to the Louise Staton Gunn Dr. and Mrs. O. Anderson Currie Jr. Bellmere Garden Club, Johns Creek, Georgia Thomaston, Georgia Conservation Fund Brookwood Hills Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Spalding Garden Club, Dunwoody, Georgia Staci L. Catron Grace M. Gilchrist IN MEMORY OF Camellia Garden Club, Rome, Georgia Spartina Garden Club, Townsend, Georgia Backyard Association/Coweta County Master Robert H. Gunn Jr. Carrington Woods Garden Club, Springfield Garden Club, Springfield, Georgia Gardeners, Coweta County, Georgia Corinne Sturdivant Appleby Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Moister Jr. Milledgeville, Georgia Stonehedge Garden Club, Buford, Georgia Susan B. Brooks Sharon and Bonneau Ansley Jr. Club Estates Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia The Landings Garden Club, Savannah, Georgia Anne G. Catron Kinsey Harper Conyers Garden Club, Conyers, Georgia Three Rivers Garden Club, Rome, Georgia The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia Margaret Davison Block Dr. and Mrs. O. Anderson Currie Jr. Country Hills Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Town and Country Garden Club, Driftwood Garden Club, Newnan, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Jones Covington Garden Club, Covington, Georgia Milledgeville, Georgia Dunwoody Garden Club, Dunwoody, Georgia Chris Hastings Cumming Garden Club, Cumming, Georgia Vienna Garden Club, Vienna, Georgia Georgia Master Gardener Association Dock Daniel “Dan” Carithers Jr. Mrs. Thomas Hal Clarke Dogwood District Watkinsville Garden Club, Watkinsville, Georgia The Landings Garden Club, Savannah, Georgia Louise Staton Gunn Dogwood Garden Club, Americus, Georgia Willow Wood Garden Club, Evans, Georgia Marietta Gardeners Club, Marietta, Georgia Libby and Ernie Prickett Andrew Kohr Driftwood Garden Club, Newnan, Georgia Winder Garden Club, Winder, Georgia Carter and Hampton Morris Jane and Bill Whitaker Michael Kohr Druid Hills Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Wisteria Garden Club, LaGrange, Georgia Mountain Shadow Garden Club, Evergreen Garden Club, Griffin, Georgia Ginny Wolf Stone Mountain, Georgia Anne Coppedge Carr Richard Lee Evergreen Garden Club, Monroe, Georgia North Georgia Camellia Society Le and Beauchamp Carr Dr. and Mrs. O. Anderson Currie Jr. Fleur-de-Lis Garden Club, Gainesville, Georgia MATCHING GIFTS Ms. Stephanie Parker and

Garden Club Council of Hartwell, The Coca-Cola Foundation Mr. James C. Nobles Jr. Beverly “Bev” Butler Coker Mary “Tunkie” Bowler Miller Hartwell, Georgia RBC Foundation Peachtree Heights West Garden Club, Beth and Crawford Barnett Libby and Ernie Prickett Garden Club of Ellijay, Ellijay, Georgia The University Financing Foundation, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia The Estate of Beverly Butler Coker Green Thumb Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Philanthropic Educational Organization, Carter and Hampton Morris Holly Garden Club, Valdosta, Georgia IN-KIND DONATIONS Georgia Chapter Mr. and Mrs. Royce Merrill Castellow Studie and Zach Young House and Garden Club, Macon, Georgia McCracken & Associates Pine Tree Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Kay and French McKnight Iris Garden Club, Augusta, Georgia Rose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Anne M. Neikirk Iris Garden Club, Washington, Georgia Sandy Springs Garden Club, James R. Cothran Claire M. Schwahn Killarney Queen Garden Club, Sandy Springs, Georgia Lynn Cothran Thomasville, Georgia The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Sally Finch Claire M. Schwahn Ladybugs Garden Club, Lilburn, Georgia Athens, Georgia Paula Hennessy Laurel District Margaret Stickney Judge William Madison Dender Sr. Lili Smith Lullwater Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Trustees’ Garden Club, Savannah, Georgia Anne G. Catron Magnolia Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Valley Garden Club, Decatur, Georgia Martha Stewart Magnolia Garden Club, Cartersville, Georgia Mrs. Sammie S. Flaherty Flower Magazine Magnolia Garden Club, Fort Valley, Georgia Nancy Carithers Gift designated to the Ashley Wright McIntyre Marietta Daisies Garden Club, Marietta, Georgia Libby and Ernie Prickett Education and Programming Fund Sybil Sylvester Monroe Garden Club, Monroe, Georgia Mrs. Nancy L. Moses Cherokee Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Mountain Ivy Garden Club, Clayton, Georgia

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GIFTS Ida Copenhaver Ginter Kathey Barnett O’Connor Additional support for the Ashley Carter and Hampton Morris Louise Staton Gunn Wright McIntyre Education and TO THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY ANNUAL FUND Programming Fund Sarah Key Patten Gwynn Margaret Armstrong Staton Jane and Bill Whitaker Beth and Crawford Barnett Gifts designated to the Louise Staton Gunn Louise Staton Gunn Conservation Fund Additional support for the Carter DONORS WHO GAVE BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2019 TO APRIL 24, 2019. Tunkie and Pat Miller* Mrs. William Bowen Astrop Heyward Morris Acquisitions Fund THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY, A LIBRARY OF THE KENAN RESEARCH CENTER Carter and Hampton Morris Louise Staton Gunn Jane and Bill Whitaker AT THE ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER, THANKS YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. Carter and Hampton Morris Adelle Bartlett Harper Ann and Scott Offen Meredith Woods Johnson Libby and Ernie Prickett Magnolia Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia VISTA ($5,000 and over) PERGOLA ($500 to $999) Barbara Howell James Yancey Stribling Jr. JBS Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Norman Askins Randy Jones Ann Morrissey Harrison Kay and French McKnight Julie Balloun Claire and Frank Schwahn Sally and John Seeds ALLÉE ($1,000 to $4,999) Edith “Edie” Redway Wright The DeKalb County Federation TOPIARY (To $499) IN-KIND DONATIONS Octavia Anne Southern Howell Bonnie and Mel Adler of Garden Clubs, Inc. Mrs. William Bowen Astrop Jeanne and Henry Bowden Louise Staton Gunn Virginia and Bond Almand Virginia Dixon Fasy Teri and Mose Bond McCracken & Associates Carter and Hampton Morris Mr. and Mrs. John I. Bell Jr. Betsy and Lee Robinson Mary E. Brown T. Blake Segars Susan and Mike Brooks Judy Garland The University Financing Foundation, Inc. Stephanie D. Howell Alice and Jim Carr Jane Whitaker Helen Howell Wray and Henry L. Howell Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Cyphers Sally and Walter George Robert S. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray John and Penny Coppedge Louise Staton Gunn Mr. and Mrs. Fay S. Howell Caroline and Frank Kibler Ione and John Lee Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Kibler Jr. Erja Lipponen TRIBUTES Nancy and Jerry Lynn Gertrude Rew Landon Trudy and Bert Madden TO THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY ANNUAL FUND James H. Landon Mr. and Mrs. John S. McClelland Jr. Tunkie and Pat Miller* Thomas Howell Lanier Jr. Carter and Hampton Morris Kay and French McKnight Lamar E. Oglesby DONORS WHO GAVE BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2019 TO APRIL 24, 2019. Martha M. Pentecost THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRARY, A LIBRARY OF THE KENAN RESEARCH CENTER Lorraine Loftis Barbara and Charles Pierce AT THE ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER, THANKS YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. Beth Wielage Teed McConnell Poe - Gift designated to the Louise Staton Gunn Julia Orme Martin Conservation Fund ALL TRIBUTES ARE DESIGNATED TO THE ANNE COPPEDGE CARR RESEARCH Maudie and Bill Huff Libby and Ernie Prickett AND DIRECTOR’S FUND UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE DONOR. Mr. and Mrs. John S. McClelland Jr. Claire and Frank Schwahn Martha M. Pentecost Melissa and Bobby Wright IN HONOR OF IN MEMORY OF Laura Sauls Wallace Margaret “Peggy” Sheffield Martin Additional support for the Anne Coppedge Bonnie and Mel Adler Carter and Hampton Morris Carr Research and Director’s Fund Staci L. Catron Philip Haines Gwynn Sr. Mrs. William Bowen Astrop Olive and Roby Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Carolyn and Bruce Wilson Jeanne and Henry Bowden Kathy and Richard Lee Gardenia Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Nancy Carithers Ashley Wright McIntyre Mr. Spencer Tunnell II, ASLA Heritage Garden Club and Howard Jackson Morrison Jr. Margaret and Tom Hall Gifts designated to the Ashley Wright McIntyre Jane and Bill Whitaker Legacy Garden Club, Augusta, Georgia Bonnie and Mel Adler The Estate of Laura Sauls Wallace Education and Programming Fund Linda M. Williams Marietta Magnolia Garden Club, Mrs. William Bowen Astrop Mr. and Mrs. John S. McClelland Jr. Marietta, Georgia Margaret and Tom Hall Additional support for the Mr. Raymond McIntyre and Family Additional support for the Louise Staton Norcross Garden Club, Norcross, Georgia Carter and Hampton Morris Louise Staton Gunn Conservation Fund Mr. and Mrs. Crawford M. Sites Jr. Gunn Conservation Fund North Buckhead Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Lula P. Post JBS Foundation The Glenn Fund of the Community Foundation River Valley Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Mrs. Ramon D. Lantz Preston “Pat” Roy Miller Jr., M.D. for Greater Atlanta Riverside West Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Louise Staton Gunn at the direction of Jeanne and Henry Bowden Roswell Garden Club, Roswell, Georgia Carter and Hampton Morris Louise Staton Gunn

Libby and Ernie Prickett Jane and Bill Whitaker Claire Schwahn

Anne and Jeff Neikirk

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Phlox divaricata A LIBR ARY, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING Tiny museum enjoying visitor the YOU NEED.

MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO

JOIN THE CHEROKEE ROSE SOCIETY 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. 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 [email protected].

SUPPORTING THE ENDOWMENT FUND To make a gift to any of the funds described above, please make your check payable to “Atlanta History Center” 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, 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/CherokeeGardenLibrary

and call Staci to share the specifics regarding your donation. THANK YOU

35 BOOK, MANUSCRIPT, AND VISUAL ARTS DONATIONS

A. Donation from Thomas Peter Bennett. Ph.D.: 5. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. 1. Correspondence and notes pertaining to research on LeConte- Scrapbook (Flower Show), 1978. Woodmanston Plantation, Riceboro, Georgia. 6. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. 2. LeConte, Joseph. The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte. Edited by Scrapbook, 1978-1979. William Dallam Armes. Reprint of 1903 publication. [Place of publication 7. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. not identified]: ULAN Press, 2013. Scrapbook, 1980-1981. 3. Two 8 X 10 black and white reproduced photographs of LeConte- 8. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Woodmanston Plantation, Riceboro, Georgia. Scrapbook, 1981. 9. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. B. Donation from Elaine Hazleton Bolton: Scrapbook, 1982-1983. 1.The C.A. Dahl Co. Landscape Architects and Nurserymen. 10. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. “Promotional Catalog.” Atlanta, GA: The C.A. Dahl Co., 1923. Scrapbook, 1983-1984. 11. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. C. Donation from Mrs. Tench C. Cox III, delivered via Mrs. Pegram Harrison: Scrapbook, 1985-1986. 1. Coxe, Frankie. The Magical Puzzle of La Carmejane: The First Medieval 12. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Castle of Ménerbes. Book One: History and Mystery. Verona, Italy: Tower Scrapbook, 1986-1987. Press, 2013. Signed by Frankie Coxe, Cherokee Garden Club President, 13. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. BOOK, MANUSCRIPT & 1974, on June 10, 2018. Scrapbook, 1987-1989. VISUAL ARTS DONATIONS 2.Coxe, Frankie, and Michel Biehn. La Carmejane, A Magical World. 14. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Book Two: The Art of Living in the 11th Century Castle of Ménerbes. Scrapbook, 1988-1989. With photography by Guy Hervais and Gilles Martin-Raget and graphic 15. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 1998. design by Agathe Baëz, 2016. Signed by Frankie Coxe, Cherokee Garden 16. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 2000. In addition to purchases throughout the year, the Cherokee Garden Library Club President, 1974, on June 10, 2018. 17. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 2001. relies on the kindness of book and manuscript donors to strengthen its 18. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 2002. collections. It is a generous deed for a donor, whether an individual or an D. Donation from Edward L. Daugherty, FASLA: 19. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 2004. organization, to part with beloved books and other records to enhance the quality 1. Copy of Landscape Notebook created by Atlanta landscape architect 20. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 2005. of the library’s holdings. We extend our deep appreciation to these donors. Edith Henderson, FASLA, for Mary Louise Hastings Clarke 21. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 2006. (Mary L. Clarke and Thomas H. Clarke), Fifteenth Street, NE, 22. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 2007. Atlanta, Georgia, undated. 23. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 2010. For more information on how to donate materials, please contact the Director, Staci Catron, 2. Original Landscape Notebook created by Atlanta landscape 24. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scrapbook, 2011. at 404.814.4046. This listing includes book and manuscript donors who gave between architect Edith Henderson, FASLA, for an Arden Road property, 25. Clairmont Heights Garden Club Scrapbook, 1958-1959. March 3, 2018, and April 1, 2019, and who have signed a formal Deed of Gift. Atlanta, Georgia, undated. 26. Clairmont Heights Garden Club Scrapbook, 1964-1965. The Cherokee Garden Library thanks you for your generosity. 3. Photocopy of information pertaining to the Zahner-Slick Garden, 27. Henderson Estates Garden Club, 2003-2004. Atlanta, GA, found in Keith Wiley’s Shade: Ideas and Inspiration for 28. Jasmine Garden Club, 1980-1981. Shady Gardens (Portland: Timber Press, 2006). 29. Valley Hill Garden Club Scrapbook, 1967-1968.

E. Donation from the Camellia District, The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. H. Donation from the Druid Hills Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia: and Helen Huddleston: 1. Scrapbook, 2013-2015. 1. “Poor Billy,” a booklet of stories and drawings about naturalist William Bartram, published by the Camellia District, The Garden Club of Georgia, I. Donation from Lee C. Dunn: Inc., ca. 1970s. 1. Garden Club of Georgia’s Garden Therapy Task Force Final Report and Recommendations, 2005. F. Donation from the Cherokee Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia: 2. Hume, H. Harold. The Pecan and Its Culture. Third edition. 1. Organizational records of the Cherokee Garden Club, 1980s-2000s. Published by the author, 1912. 2. Program from the Garden Club of America Zone VIII meeting hosted 3. Notebook containing the planning records, attendees’ list, program, by the Cherokee Garden Club, 1969. and sponsors’ list for the Historic Landscape Fundraiser in Oleander 3. Records pertaining to the Garden Club of America Zone VIII meeting District, Garden Club of Georgia, A Luncheon and Lecture by Dean hosted by the Cherokee Garden Club, 2010. Norton, “Welcome Home George Washington,” Savannah, Georgia, February 27, 2014. G. Donation from The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. 4. Postcard of Baconsfield Park, Macon, Georgia, ca. 1940s. (First installment): 5. Postcard of Col. A. R. Lawton, Jr.’s Home and Garden, Isle of Hope, 1. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. near Savannah, Georgia, March 28, 1938. Scrapbook (Book I), 1964-1965. 6. Postcard of the Lanier Oak that inspired Sidney Lanier’s “The Marshes 2. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. of Glenn,” ca. 1907-1915. Scrapbook (Book II), 1964-1966. 7. Postcard of Mercer University (showing landscaped grounds), 3. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Macon, Georgia, November 19, 1943. Scrapbook, 1975-1976. 8. Postcard of the Ocmulgee River and surrounding landscape, 4. The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Macon, Georgia, ca. 1919-1924. Scrapbook, 1977-1978. 9. Postcard of the Sidney Lanier Home and Garden, Macon, Georgia, ca. 1919-1924.

37 SPRING GARDEN CITINGS 2019 BOOK, MANUSCRIPT, AND VISUAL ARTS DONATIONS

T. Donation from Charline Race: AA. Donation from the Watson-Brown Foundation: 10. Postcard of Washington Park, Macon, Georgia, ca. 1919-1924. water, rain and air conditioning condensate; distributing the water 1. Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Wood engravings by Michael 1. Brown, Tad. “The Story of The Tom Watson Watermelon” 11. Tankard, Judith B. Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement. where it’s needed most; dry creek bed showing wet to dry planting areas McCurdy. Chelsea, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1985. published in the Second Annual Tom Watson Watermelon Revised edition. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2018. using only rainwater from a downspout. 2. Hastings’ Southern Garden Guide, 1976. Festival, Thomson, Georgia, 2005 Program. 3. Hastings’ Southern Garden Guide, 1977. 2. Wm. A. Watson’s Sons (Original Propagators of the Tom Watson J. Donation from Friends of the Sandy Springs Library: O. Donation from Mrs. Duncan S. Gray Jr.: 4. Hastings’ Southern Garden Guide, 1977, Spring edition. Watermelon, Thomson, Georgia) 1950 Catalog. Augusta, GA: 1. Fraser, Susan M. and Sally Armstrong Leone, eds. Trees of 1. Smith Bros. Nursery Co., Concord, Georgia. Nursery Stock Catalog 5. Hastings’ Southern Garden Guide, 1978. Tidwell Printing Supply Company, 1950. North America: Michaux and Redouté’s American Masterpiece. [Plate Book]. Rochester, NY: Rochester Lithographing Co., ca. 1910s. 6. Hastings’ Southern Garden Guide, 1984, Spring edition. New York: Abbeville Press, 2017. 7. Hastings’ Southern Gardener’s Catalog, Spring 1991. P. Donation from Ross Henderson: 8. Sunnywood Garden Club scrapbook (now the Flower Garden Club), K. Donation from the Garden Club of Virginia Research 1. Landscape Notebook by Edith Henderson, FASLA, for the First Marietta, Georgia, 1960s-1970s. Fellowship Committee: Presbyterian Church of Atlanta Gardens, 1988. 1. Reimer, Krista, 2017 William D. Rieley Fellow. “Westover.” U. Donation from Harry A. Rissetto for the American Dahlia Society: Richmond, VA: The Garden Club of Virginia, 2018. Q. Donation from Kenneth M. McFarland: 1. Rissetto, Harry, compiler. The American Dahlia Society: The Second 50 1. Collom, William, Lawrence & Lemay’s North Carolina Almanac. Years. The American Dahlia Society, 2015. L. Donation from Brooks Garcia: Raleigh, NC, 1834. 1. Commemorative poster by Atlanta artist Comer Jennings for the 2. David Landreth & Sons Catalog. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: V. Donation from Dan Schadler: dedication of the Gardenhouse, Saturday, David Landreth & Sons, ca. 1850s. 1. Kathy Henderson’s Garden Gazette, premier issue, December 1996. September 14, 1985. 3. Morrison’s Reaper and Mower, manufactured by Messrs. Sampson & Pae, Richmond City, Virginia, 1855. W. Donation from Claire M. Schwahn: M. Donation from the Georgia Trust of Historic Preservation: 4. North Carolina Fruit and Ornamental Garden and Nurseries Catalog. 1. Trustees’ Garden Club. Garden Guide to the Lower South. Third edition. 1. Photo Album 1 containing 40 black and white, 8 X 10 photographs Fayetteville, North Carolina: North Carolina Fruit and Ornamental Savannah: Trustees’ Garden Club, 2006. (ca. 1930s) documenting high-style residential homes and gardens Garden and Nurseries, 1854. 2. Trustees’ Garden Club. “Parks, Pines & Preservation: A GCA Zone VIII in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, from contractors, Collins, Holbrook, 5. Paschall Morris & Co. Agriculture and Seed Warehouse Catalog. Flower Show,” program, April 19, 2018. and Collins, a firm that worked with prominent architectural firms, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Paschall Morris & Co., 1855 including Hentz, Adler & Shutze; Ivey & Crook; Cooper & Cooper (2 copies, 1 incomplete). X. Donation from Jerry Spencer: in Atlanta. 6. Rural Advertiser, published monthly by Paschall Morris, 1. Olmsted, Jr., Frederick Law and Theodora Kimball, eds. Forty Years of 2. Photo Album 2 containing 34 black and white, 8 X 10 photographs Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Vol. II, No. 9 and 10, 1860, pgs. 26-32. Landscape Architecture, Being the Professional Papers of Frederick Law (ca. 1930s) documenting high-style residential homes and gardens 7. Tasker & Clark Catalog, Phosphatic Fertilizer. Philadelphia, Olmsted, Senior. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1928. in Druid Hills, Atlanta, Georgia; Sea Island, Georgia; and the “Little Pennsylvania: Tasker & Clark, 1866. Shop” (Couture Fashion), Davison-Paxon Co., Atlanta, Georgia, from Y. Donation from Judith B. Tankard, Landscape Historian: contractors, Collins, Holbrook, and Collins, a firm that worked with R. Donation from Kenneth M. McFarland for the Southern Garden 1. Pratt Family Album regarding John Lee Pratt (1879-1975) and Lillian prominent architectural firms, including Hentz, Adler & Shutze; History Society: Thomas Pratt (1876-1947), containing 261 black and white photographs Ivey & Crook; Cooper & Cooper in Atlanta. 1. AABGA Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, agenda, attendees’ list, dating from 1931 to 1947 showing the house, gardens, and grounds of 3. 8 X 10 black and white photograph of Charles R. Collins (1878-1945), and program, 1998. in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The gardens were designed co-founder of Collins, Holbrook, and Collins. 2. Annual meeting materials, 1988. by American landscape designer, Ellen Shipman. 4. 8 X 10 black and white photograph of Edwin Turner Collins, Sr. 3. Annual meeting materials, 1991. (1903-1938), co-founder of Collins, Holbrook, and Collins. 4. Annual meeting, program and slides, 1996. Z. Donation from Sara L. Van Beck: 5. Annual meeting program, 1998. 1. American Daffodil Society articles, correspondence, and lists, 1995-2000. N. Donation from Karin Guzy for the Georgia Perennial Plant Association: 6. Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes Eighth 2. Book research and correspondence pertaining to Daffodils in Florida: 1. Georgia Perennial Plant Association Brochure for Fall Picnic and Conference materials, 1991. A Field Guide to the Coastal South by Linda M. Van Beck and Sara L. Van Plant Sale, undated. 7. Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes Ninth Beck, 1997-2002. 2. Georgia Perennial Plant Association Open Days Directory, 2000. Conference materials, 1993. 3. Correspondence, publication material, and reviews pertaining to 3. Georgia Perennial Plant Association Open Days Directory, 2001. 8. Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes Tenth Daffodils in Florida: A Field Guide to the Coastal South by Linda M. Van 4. Letter regarding the establishment of a Georgia Perennial Plant Conference materials, 1995. Beck and Sara L. Van Beck, 2002-2004. Association Speakers Bureau and Corresponding Speaker’s List, 2001. 9. Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes Eleventh 4. Florida Daffodil Society activities, bulb sales, financials, history, 5. Save the Date Announcement regarding the Georgia Perennial Plant Conference materials, 1997. and minutes, 1994-2013. Association’s Symposium, “Come Home to Your Garden,” and Silent 10. Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes Twelfth 5. Florida Daffodil Society articles and correspondence, 1993-2008. Auction, Atlanta Botanical Garden, February 3, 2007. Conference programs, 1999. 6. Florida Daffodil Society daffodil shows, 2006-2007. 6. Seed Germination Records, Brencie Werner’s Greenhouse, 7. Goodwood Museum and Gardens, Tallahassee, Florida, Horticultural Georgia Perennial Plant Association, Spring 1993. S. Donation from the Peachtree Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia: Advisory Committee, Linda M. Van Beck, 1992-2002. 7. Seed Sources List, compiled by Brencie Werner for the Marietta 1. Agendas, Founders Fund Award, histories, minutes, Neil Reid 8. LeConte Woodmanston, Riceboro, Georgia, bulb lists and Men’s Garden Club, January 10, 1994. scholarship documentation, newsletters, photographs, programs, correspondence with Linda Van Beck, 2008-2012. 8. Statement of Purpose and other documents regarding the Georgia and a scrapbook pertaining to the Club’s activities, nonconsecutive 9. Trask, John, Kane Island Daffodil Farm, Beaufort, South Carolina, Perennial Plant Association’s entry in the 2004 Southeastern Flower dates: 1996-1999, 2006, 2011-2012, 2013-2015, 2018. correspondence with John and Linda Van Beck, 1997-1999, undated. Show, Discovery Division, “Enduring Perennials;” Theme: Garden 10. Van Beck, John Charles, articles and correspondence, 1993-1999. Display showing an Atlanta Garden During World War II, Spring 1943. 11. Van Beck, John Charles, biographical information and 9. Statement of Purpose regarding the Georgia Perennial Plant correspondence, 2001. Association’s entry in the 2008 Southeastern Flower Show, Discovery 12. Van Beck, John Charles, garden records and inventories, 1998-2002. Division, “Watering – Yes You Can!”; Theme: Display showing two 13. Van Beck, Linda, articles and correspondence, 2004-2010. different types of water containers, pillow and barrel; two sources of

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