Founder's Memorial Garden

Founder's Memorial Garden: Bocock Drive and South Lumpkin Street on UGA campus Athens, GA

Pre-Visit:

• Dean Hubert B. Owens/staff/ students of Landscape Architecture at UGA designed and developed the garden in 1946.
• Dedicated to the twelve original garden club ladies.
• First garden club in America was in Athens, GA in 1891.
• Mrs. E.K. Lumpkin held the first garden club meeting in her drawing room.
• 1928 the Garden Club of Georgia was established.
• In the late 1930's the Garden Club of Georgia looked for a location to pay tribute to the founder's.
• In 1938 Hubert B.Owens (Dean) suggested the UGA campus.
• Garden could be used as a demonstration garden to landscape architecture students at UGA.
• The house at the garden dates back to 1857.
• In 1951 the Founder's Memorial garden project was completed.

During Visit:

• Strong English Garden feel.
• Circulation---> 
• Stepping stones wide enough for one person.
• Winding paths with stone pavers.
• Stone stairs.
• Pea gravel paths with stone edgers.
• Asphalt with brick edge
• Plant Choices---->
• Boxwood
• Rhododendron
• Liriope
• Harry Lauder Walking Stick
• Camellia
• Crocus
• Ivy
• Dogwood
• Hosta
• Narcissus
• Bamboo
• Creeping Fig
• Witchhazel
• Helleborus
• Rose
• Forsythia
• Cherry 
• Almond
• Redbud
• Design Features--->
• Statues 
• gates 
• Different path materials
• Water features (pond/fountain)
• Camellia walk with arbor
• Terraced wall
• Boxwood Knott Garden
• Small Pond
• House
• Tucked away seats
• Essence----->
• English feel 
• Pattern Language---Paths and goals
• Dappled Light
• Elegant 

Post Visit:

• Finding the garden is difficult.
• Its a small garden (two and a half acres)
• Well designed 
• Even though its winter there was numerous things to see
• Really close to the road (noise) and construction was around campus (noise)
• There was a grass problem near the pond (sand spots)
• Plants were labeled and it seemed like a great study garden
• Numerous patterns from Pattern language
• Plant and design interest abound 
• Overall opinion--->I loved this garden it was small but elegant and rang true to the southern garden

Gardens for Peace

Gardens for Peace: 3101 Andrews Drive NW, Atlanta GA 3035 --->Swan Woods Trail

Pre Visit:

• Garden is meant to unite plants and people.
• Gardens for Peace is an international organization created in 1984 by Laura Dorsey.
• Gardens in organization symbolize peace. 
• Mission: "Identify and link established gardens throughout the world where contemplation and meditation by individuals and communities will foster respect for the environment and a climate for peace among all peoples."
• Swan Woods Trail is the first garden of the organization.
• 10 acres.
• Stages of forest growth present.
• Upper area of garden is an Oak/Hickory/Pine Forest.
• Lower area of garden is secondary growth of Pines and shrubs.
• Native Georgia wildflowers.
• Statue area is deemed most beautiful aspect of the garden.
• The five figures in the statue represent five continents.
• The fourteen foot tall statue was dedicated April 1988.
• Statue Artist is Gia Japaridze.
• Developed by Peachtree Garden Club.

During Visit: 

• Gates were closed to main house (Atlanta Historic Society)
• Circulation---> wood chip paths
• Canopy gave the feeling of enclosure.
• Garden not apart from nature
• Sound of street gradually disappeared.
• Essence--> Woodland garden
• Plant Choices: 
• Rhododendron
• Woodland Wildflowers
• Poncirus as a hedge
• Fothergilla
• Bloodroot
• Foam Flower
• Green and Gold
• Lady Slipper
• Trillum 
• Dwarf Crested Iris

Post Visit:

• Garden location = fail
• Near busy streets and freeway (how can you meditate with all that noise).
• Tucked away in ritzy neighborhood (if a garden is for the people why is it located exclusively for wealthy people in neighborhood)
• Location of garden wouldn't be known unless you looked up the garden or lived in neighborhood.
• House
• Very manicured lawn and planting. 
• Obviously for the community.
• Dramatic gate.
• Manicured lawn/landscape beside a woodland garden is kind of odd.
• Trail
• Wildflower/woodland garden achieved.
• Not formal at all (garden not separate from nature)
• Statue really tall and beautiful but in an odd spot. 
• Over all opinion
• I was not that impressed by this garden .
• Great example of a woodland garden not a southern garden.