Beatrix Farrand White House Garden

The beatrix farrand garden association maintaining farrand s oldest surviving garden in hyde park ny at the fdr home historic site.

Beatrix farrand white house garden.

Home about visit film events education get involved contact. Burnap and beatrix farrand. Acquired by the federal government in 1976 the bellefield mansion is an elegant 18th century house remodeled by famed architects mckim mead and white for sen. Beatrix farrand designed the garden for ellen axson mrs.

Also in 1913 mrs. The annual and perennial plantings outside clementine s suite were warm in color while those outside beatrix s suite were in cool tones with climbing roses and clematis integrated along the fence. The president had noted that the white house had no garden equal in quality or attractiveness to the gardens that he had seen and in which he had been entertained in europe she wrote for the white house historical association. Beatrix farrand gca advisor and recipient of the 1947 gca achievement medal will be the focus of an upcoming seminar sponsored by the white house historical association and the oak spring garden foundation on may 2 in washington dc.

Wilson brought the landscape designer beatrix farrand to the white house to landscape the east side of the garden which remains in almost exactly the same form today. The white house grounds are maintained by a garden crew consisting of 13 regular staff including a chief horticulturalist who is on the executive residence staff. The rose garden was designed by george e. The west garden has been known as the rose garden ever since.

Within two weeks of her business engagement at princeton farrand delivered up a landscaping plan for the graduate college site. Dumbarton oaks in washington d c the. A fascinating discussion on her gardens and legacy. Its signature tree is the katherine crab apple tree.

Farrand added a number of specimen plants around the new house including japanese cherry. Bellefield mansion is part of the roosevelt vanderbilt national historic sites and the beatrix farrand garden association is a formal partner. Hand colored photograph of the southeast garden at the white house washington d c. Wilson also brought the landscape designer beatrix farrand to the white house to landscape the east side of the garden which remains in almost exactly the same form today.

By the time landscape architect beatrix farrand 1872 1957 retired her legacy included the grounds of dumbarton oaks once a private estate now a museum in washington d c gardens for the morgan library in new york city the new york botanical garden and the white house and work on college campuses including yale and princeton university. Terrace garden with clematis 2003 patrick chassé. June 19 1872 february 28 1959 was an american landscape gardener and landscape architect her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences estates and country homes public parks botanic gardens college campuses and the white house only a few of her major works survive.