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
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