Coatesville -- Glenderro Farm

Object Details

See more items in: The Garden Club of America collection; The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania

Sponsor: A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Related Materials: Glenderro Farm related holdings consist of 1 folder (8 35 mm. slides); Additional information located at Charles Willing Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.

Custodial History: Garden Club of Wilmington facilitated the 2002 submission of this garden's documentation.

General: Glenderro is a 250 acre farm. The gardens around the house include a terraced rock garden, ponds, and a vegetable garden. The owners make use of antique iron fencing and a blue heron sculpture by Clayton Bright.; Persons and organizations associated with the garden include: Walter Durham (architect, 1963); and Owen Schmidt (landscape architect, 1963).

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Topic: Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Coatesville; Vegetable gardening; Rock gardens

Place: Glenderro Farm (Coatesville, Pennsylvania); United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- Coatesville

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.