Founders Memorial Garden (Athens, Ga.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dr. A. Jefferson Lewis III slides
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS554
Scope and Contents
This collection contains slides used by Dr. Lewis in his teaching, research, and public service roles at Clemson University, Virginia Tech, and the University of Georgia. The images depict a wide range of both woody and herbaceous plants, including bulbs and plants native to Georgia and the Southeast. The slides were used to teach courses in horticulture, floriculture, plant propagation, and landscape design. Of special interest are images of historic homes and landscapes primarily in...
Dates:
1963-2004
Founders Memorial Garden Project Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS981
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection documents the founding of the Ladies’ Garden Club of Athens and its early history through published materials, transcriptions of newspaper articles, and a manuscript detailing facts about the club. The bulk of the material, however, documents the development of the Founders Memorial Garden at the University of Georgia between 1936 and 1946. The collection primarily contains published articles and correspondence regarding financial contributions to the endeavor and development...
Dates:
1931-1976
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- Annual (Plants) 1
- Botanical gardens 1
- Bulbs (Plants) 1
- Callaway Gardens (Pine Mountain, Ga.) 1
- Fences 1
- Flowering shrubs 1
- Flowering trees 1
- Flowering woody plants 1
- Flowers 1
- Formal gardens -- Design 1
- Fountains 1
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc. 1
- Gardens -- Design 1
- Gardens -- Georgia -- Athens 1
- Gardens -- Georgia -- Clarke County 1
- Gates 1
- Greenhouse gardening 1
- Ground cover plants 1
- Herbaceous plants 1
- Historic gardens 1
- Historic gardens -- Georgia 1
- Historic gardens -- Southern States 1
- Landscape architecture 1
- Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Athens 1
- Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Clarke County 1
- Landscape design 1
- Landscape plants 1
- Native plants for cultivation -- Georgia 1
- Outbuildings 1
- Outdoor furniture 1
- Perennials 1
- Sculpture 1
- Signs and signboards 1
- Trees 1
- Wall gardens 1
- Water gardens 1
- Wild flowers 1
- Wild flowers -- Identification 1
- Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 1
- Woody plants 1 + ∧ less
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