Reynolda: north facade of house showing lake porch and terrace.

Object Details

General: Reynolda Gardens, was designed in 1915 by Philadelphia landscape architect, Thomas Sears. Reynolda gardens was a part of the 1,000 acre estate owned by R. J. Reynolds, founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The four and a half acre formal gardens have Japanese Weeping Cherries, Japanese Cedars, Saucer Magnolias, English Boxwood and annual and perennial flowering beds. About one-half of the original Upper Gardens are now used for vegetable, cut flowers and an All-American Rose Garden. There are 126 acres of open fields and woodlands with wildflowers and native trails.; The Lord and Burnham conservatory was built in 1912, restored in 1982, and houses a collection of tropical plants. Bedding plants for the gardens and poinsettias used for annual Christmas displays are raised in the growing houses.

Landscape architect: Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966
Creator: Reynolds, R. J. (Richard Joshua), 1906-1964
Collection Creator: Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966; Sears & Wendell; Olmsted Brothers; Harvard University; American Society of Landscape Architects

Place: North Carolina -- Winston-Salem; United States of America -- North Carolina -- Forsyth County -- Winston-Salem

Topic: Porticoes; Columns; Climbing plants; Barbeques (fireplaces); Chairs -- wicker; Tables; Stairs, stone; Walls, stone; Trees; Shrubs; Awnings; Benches; Foundation planting; Children; Houses

See more items in: Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection; Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / United States / North Carolina / NC010: Winston-Salem -- Reynolda Gardens

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection.

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