Bernardsville -- Hummel Garden

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General: Lois Poinier's design work for this project encompassed the entire exterior of the house. The "front" of the house included a walkway leading from the garage and parking area to the entrance door, an area defined by two L-shaped miniature stone walls and featuring two fast-growing but invasive Callery pear trees. The other side of the house, with its sweeping views of woodlands and distant hills, featured two terraces linked by stone steps and bordered by stone walls. The upper terrace was grass, while the smaller, lower one was of pea gravel and featured defined garden beds. Images show the site at various stages of development.; Persons associated with the garden include: Lois W. Poinier (garden designer, ca. 1969-70) and the Hummel family (former owners).

Garden designer: Poinier, Lois W.
Collection Garden designer: Poinier, Lois W.; Wodell, Helen Page; Cottrell, Lois Page

Place: United States of America -- New Jersey -- Somerset County -- Bernardsville

Topic: Gardens -- New Jersey -- Bernardsville; Terraces; Walls, stone

Garden designer: Poinier, Lois W.

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Archival Repository: Archives of American Gardens

Identifier: AAG.PNR, File NJ349

Type: Archival materials

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Lois W. Poinier slide 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.

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.

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Bernardsville -- Hummel Garden

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Lois W. Poinier slide collection

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Garden designer

Poinier, Lois W.

Wodell, Helen Page

Cottrell, Lois Page

Topic

Landscape gardening

Gardens -- United States

Gardens -- Rhode Island

Gardens -- Pennsylvania

Gardens -- New York

Gardens -- New Jersey

Gardens -- Massachusetts

Gardens -- Connecticut

Gardens -- California

Provenance

Lois W. Poinier donated materials to the Archives of American Gardens in 2003, 2011, 2012, and 2014. The 2003 donation was facilited by Catha Rambusch of Wave Hill in Bronx, NY.

Garden designer

Poinier, Lois W.

Wodell, Helen Page

Cottrell, Lois Page

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Lois W. Poinier slide collection

Summary

The Lois W. Poinier Collection documents the work of Lois W. Poinier, a self-taught garden designer who designed scores of gardens, most of them in New Jersey.

Biographical/Historical note

Lois W. Poinier is a self-taught garden designer who began her career in association with her mother, Helen Page Wodell. Wodell, along with her sister, Lois Page Cottrell, established the garden design firm of Wodell & Cottrell, in Short Hills, New Jersey in 1931. The majority of Lois W. Poinier's design work was in New Jersey. She was a longtimestanding member of the Short Hills Garden Club in New Jersey and lectured on gardens and garden design.

Extent

154 Lantern slides

1 Album

2,243 Color slides

2.25 Cubic feet

Date

circa 1920-1999

Custodial History note

Materials in the Lois W. Poinier Collection were generated or compiled by Lois W. Poiner during the course of her garden design career.

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.PNR

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Albums

Color slides

Slides (photographs)

Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Lois W. Poinier slide 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

Slides (photographs)

Scope and Contents note

The Lois W. Poinier Collection contains 1,089 35mm slides documenting before-and-after images of almost 100 gardens designed by garden designer and Garden Club of America member Lois W. Poinier of New Jersey. Most gardens are located in New Jersey, but there are some in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. The collection includes some gardens designed by Poinier's mother, Helen Page Wodell, and aunt, Lois Page Cottrell, who practiced under the firm name of Wodell & Cottrell. The collection is particularly helpful as it shows the evolution of gardens under construction and in their 'finished' state. The collection also includes an album of images documenting gardens owned by Lois W. Poinier and her mother, Helen Page Wodell in New Jersey and Connecticut as well as an extensive slide lecture and script compiled by Poinier entitled "Ninety Years in a Garden" that documents the story and evolution of three of those gardens in New Jersey. Another series of glass lantern slides of numerous gardens dating from the 1920s and 1930s was used extensively for garden lecture purposes by both women. Finally, there are images by Lois W. Poinier of numerous private and public gardens throughout the United States and the United Kingdom that she visited.

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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Record ID

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