Austin -- Osborn Garden
Object Details
- General
- Native plants and trees predominate in the gardens that surround the award-winning modern house on a two-thirds acre lot. The house was designed to evoke a settler's house that had been expanded over time with stone walls mortared with slurry, a metal roof and exterior chimney. The gardens feature curving beds, native limestone walls and patio with a lap pool outlined with the same stone. At first the lawns were planted with Prairie Buffalo grass developed at Texas A&M University. When this variety did not succeed it was replaced with El Toro grass. The Osborn Garden was included in one of the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Garden Center's annual tours.
- Persons associated with the garden include Stephen K. Domigan (landscape architect, 1992); Robert Steinbomer and Donna Osborn (architects, 1992).
- Landscape architect
- Domigan, Stephen K.
- Architect
- Steinbomer, Robert
- Osborn, Donna
- Collection Photographer
- Druse, Kenneth
- Place
- Osborn Garden (Austin, Texas)
- United States of America -- Texas -- Travis -- Austin
- Topic
- Gardens -- Texas -- Austin
- Landscape architect
- Domigan, Stephen K.
- Architect
- Steinbomer, Robert
- Osborn, Donna
- See more items in
- Ken Druse garden photography collection
- Ken Druse garden photography collection / Series 1: Garden Images by Site / United States of America / Texas
- Sponsor
- Cataloging of this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.DRU, File TX113
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Ken Druse garden photography collection
- Collection Rights
- Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Bibliography
- This property is featured in "Texas Style Translated" by Linda Hallam, published in Southern Living, February 1995, pp. 60-61; Native Texas Gardens by Andy and Sally Wasowski, Gulf Publishing Company, 1997.
- Scope and Contents
- The folder includes worksheets and a photocopy of an article.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Related Materials
- Osborn Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (14 35 mm slides; 22 transparencies)
- Record ID
- ebl-1562717430039-1562717430123-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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