Object Details
- General
- Twin Pines was named for a pair of pine trees growing in front of the Georgian style house which are remnants of the timber forest and pasture that preceded this one-acre property and adjoining golf course. Many of the plants came from cuttings and bulbs from family gardens, their own previous gardens, or were traded with friends. Although the gardens including hardscape were designed when the house was built in 1992, work is ongoing and plantings are redesigned and replaced as light levels, deer predations, and calamitous weather events require. Behind the house there is a formal brick terrace with walkways dividing parterres, low walls and steps, and a bubbling fountain; there is also a round dining patio and a round brick bordered rose bed on the same axis, inspired by great Mississippi Delta gardens. Despite the straight lines of the brick terrace, the rectangular beds are softened by less formal plantings of perennials with boxwood in the corners. The lawn below the terrace leads to the open lawns of the golf course, with a border between planted with perennials that deer do not favor, such as salvia, canna, lemon balm, sedum, ornamental grass, iris, and spirea.
- In the front yard there is a pine grove under planted with azaleas, with pine straw instead of grass except against the curb. Sasanqua camellias, aspidistra, daffodils, magnolia, sweet gum and cedar line the curving driveway and screen the neighboring house. A shade garden along one side of the house has azaleas, ferns, holly, hostas, leopard plant, Solomon seal, and mahonia leading to a fountain with a pineapple ornament. Miniature mondo grass serves as lawn grass in the shade. Along the other side of the house there is a dry creek bed that is connected to the drainage system and flower beds with daffodils, daisies, ligularia, yellow daylilies, iris and hostas along the drive to the two-car garage. A new dawn climbing rose is growing up the side of the garage over a fenced service area where empty pots and gardening tools are stored.
- Persons associated with the garden include: Rick Griffin (landscape designer, 1992-1996).
- Landscape designer
- Griffin, Rick
- Provenance
- The Garden Club of Jackson
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- Twin Pines (Madison, Mississippi)
- United States of America -- Mississippi -- Madison County -- Madison
- Topic
- Gardens -- Mississippi -- Madison
- Landscape designer
- Griffin, Rick
- Provenance
- The Garden Club of Jackson
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Mississippi
- 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.
- Custodial History
- The Garden Club of Jackson facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, File MS069
- Type
- Archival materials
- Digital images
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America 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
- Garden has been featured in "Keep Your Cooking Fresh with Herbs" by Lisa Uzzle Gates, published in The Clarion-Ledger, May 12, 2000, pp. 6-7.
- Genre/Form
- Digital images
- Scope and Contents
- The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of articles.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643208220039-1643210181410-2
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