Old Westbury -- Blum Garden, No. 2

Object Details

General: This was one of two gardens belonging to Robert Edward and Ethel Halsey Blum that were photographed by Molly Adams (the other is NY806). Its landscaping, also by Alice Recknagel Ireys, dates to the early 1960s, a later time period than its predecessor. The ranch style house was situated on a steeply sloping site, with its main level actually being the "second" floor. Native trees such as white birch and pine were included in the design along with traditional garden borders, ground cover plants, and a circular pool in the lawn area of the upper level. A trailing wisteria at the back of the house on the lower level provided an echo of the wisteria pergola at the Blums' previous home.

Place: Blum Garden, No. 2 (Old Westbury, New York); United States of America -- New York -- Nassau County -- Westbury

See more items in: Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.; Maida Babson Adams American garden collection. / Series 1: Garden Images / New York

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

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Bibliography: Garden has been featured in Alice Recknagel Ireys, How to Plan and Plant Your Own Property (New York: M. Barrows, distributed by M. Morrow, 1967), p. 44.

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Related Materials: Blum Garden, No. 2 related holdings consist of 1 folder (3 safety film negatives; 17 contact prints; 1 photograph)