TITLE

AT BELLEFIELD, THE secret gardens OF BEATRIX FARRAND

AUTHOR(S)

Tankard, Judith B.

PUB. DATE

June 2010

SOURCE

Old-House Interiors;Jun2010, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p52

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on the garden for the Bellefield house at the Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York. The garden was designed by Beatrix Farrand and is a long, axial garden enclosed by stone walls near the house and informal hemlock hedges where the grounds meet the woods. After the property was donated to the National Park Service, the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association replanted the borders using a selection of plants that Farrand typically used.

ACCESSION #

48595412

Tags: HISTORIC gardens;  GARDEN design;  FARRAND, Beatrix

 

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