1 Historljand Horticurture Preservedin Montecito1 s GreatEstates
THE SAME FAVORABLECLIMATE that would grow in this '1place of per enabled Moncecito to establish itself petual summer." Several pioneer nur as an agricultural community in the serymen introduced plants first for late 19th century gave rise to the agriculture and later for the booming gardens adorn ing the great estates estates, whose gardens reflected the LOTUSLANDthat emerged in the early 20th. It was ingenuity and cooperation of local and is a region highly amenable to nu rserymen . D.B. Clarke, a nursery Nt:WSLrnrR the exotic plants and trees that were man who grew orange, almond, and F O R Mt: M Bt:RS introduced by forethink ing early wa lnut trees, founded the Santa Anglo -American nurserymen from Barbara Agricultural Society in 1869. Volume s No. 2 - Summer 1996 the east. Subsequen t wealthy land Another important contributor to owners cleared chaparral -covered horticulture was nu rseryman Joseph
hillsides (not already cleared by their Sexton 1 who maintained one of CONTENTS Spanish predecessors) and created the mos t comp lete and extensive display gardens in which to show nurseries of tropicals and exotics HistorlJand Horticulture 1 Preserved in Montecito·s case tropical plants and to plant fruit many from the Orient , Australia, and Great Estates and nut orchards . In this way, southern Europe. Montecito evolved from an agricul The success of horticult ure was NYBGResearch at Lotusland 3 tural community to an exclusive, celebrated at the Santa Barbara semi-rural residential area famed for Flower Festivals of 1891-1896, orga "Gonna Walska: its lavish estates and unique gardens. nized by horticulturist Charles F. C A Woman of StlJle" 3 Early horticu lturists discovered Eaton. Each was a four-day celebra Perimeter Wall and Neptune that an infinite number of tropical, tion that included a magnificent Fountain Under Repair 3 semi -tropical, and temperate -zone procession, an Agricultural Pavilion, trees, plants, shrubs, and flowers and floral reproductions. In 1894 a Preserving BiodiversitlJ 4 Carol Volentine Honored blJ Museum of Art 5 JOlJCeMerek, CommunicationSpecialist 5 New Book on Lotusland Forthcoming 6 A brick pat/, throughan iron Summer Water GordenTour 6 gate leads from the parterreinto U.S. Trust Sponsors JullJ Gola 7 the citrusorchard New to t11e Collections 7 behind the main house of the Horticultural Happenings 0 Gavit Estate, Volunteers in the Garden 9 Cuesta Linda, builtin 1920. Cold Spring School Art Class at Lotuslancl 9 C Visit Ca5a def 1-/errero II Calendar of Events 12 ~ "' .-.:1.is;;.~ ______J ~ horticultural exhibit of the Southern California THE LOTUSLANDNEWSLETIER Acclimatizing Associa FOR MEMBERSis published by Ganna Walska LocuslandFoundation tion (S.C.A.A.) included 695 Ashley Road 20 varieties of palms, 40 Santa Barbara, California93108 varieties of tropical and (805) 969-3767 semi-tropical fruits, and Boardof Trustees many trees and shrubs, Carol L. Valentine,President including 50 exotic spe ElizabethW. Dake cies previously unknown Arthur R. Gaudi in the U.S. Anne W. Jones Begun the previous Pamela B. Pesenti Michael Towbes year by the Italian horti culturist Dr. Francesco Steven Timbrook, Ph.D., ExecutiveDirector Franceschi, the S.C.A.A. Anne Dewey, AssisramDirector VirginiaHayes , C11rarorof the LivingCollection introduced exotic flora Mike Iven, GroundsSuperimendem to the area and issued catalogues for its cus Janet Eastman, Editor tomers . By 1907 the Lindse's Letter PerfectGraphics, Design Printed by J& S Graphics S.C.A.A. was under the direction of Peter Reidel, a horticulturist from Thebrick walkway lined withcypress (Cupressus semper Holland, who extended virens)-native to southernEurope and westernAsia-on the services of the asso- the GavitEstate, Cuesta Linda, 1929. ciation to include land- scape design and installation. Reidel migration west followed a well was responsible for the landscaping established pattern. Generally they ) of many homes in Montecito. Others visited for a week or so; then they involved with the association were made reservations for a season at the C.F. Eaton and Ralph T. Stevens. Miramar or San Ysidro Ranch. The Even before the S.C.A.A. was following year, they rented a house introducing exotic flora to the region, or mansion. Finally, they purchased early nurseryman R. Kinton Stevens an existing home or land for a house purchased a ranch (now Lotus/and)in designed to meet their individual Montecito where he cleared many needs. The arrival of the railroad in oaks in order to build his home, plant 1887 was insrrumental in facilitating fruit trees, and establish a nursery this migration. in 1885. Mrs. Stevens named the Mr. and Mrs. E. Palmer Gavit's property Tanglewoodfor the many re Cuesta Linda (see Lotus/and New maining oaks growing there. Stevens sletterVolume 4 No . 4, Winter 1995) furnished thousands of young lemon is only one of many local great trees to other ranchers in Montecito estates that arose and flourished and was active in getting rare and before the Great Depression. Other unusual plants, often from the tropics, estates whose grounds featured and introducing them to the horti elaborate gardens of note include cultural trade. Stevens was the first Las Teias,Casa def Herrero,Val Verde, nurseryman in California to issue a Stanley McCormick's Riven Rock, El catalogue (1893) devoted solely to Mirador, Piranhurst, La Toscana, El tropical and subtropical plants. Cerrito,El Mirador,El Eliseo,La Favorita, The fact that Montecito was a Arcady, Graholm,and PepperHill. All ) garden spot where flowers bloomed were the creations of wealthy east in mid-winter made it the annual erners in search of the good life in Twopages from Kinton Stevens' 11893 destination of easterners and mid California, and all featured large nurseryc.atalogue. westerners weary of the cold. Their HISTORY/HORTICULTUREcontinued on page 12 NYBCiRes earchat Lotuslar1d ~~Ciar1r1aWalsRa: A r THE NEW YORK BOTANICALGarden perform a passive methanol extrac Womar1of Stwle" recently sent Research Assistant and tion for future phylogenetic studies . Botanical Collector Carol Annable Extractions are then distilled by a to Lotusland to collect plant material pharmaceutical company and tested for potential drug development. for their effects on such diseases as Ms . Annable spent 10 days over a cancer, AIDS, and Alzheimer's . three -month period collecting about According to Ms . Annable, it 300 samples of exotic plants found at takes 15 to 20 years to develop a new Lotusland that have not already been drug, and as many as 30,000 samples screened. It is the policy of NYBG must be collected for one potential to only collect plants growing in drug . Herbarium vouchers are used Madame the U.S. or in cultivation in foreign for tracking so that Lotusland will Walska, C. 1918, countries . Plants are dried and benefit if a drug is developed from in one of shipped to NYBG where technicians one of its plants. her many stylish dresses. DALECAROLYN GLUCKMAN, Associate Curator of Costumes and Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, spoke to a group of 50 upper level members at a free lecture on the clothing of Ganna Walska that is now part of LACMA's textile collec tion . Ms . Gluckman showed slides of the fabulous dresses, coats, hats, and shoes-most of which were handmade and sewn, sometimes exclusively for Madame Walska. The pieces were donated by her niece, ~ Hania Tallmadge, in 1984. ~ :i: The dramatic flair that Madame < % Walska showed for landscape design ~ ~ can also be seen in how she developed A Santa Barbaranative, Carol Annable's int erestin plantsdates back to the 4th gradewhen her extensive and highly fashionable she firstcollected them at the SB Museum of NaturalHistory. Her job with NYBG takes her wardrobe. The quality apparel, dating all overthe U.S. and U.S. territoriesto collectand study plantsfor research.Here she gathers from the teens to the fifties, was de a specimenfrom the BromeliadGarden at Lotus/and. signed by the finest couturiers of Paris and New York, whose historical importance was explained and empha Perin-\eter \'Vall ar1dN eptur1e 1Duntair1Und er Rep~ sized by Ms. Gluckman. Even after she lived at Lotusland, Madame WORKrs WELL UNDER WAY in the repair and restoration of Lotusland's pink Walska continued to consult with such perimeter wall and the Neptune fountain in the formal parterre below designers as Mr. John, who created the Main House. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, the many hats for her and held fashion John G. Braun Charitab le Annuity Trust, and a donation from the Pesenti shows in the garden . The lecture Foundation, the Neptune fountain will be fully functioning this summer. drew parallels between Madame A number of donors contributed to a matching grant by the Harold Walska's impeccable choice of fashion C Simmons Foundation to enable Lotusland to begin work on the wall. The designers and fabrics and her choice Foundation is grateful to these donors for making the preservation of of landscape designers and rare these historical architectural features possible and hopes the changes plants, providing new insight into an will enhance the experience of all visitors to the garden. aspect of Madame Walska's person ality not before explored thoroughly. Preservi11g BiodiversitLJ
CONSERVATIONOF BIODMRSITYhas become the rallying cry of environ mental organizations, scientists, and citizens. Many wonder why we should worry about it. Do we really need all those different kinds of butterflies and flowers? What about pests like mosquitoes and gophers? A relatively new word in the English language, biodiversity, which is short for biological diversity, means the number of species-10 million or so-of plants, animals, and other organisms, the immense genetic variability of these organisms, and the uncounted ecosystems these organisms inhabit on earth. To put it more simply, biodiversity is "the variety of life on earth ." Merely as a matter of p1inciple, we human beings must care about the loss of resources that have played An educationalexhibit on Preserving Biodiversity 1t1asfeatured at Santa Barbara'sEarth J a large part in our natural and cul Day celebrationon April2,1. The multi-paneleddisplay-featuring photographs of rareand tural heritage . For example, in 1900 endangeredplants found in Lotusland'sliving collection 1 a "Pyramidof Life"created by local artistJohn lwerks1 and informationon globalthreats to prese,vingplant life-seeks to educate 40 percent of lndia was covered by peopleabout the diminishingplant diversityupon whichall lifeis dependentand the effortsof forest; today only four percent of the botanicgardens around the worldto preservebiodiversity. Look for the exhibitat the Sustain forest is left. Growing populations ableLandscape Fair in Octoberand ./1.!IontecitoBeautification Day in Novemberof this year. are living in increasingly ste1ile envi ronments, cut off from the land and important nutrient cycles responsible its flora and fauna . for the replenishment and main These natural systems are the pro tenance of fish. Already, according viders of clean air and fresh water . lt to a U.S. Environmental Protection is estimated that in the next 25 years, Agency survey, approximately 85 a quarter of the world's 250,000 percent of rivers and 62 percent of plant species will face extinction. lakes in our count.Iy are considered Levels of carbon dioxide, methane, "impaired" in some way-either nitrous oxides, and CFCs (chloro unsafe for drinking, swimming, or fluorocarbons) in the atmosphere are even fishing. rising rapidly and are at their highest Lastly, biological resources pro in the past 160,000 years. All affect vide food for our tables, the basis of the earth's radiation balance, which, many medicines, and a setting for if upset, could lead to unknown and recreational activities. The greater possibly harmful weather changes. the number of organisms and the Plants remove these gases from the complexity of ecosystems, the more stable the whole system will be. air, produce oxygen, and mitigate i •. ~ their harmful effects. Yet Central American forests are Brighamia insignis (showngrowing at Wetlands, which cover three per disappearing at the rate of a million Lotus/and)is nativeto Haw1aii.Its natural cent of the earth's surface, contain acres annually, as farmers create pollinatorextinct, the plant is prese,vedin important water supplies and support monocultures of sugar, bananas, or botanicgardens by hand-pollination. rice. Monoculture farming leaves agriculture open to diseases that can CarolVale11tirt ~Ho11ored bLJ ( destroy an entire crop (e.g. the Irish potato famine caused by a fungus Museumof Art that was able to spread unchecked from farm to farm where only pota LOTUSLANDBOARD PRESIDENT Carol L. toes were grown). Tropical forests Valentine was recently honored for also contain the majority of the her 30 years of service to another world 1s flowering plant species . As non-profit institution, the Santa yet, only about one percent has been Barbara Museum of Art, as the thoroughly examined for medicinal second recipient of the Wright S. properties . In addition , many an Ludington Award for distinguished outdoor enthusiast has found solace service to the museum. Mrs . 1 and renewal in nature 1s vast beauty Valentine s extensive service, gen and solitude . erous philanthropy, keen insight, The interrelation between organ and wise counsel earned her the isms in an ecosystem is the subject of distinguished award, which was pre much research today. While science sented at a dinner in her honor in may not be able to give us a quantifi late April. Lotusland is fortunate to 1 able "scorecard 11 of each organism's also benefit from Mrs . Valentine s CarolValentine at a recentaward dinnerin "worth/' economic or otherwise, the support and guidance. herhonor at the SBMA. consensus is surely that each one matters in the larger scheme of things. No one knows which plant or animal is the one whose absence JowceMereR, ,will unalterably change the balance ( of nature for the worse. Commu11icatio11Specialist So what are botanic gardens doing co preserve biodiversity? For NEWTO LOTUSLAND'Sadministrative Highly qualified in both oral and almost two centuries, they have been staff this Spring is Joyce Merek, written organizational communica major centers, along with univer Assistant to the Executive Director, tion, Joyce earned a BA in Speech sities, for the study of plants and Steven Timbrook. Joyce brings a and Drama from Catholic University their diversity, where scientists and wealth of experience to this newly of America in Washington, D .C., and horticulturists have been cataloging created position, which she sees as an MA in Speech Communication and assessing planes for human use. an important communication liaison at California State University North Their efforts have enhanced our between the director, staff, and board . ridge. She has taught classes at several quality of life through the develop community colleges in the Los ment of new crops, better forestry Angeles area and continues to teach management, new medicines, and Business English at Santa Barbara showier flowers. The gardens also Business College and Public Speak have become reserves for plants ing at Santa Barbara City College. whose natural habitats are being She was an editor for Seikyo Times, destroyed, either in natural disasters an international journal for peace, or by human destruction. They also culture, and education, and worked serve as showcases and classrooms for Santa Barbara Chamber of Com to inform and educate the public merce in Information Services after about biodiversity. moving to Santa Barbara in 1995. Lotusland is proud to be doing The support with special pro its part by preserving rare and en- jects and advance planning that she ( )'.iangered plants, cooperating with provides to the Executive Director collectors for pharmaceutical com allows her to apply her extensive panies, and promoting conservation business skills at, as she describes through educational programs . Lotusland, "a progressive and evolv 11 -Virginia Hayes J.M.EASTMAN ing organization. Welcome, Joyce. 6 NewBooR Of\ Lotuslar\d Jorthcomif\g
ONE OF THE MOST frequent ques Years, 11 covers Madame Walska's plant experts who contributed to the J tions that visitors ask at the con- youth, the development of her sing creative process . clusion of their tours has been : "Is ing career, and her six marriages . Archival photographs show there a book on Lotusland that I Chapter two, "Lotusland - Before Madame Walska both working and can afford to buy?" The answer will Madame Ganna Walska,11 discusses entertaining in the garden. But the soon be yes. Ganna WalskaLotus/and: the contributions made by early highlight of this final chapter is the The Gardenand Its Creatorscurrently owners Kinton Stevens, whose photography of William B. Dewey. is being printed and will be seen for exper imental plantings remain as Many previously unpublished full the first time anywhere at the annual dramatic accen ts in the garden, and half-page photographs gloriously Lotusland Celebrates garden party and E. Palmer Gavit, whose estate showcase the special features that on July 21. The book was written by house and formal gardens form the make a walk through Lotusland such Sharon Crawford, a landscape his nucleus of the contempo rary garden . a delightful experience. torian who is also a Lotusland docent The first two chapters are illustrated The book will be available at the and who conducts and coordinates with photographs and documents Lotusland Garden Shop, which is archival research for the Lotusland &om Lotusland's extensive archival only open to visitors, and Tecolote Foundation. Divided equally be collection . The third chapter, "Evo Bookstore in Montecito. A book tween text and photographs, the lution of the Gardens at Lotusland, 11 signing will take place in November book packs a wealth of information describes in chronological order the -just in time for holiday shopping! into its 48-page, 9"x12" format. development of the individual Look for an invitation that will be The first of its three chapters, gardens and Madame Walska's re mailed to all Friends of Lotusland "Madame Ganna Walska-The Early lationship with the designers and this fall. ------
f ) Summer\Xlater Garder\ Tour SaturdaLJ,Augu st 3 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
JOIN LOTVSLANDCURATOR Virginia Hayes and Betsy Collins, Living Collections Manager of Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, for a day of water gardens on Saturday, August 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m . Participants will meet at SBBG and take a bus to Lotusland, where they will tour Madame Walska's gardens. Then they will move on to Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden for a box lunch . After lunch, the group will view several private water gardens in and around Santa Barbara. Registration must be made through SBBG. Please call (805) 682-4726 extension 102 for information. Instructors:Virginia Hayes and Betsy Collins Location: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden parking lot Limit: 23 people Code: HOR328 Fee: $47 ($54 nonmembers) includes admission to ) Lotusland and a box lunch
This Nymphaea cv. Pink Pumpkinis grownexperimentally at Lotus/and.Water gardens provide an attractiveand meditative ornamentto any garden. Comesee severalaround town on August 3. 7 n U.S. TrustCompar\l_J of Califor11ia & N ew Jersew Spo11SorsJulLJ Gala
LoTUSlANDIS DELIGHTED to announce that U.S. Trust Company of California & New Jersey is sponsoring Lotusland Celebrates: The Marriageof Figtzrowith a generous grant.
U'le arealso h onoredto havethe follow Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Isham Bryant & Sons Jewelry ingPatr ons of Lotus!andCelebrat es: Sally Jordon J &S Graphix Mr. & Mrs. Eli Luria Four Seasons Biltmore Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Abercrombie Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Mc Comb Mrs. E.L. Bakewell Dr. & Mrs. A.E. Amorteguy Mr. & Mrs. A.A. Milligan Doris & Wesley Carter Dr. Warren R. Austin Mrs. Janet Milligan-Crary Frances D. Larkin Mrs. Donald L. Balch Montecito Bank & Trust Mr. & Mrs. Max E. Meyer Margo & Jeffrey Barbakow Darla Moore David F.Myrick Mr. & Mrs. H. Hampton Bell Mrs. Joseph R. Osherenko John & Zola Rex Charles Bloom Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bernard & Rosemary Parent Mr. & Mrs. Monte T. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Frank Pesenti The July 21 event will feature the Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Carpenter Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Leslie Ridley-Tree Music Academy of the West per Mary L. Cheadle Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Riley forming scenes from Mozart's The Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Crawford Mr. & Mrs. C. William Schlosser Marriage of Figaroin the Theatre Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Service Cecelia A. Dalsemer Garden, additional musical presen Eleanor H. Simpson Sir Daniel J. Donohue tations throughout the garden, an Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. James N. Ebright historical exhibit of "The Six Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Straus 0 Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Emmons Marriages of Ganna Walska,'' and Hania P.Tallmadge Mrs. Maurice E. Faulkner dinner served on the Main Lawn Jeanne C. Thayer Mr. & Mrs. Alvin W. Friedman Carol L. Valentine by the Four Seasons Biltmore. Look Mr. & Mrs. James Wes Gallagher William T. White for your invitations in the mail. Mr. Arthur Gaudi laura Lee W. Woods A pre-event fashion show spon Mrs. Rowe Giesen Mr. & Mrs. AlbertZukas sored by Nordstrom will be held Mrs. Robert C. Green on the store's verandah Wednes Mrs. Richard H. Hellmann Additional donations \(Jeremade by: day, June 12, 1996. Tickets to the Anonymous show are $20 per person and Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Hunter, Jr Wild Horse Winery & Vineyards include lunch. Invitations were sent Eric P. Hvolb01l Nordstrom to all members in May.
New to the Collectior\S Members WhoHav e Increased With VIRGINIA HAYES Their Level or Support
THE NURSERYAT L0TUSLANDwill be Swartziamadagascariensis comes from Mr. & Mrs. Lester J. Anixte r looking more and more like an Tanzania and Zambia, where it Helene & Jerry Beaver African forest in the days ahead as becomes a small tree in woodlands Geoffrey & Kimberly Crane seeds of several exotic trees from that and grasslands. John & Lisa Derrick continent begin sprouting. Baulzinia Another small tree from the Pat Lizarraga Mr . & Mrs . James Nonn ( galpiniiand B. petersiana, both native riverbanks of Mozambique is Ses Anne & Vladimir Volokh to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and bania seban. Two more species from David & Lola Waller Zambia, will be small, flowering Tanzania are Entada abyssinicaand l trees in the near future. Erythrina abyssinica. Look for these Mr. & Mrs. Jamie Constance In spite of its specific name, trees in the garden in a few years. 8 HorticulturalHapper1ir1gs With 1llKE IVEN n
W1fll('r W0rl{-; gating any area. Properly wa tering Terri enjoyed being mentor for a day the variety of plant species grown at and believes the program is an ALLIRRIGATION WATER AT Lotus land is Lotusland is a process requiring con excellent educational experience that supplied by one well located behind scientious monitoring by individua l exposes young women to the reali the garages at Ashley Road . Ground gardeners and the cooperation of all ties and challenges of having a career water is pumped through an under grounds staff. and, in Terri's case, also a family. She ground pipeline to a 0.5-acre-foot reported that Dresden gained an underground concrete reservoir lo '-lflfT"li!c-.;!, V\f' appreciation for hard work and, for cated about 250 feet above Lotusland's the first time, realized the amoun t of northern property line. Gravity flow AsSISTANTCURATOR Jennifer Dennis specialized work that goes into the provided wa ter for Lotusland's needs celebrates five years of employment maintenance of her own back yard. until 1987, when new PVC pipes and with Lotusland this June . A native of Indiana, Jennifer has degrees in an irrigation pumping station were I otu"km
Candice Buergey, GardenMaintenance LOTUSLAND VOLUNTEER Leyla Cabugos, GardenMaintenance docent and local cycad Jolene Delisa, GardenShop expert Jeff Chemnick Keyko Hall, SpecialProjects was interviewed at Jennifer Jimmerson, Library Lotusland in May for Cheri£ Khoury, Archives a television broadcast Paulette Miller, SpecialProjects on KEYTNews . Jeff is Ted Ross, Archives the owner of a specialty Lucke Thorensen, CrafiGuild nursery where he prop Robert Wolff, GardenMaintenance agates and sells these Joyce Ziman, Archives rare and endange red plants to local garden \'r'lll 11~1<'rrApprcc i
ColdSpring School Art Class at Lotusland
SIXTH-GRADESTUDENTS FROM Barbara curious about the plants and recog Frambola's class at Cold Spring nized many they already knew, such School came to Lotusland on May as cactus and papyrus . A lucky few 14 to sketch in the garden. Though got to feed koi in one of the ponds . the 28 students were eager to explore Art teacher Ann De Bruyn Kops, all of Lotusland's gardens, they nar paren ts, and teacher's aides accom rowed in on the Japanese, aloe, and panied the group, who walked over water gardens. There, the children from and back to the schoo l via the spread out alongside the paths where Sycamore Canyon Gate . Lotusland is
....;i some drew close-ups of plants while pleased to open up the garden and ColdSpring School students sketching in the others took in the larger landscape . make it available for such a good Japanesegarden . The well-behaved students were neighbor as Cold Spring School. 10 Friendsof Lotusland We Welcome New Memlx rs Who Joined i11Februan-1, Mar ch, April 1996
I \'I I I Nancy LeBorgne William & Barbara Wood Teri & Ken Lebow Grant & Catherine Young McNamee Family Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Levine Norma Anderson Nicholas & Erin Maensky I ·\ Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Beckert Cassandra Meagher Judy Benjamin & Sheffie Elul David & Geraldine August Mael & Sophia Melvin Melissa & Andrew Bermant Marie Biller Pattie Metzler Charles .Breuch Lisa E. Bittan Mr. & Mrs. A.H. Meyer John & Patricia Broome Gregory Brochu Harvey Luskin Molotch & Glenn Wharton Mr. & Mrs . Clifford Brokaw Christen Brown Mrs. Ruth Ann Montgomery Dr. Robert Bryant William & Mary Cederberg Susan Montpas Marjorie Cannell Jim & Carey Cimino Joan & Bill Murdoch Stephen & Janet Carlson Fred & Linda Clough Michelle Murphy Mrs. Philip Cook Joan F. Cohen Linda Murray & Rod Nash Christine Driggers Denise Cano Coleman David Phoenix & Serena Carroll Jan Dybdal Gloria Couacaud Anne Pidgeon Jesta Erichsen & Fem Lea Petters Mary De Vaney Steven L. Pliha Ray & Helen Down Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Polos Jayne Harasty Karin M. Faber Mr. & Mrs. Albert Rosenstein Ronald & Shirley Heck Robert & Kay Faguet Kathy & Ted Ross Alicia Jacobsen Michelle J. Farrelly Lisa G. Ryavec Diana Katsenes Ellen Fenger Scott Schaffer Virginia & John McCutcheon Kendra & Andrew Feshbach Linda Schnier Sharon McOueen Mr. & Mrs. G.W. Foerschler Marcia Schoettle Sylvia & Mohan Narula De Foresta Carol Shaw-Sutton Victoria Nobles & Donald Stephens Monica & Jeff Fried Charles & Yolanda Shemely Sippin G. Pappas Mrs. R.T.M. Frost Dr. & Mrs. Morris F.Skinner Pete Shamlian Helen Gare Kathleen E. Slowey Mrs. Jacqueline Smalley Shelby Glick Mr. & Mrs. William Smith, llI Byron & Nancy Wood Carol A. Gordon Laura Stearns Wendy Yager Anna Maria Green Deborah Stouffer Leslie Haight Mary Anne Stroud Sharon & Rodney Hill Maxine & Michael Swartz Dr. & Mrs . John Michael Criley Patti Jacquemain & Dave Gledhill Marianne Tipton Mrs. George Russell Jane Kern Mr. & Mrs. Luis Tirador Bill & Barbara Woods Kim Koepp Mary M. Tosti Wendie Kruthers & Mary Barter Nancy Wall & Dan Perri Peter F.La Rosa Shirley Waxman 11 d I \ Mrs. John Laing Judy Winkel Thomas & Nancy Crawford, Jr. LotuslandGratefullLJ AcRnowledges Donations FebruarLJ,March, Apri l 1996
' I I I \l>P,~l( l\flOl I Stephen C. & Nellie Anne Taylor Darla Moore Danyel benShea Elaine & Harry Iddings, Jr. Michael Towbes Doris Fienga Barry W. Starke, Earth Design Associates Parents of Martha Wilkins Sherry Gilson Dr. James M. Hester ) I.' \ I I ) )( I J I Delysia & Christian Gronbeck I 'I ,, I ' ( JoAnn Lewis The Lilybelle Foundation Maureen Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Albert Zukas Craig Palonen In memory of Marie D. Jeffrey \ ,1 I 'I Virginia & Robert Puddicombe Adele & Vern Wojciechowski Veloyce Schmidt ,I ,I A.J. Stevenson Virginia Gardner I \, I \ I I ') " Mary Thieme Maureen Murphy Helen & Norman Hillemann William T. White Hania Tallmadge ) I) I 11 ' 'I ll!MIOI \I \uuill" ' ,11 ,PPlll ( I \110fI ' J ,1 ,' ' I J ', Jamie & Marcia Constance c I' i1i ' I rt Montecito Covenant Church Mattison & Gillian Mines Linda Granat ' \ I \ I I \ ) I In appreciation of Corey Welles John Iwerks Garden Club of Santa Barbara VisitCasa del Herr ero n Saturdal), August 17,1996 e 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. (Note earlLJs tart times to allow for travel to the Casa from Lotusland.)
LOTUSlANDlNVITES MEMBERS to sign complete preservation of the original will meet at the Lotusland Visitor up for a visit this August to the buildings and their contents, which Center at 9:30 a.m. for the morning newly opened Casa de/ Herreroin provide visitors a glimpse of gothic tour and 1:00 p.m. for the afternoon Montecito. Located on East Valley and renaissance art and furniture as it tour and then carpool over to the Road, the estate has been preserved was collected earlier in this century by Casa. Trained docents will lead tours as a living museum for the display of Mr. and Mrs . George FoxSteedman . of the house and grounds lasting Spanish Colonial Revival architec The home, designed by local architect approximately 1½ hours . Refresh ture, Moorish style gardens, and George Washington Smith, survived ments will be served upon return antique furnishings. It is rare in its the 1925 earthquake and is today to Lotusland. listed on the National Register of His toric Places. Complementary gardens were designed by landscape architect Ralph Stevens and horticulturist Peter Reidel as a series of outdoor "rooms" typical of Spanish and Moorish gar den design and providing ocean and mountain views from the estate. A unique feature is Steedman's silver smith workshop-whence the name of the estate, "House of the Iron worker or Silversmith"-which has been meticulously preserved . Like Lotusland, Casade/ Herrero is a former great estate preserved for posterity by the generous planning of its owners . It is owned and operated by the non-profit Casa del Herrero Foundation, which makes the estate Lookingthrough a horticulturalarch into a available to a limited number of visi A Dragontree (Dracaena draco) fl.aresup bn·ck patio with Spanish tilefountain just tors by advance reservation only. behinda Spanish tilebench in the gardens outsidea roomof Casa- del Herrero. -----Those participating---- in the visit- of Casa- del Herrero- . ., I RegistrationForm PAYMENTMETHOD: D Check enclosed D VISA D MasterCard I OANNAWA LSKA LOTUSLAND Expiration date ___ Card number ______I I I Casa del Herrero Tour Member name ______I 5aturdaLJ,Au gust 17, 1996 I Address ______I I Check one : D 9:30 a.m . I I D 1:00p.m. ______Phone ______I Cost: $10 per person, includes I admission to the Casa Signature ______I I I Number attending FOR MEMBERSONLY I u.Total enclosed $ ______Feeis refundableonly 1f canceled by Friday,August 9, 1996. I I Mail to:Ganna Walska Lotusland, Attn: Member Events, 695 Ashley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 I L ------.J Nonprofit Org. U.S POSTAGE PAID Santa Barbara California ) Permit No. 163 Cla1\r\el Walsku Lotuslandlbundation
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HJSTORYIHORTICULTUREamrinued from page 2 now known as Lotus/and,have been dom iciles with extensive gardens, enhanced and preserved as a pub lic CALENDAROf EVENTS employing the finest structure and botanic garden by the late Madame landscape architects to create unique Ganna Walska and are now owned Summerand fall are fii!I of aet1viries for and operated by the foundation she Lotus/and members.Loo k for details gardens . Visiting dignitaries and about upcomingeve nts in this and politicians made visits to these created. Another estate now open for subsequent newsletters. Separareinvi estates, one was featured in an issue viewing is the former George F. tationsto someeven ts ,x,il/be mailed to of House & Carden, most were in Steedman estate Casa de/ Herrero. A all Friends.Q uestionsabou t an evem? CallAnne Dewey ac (805) 969-3767 cluded in the April 1926 whirlwind detailed history of these estates can ) extension.225 forinforma tion. visit by the Garden Club of America, be found in David F. Myrick's two and many were documented by their volumes on the subject: /Vlontecitoand Junel2 Santa Barbara:From Farmsto Estates Nordstrom Fashion Show Kick-off owners in photographs and books and Montecitoand Santa Barbara: The for Lotusland Celebrates for visitors. Days of the GreatEstates . Julq IJ ond 1-4 Though very few of Montecito's -Janet M. Eastman Art in Full Bloom at SBMA; Locus formerly great estates and their gar land arrangement in Asian Gallery dens survive intact and are accessible Lotus/andmembers have an opponunityto visit Casa def Herreroon Saturday,August 1lt JUILJ21 to the general public, today the for \'()henLotus/and will sponsor a fieldtrip to rl,e Lotusland Celebrates : TheMamage mer CuestaLinda house and gardens, estate.See page '11for details . of Figaroannual gala fundraiser August J Water Garden Tour co-sponsored by SBBG (see page 6) August 17 Member field trip to Casadef Herrero(see page 11) September 2<5 Anacapa String Quartet in the Theatre Garden October ond November Biodiversity Exhibit ac the Sustainable Landscape Fair and at Montecito Beautificaoon Day November 16 Book Signing by author Sharon Crawford, Gauna \'(la/sk.aLows/and: rite Gardenand Its Crea/ors(see page 6) The newlybuilt GavitEstate, Cuesta Linda, 1920.