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Ridgefield -- Garden of Ideas

Smithsonian Gardens

Object Details

General
Established in 1987, this eight-acre site is both a private garden and a specialty nursery. It contains a fine collection of both woody and herbaceous ornamental plants, planted along a stunning natural marsh filled with wild rice. The property contains a large raised-bed vegetable garden, hand-built cedar structures, whimsical statuary, water features, unusual annuals, and lots of birds and bugs.
Landscape architect
Svendsen and Keller
Collection Photographer
Jeruss, Irene
Place
Garden of Ideas (Ridgefield, Connecticut)
United States of America -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- Ridgefield
Topic
Gardens -- Connecticut -- Ridgefield
Outdoor Sculpture
Garden ornaments and furniture
Pedestals
Container gardening
Geraniums
Lawns
Flower beds
Benches
Garden borders
Dahlias
Ornamental grasses
Caladium
Gardening in the shade
Climbing plants
Ipomoea
Ricinus
Rudbeckia
Hosta
Brunnera
Columbines
Adirondack chairs
Garden walks
Rills
Streams
Japanese maple
Stairs
Gates
Arbors
Walls
Ferns
Landscape architect
Svendsen and Keller
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Irene Jeruss garden photography collection
Irene Jeruss garden photography collection / Garden Images / Connecticut
Extent
22 Slides (photographs)
Date
1999-2000
Container
Box 1
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.JER, File CT303_JER
Type
Archival materials
Slides
Slides (photographs)
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
Garden has been featured in Marjorie Owens, "Family Roots," The News-Times, August 17, 1997.Garden has been featured in William Bryant Logan, "Understory," Garden Design, August-September 1997, pp. 60-67.Garden has been featured in Gerri Lewis, "A Garden of Ideas," Arts & Leisure [special section of The Ridgefield Press, The Wilton Bulletin, The Redding Pilot, The Weston Forum in Conn.; and The Lewisboro Ledger in N. Y.], August 1, 1996.Garden has been featured in Tovah Martin, "A Ridgefield Gardener and His Muses," The Fairfield County Times Monthly, March 1997, pp. 21-22.Garden has been featured in Joseph Keller, "Gardening in Harmony with Nature," Fine Gardening, No. 70 (December 1999), pp. 40-45.
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.
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Record ID
ebl-1654277100508-1654277101092-1
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69e11f0f0-c275-459c-b574-2e8ba57199fb

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