Newtown -- Echo Valley Garden
Object Details
- General
- An old farm property comprised of a yellow farmhouse set within eight acres of brush, rocky outcrops, and mixed woodlands has been developed since 1961 into a garden worth visiting: open only once to more than 125 viewers. The garden is protected on three sides by stone walls as well as by the woodlands. There are sunny expanses of lawn beyond a one hundred foot long perennial bed planted with daylilies, ornamental grasses, globe thistles, liatris, catmint, rudbeckias, and other sun lovers. There are two smaller beds in sunny locations and shade gardens with rhododendrons underplanted with hellebores, hostas, corydalis, brunnera and Solomon's seal. A tall juniper hedge divides the upper lawn from a lower lawn that has two apple trees, a Chinese chestnut grown from seed, and a Japanese fantail willow. The owner writes about the gardens she designs, plants and manages mostly on her own. Her latest book "Gardens to Go" describes her work with container gardening. She considers her rectilinear container garden to be a garden room that can be changed every year, including repainting the terrace furniture a different color, adding plant stands as well as new potted plants, and moving everything around until it's a pleasing experience. Persons associated with the garden's design: Sydney Eddison.
- Collection Photographer
- Jeruss, Irene
- Place
- Echo Valley Garden (Newtown, Connecticut)
- Topic
- Gardens -- Connecticut -- Fairfield
- Gardens -- Connecticut -- Newtown
- Container gardening
- Perennials
- See more items in
- Irene Jeruss garden photography collection
- Irene Jeruss garden photography collection / Garden Images / Connecticut
- Extent
- 49 Slides (photographs)
- Date
- 2001-2006
- Container
- Box 1
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.JER, File CT327_JER
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides
- Slides (photographs)
- Slides (35mm transparencies)
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Irene Jeruss 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 "Sydney Eddison Opens her Newtown Garden" in "The (Danbury, CT) News-Times", July 26, 2006.
- Genre/Form
- Slides (35mm transparencies)
- Scope and Contents
- Images 044 and 046 are restricted.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to collection 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-1654277100508-1654277101086-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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