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Harbour Court in Newport, RI

Looking Back at 35 Years of the Archives of American Gardens

January 5, 2023 at 6:07 pm

Smithsonian Gardens (SG) and the Archives of American Gardens (AAG) had a lot to celebrate in 2022. This year marks a series of institutional milestones, including the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Smithsonian Gardens in 1972, the 35th anniversary of the formation of the Archives of American Gardens in 1987, and the 30th anniversary […]

Parterre garden in MA

Historic Garden Lectures: Newly Set Forth 

October 18, 2022 at 12:54 pm

Documentation of America’s garden heritage would not be as sizeable today, if not for the foresight and efforts of Alice G. B. Lockwood and other members of The Garden Club of America’s (GCA) Historical Gardens Committee. In 1925, the committee began assembling information for a book that would illuminate the historic gardens of the United […]