Landscape gardener Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) set as his standard, the English garden landscape. He wrote regularly to John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843), England's voice for what to include in the landscape in the first part of the nineteenth century. Downing's…
New Bedford, Massachusetts is home to the Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum. The three proper names belong to the series of owners of the property from 1834 when the house was built to 1981 when it became a partner in…
Milwaukee's Anthony Mitchell (1817-1887) became the wealthiest man in Wisconsin according to the census of 1860. Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887) Mitchell made his money in banking and the railroad. He also served as a member of Congress. To showcase his wealth…
I love to read old garden magazines. You learn a lot about the growth of the garden inustry but also how horticulture developed. Americans were once considered unable to handle the difficultires embroiled in horticulture. Of course, it was the…
The lawn is a gift of the English garden tradition from the eighteenth century. Early America loved the lawn. Philadelphia horticulturist and writer Thomas Meahan praised the lawn in the 1861 edition of his garden magazine, Gardener's Monthly. He wrote,…