Phoenix -- Aranjuez
Object Details
sova.aag.gca_ref5481
- General
- There are 13 large format (2 3/4" square) slides. A duplicate 35-mm slide was made for each large format slide. The large format slides are stored with the Garden Club of America, glass lantern slides.
- "Aranjuez Garden, inspired by the "Aranjuez" Garden of the summer palace in Spain, was created by Margaret (Mrs. Walter O.) Douglas for her home in Phoenix. Mrs. Douglas, Canadian by birth, well travelled and married to an Arizona copper baron and President of the botanical gardens. Anticipating a move of residence from Mexico to Phoenix, the Douglases bought the property north of the city in the desert but with access to water, and began to plant citrus, date palms and jacaranda trees."
- "Although plans were ordered from Bertram Goodhue, architect of the 1913 World's Fair in San Diego, Mrs. Douglas, herself, designed and built extensions to the original ranch house, adding a bell tower overlooking a patio with an octagonal fountain. Using the Spanish gardens as a model, she designed a reflective pool to mirror Camelback Mountain and be viewed from the living room window. At the side of the home was the formal garden, four parterres with low private hedges with a kumquat or other dwarf citrus in the center. Where the parterres met was another octagonal tiled fountain with overflow running off in each direction through small bricked trenches along the sides of the garden paths. A double row of carob trees led to the west, adding shade and elegance. For the pool area hand painted Don Quixote tiles illustrating the Cervantes tale were brought back from Spain. A three-tiered shell fountain graced the back wall. There was a cactus garden to the north of the patio."
- "During the late 1950's and 1960's, many of the 160 acres were sold for development. In the late 1960's Charlotte Heuser, a local designer with taste and Southwestern flair, carved the remaining acreage around the main house and Aranjuez garden into small condominium lots and erected some twenty residences in keeping with the original building and landscaping. The reflective pool was filled in, yet the cyprus trees lining each side still provide a formal entrance for "Los Dos Puertos" as the area is now called (because of the two great wrought iron gates brought by Mrs. Douglas from Mexico). When the pool area was expanded most of the formal garden disappeared but the Quixote tiles and shell fountain were left."
- Persons associated with the property include: Walter O. Douglas (former owner in 1930 to 1960's); Edward Van Altena (colorist); Margaret Bell Douglas (former owner in 1930 to 1960's); Mr. and Mrs. Richard Peabody (former owner from 1969 to 1992).
- Mrs. Douglas received the GCA Achievement Medal, was past president of American Horticultural Society, served on Counsel of New York Botanical Garden and was named to Arizona Hall of Fame in 1991.
- Former owner
- Douglas, Walter O.
- Douglas, Margaret Bell (Mrs. Walter O.), 1880-1963
- Peabody, Richard
- Creator
- Los Dos Puertos
- Former owner
- Peabody, Richard, Mrs.
- Slide manufacturer
- Van Altena, Edward
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- Aranjuez (Phoenix, Ariz.)
- United States of America -- Arizona -- Maricopa County -- Phoenix
- Topic
- Gardens -- Arizona -- Phoenix
- Former owner
- Douglas, Walter O.
- Douglas, Margaret Bell (Mrs. Walter O.), 1880-1963
- Peabody, Richard
- Creator
- Los Dos Puertos
- Former owner
- Peabody, Richard, Mrs.
- Slide manufacturer
- Van Altena, Edward
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Arizona
- 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.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, File AZ001
- Type
- Archival materials
- 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 Arizona Republic, Sun Living, September 21, 1969. Garden has been featured in The Garden Club of America. The Garden Locater of the Garden Club of America. 1953. Garden has been featured in Arizona Republic, Obituary, October 12, 1963. Garden owner has been featured in the pamphlet from Arizona Hall of Fame Museum at the Carnegie Library.
- Scope and Contents
- The folder includes garden plans, garden description, pamphlet, articles, worksheet done by GCA researcher Nancy Swanson and correspondence.
- 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.
- Related Materials
- Aranjuez related holdings consist of 1 folder (23 35 mm. slides. + 1 glass lantern + 13 - 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" slides, col, 3 x 5in.)
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The Garden Club of America collection
sova.aag.gca
- Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Names
- New York Flower Show
- Topic
- Gardens -- France
- Gardens -- Italy
- Gardens -- Japan
- Gardens -- Mexico
- Flower shows
- Gardening -- United States -- societies, etc
- Gardens -- England
- Landscape architecture
- Gardens -- United States
- Gardens -- Spain
- Gardens -- Scotland
- Creator
- Garden Club of America
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- 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.
- Summary
- The Garden Club of America Collection at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Gardens contains over 100,000 images (lantern slides, 35mm slides, photographs, and digital images) and garden files that document thousands of historic and contemporary gardens (public and private) across the United States. Each garden file includes a range of documentation such as descriptive information, photocopied articles from journals, newspapers, or books, planting lists, correspondence, and/or landscape plans and drawings. These files have been compiled by members of The Garden Club of America (GCA). Some of the gardens in the GCA Collection have been photographed over the course of several decades; others are documented at a single point in time. In addition to images of American gardens, there are glass lantern slides of the New York Flower Show (1941-1951) and trips that GCA members took to other countries, including Mexico (1937), Italy, Spain, Japan (1935), France (1936), England (1929), and Scotland. A number of the slides are copies of historic images from outside repositories including horticultural and historical societies or from horticultural books and publications. The GCA made a concerted effort in the mid-1980s to acquire these images in order to increase its documentation of American garden history. Because of copyright considerations, use of these particular images may be restricted.
- Accruals note
- The GCA continues to document American gardens and submit images and documentation to the Archives of American Gardens. Further accruals are expected.
- Biographical/Historical note
- The Garden Club of America was established in 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the Garden Club of Philadelphia and eleven other garden clubs met to create a national garden club. Its purpose is to foster the knowledge and love of gardening and to restore and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and gardening and conservation efforts. The GCA was incorporated in Delaware in 1923, with its headquarters established in New York City. Today, local clubs are organized under twelve regional zones. The GCA continues its tradition of hosting flower shows and publishing material related to gardening in the United States. The GCA's glass lantern slides were used by The GCA for presentations and lectures about notable gardens throughout the United States dating back to colonial times. An effort was made in the late 1980s, in preparation of the 75th anniversary of the Garden Club of America's founding, to collect the disbursed slides. These slides were to eventually form the Slide Library of Notable American Parks and Gardens. The informational value of this collection is extensive since a number of images of the more than 4,500 gardens represented show garden designs that have changed over time or no longer exist. While the majority of images document a range of designed upper and upper-middle class gardens throughout the U.S., the scope of the collection is expanding as volunteers photograph and document contemporary gardens including community and vernacular gardens. The gardens illustrate the design work of dozens of landscape architects including Marian Coffin, Beatrix Farrand, Lawrence Halprin, Hare & Hare, Umberto Innocenti, Gertrude Jekyll, Jens Jensen, Warren Manning, the Olmsted Brothers, Charles Platt, Ellen Biddle Shipman, and Fletcher Steele. Because of their proximity to the gardens, works of notable architects and sculptors may also be featured in the images.
- Extent
- 37000 Slides (photographs) (35mm slides)
- 33 Linear feet ((garden files))
- 3,000 Lantern slides
- Date
- circa 1920-present
- Custodial History note
- The GCA's Slide Library of Notable American Parks and Gardens was donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1992; this became the core collection of the Archives of American Gardens.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Lantern slides
- Plans (drawings)
- Brochures
- Articles
- Correspondence
- Clippings
- Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America 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.
- Genre/Form
- Plans (drawings)
- Brochures
- Articles
- Correspondence
- Clippings
- Lantern slides
- Slides (photographs)
- 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.
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