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GARDEN HISTORY AND DESIGN

 AMERICAN GARDENS- EXISTING AND LOST

Smithsonian Institute Archives of American Gardens documents over 100,000 gardens across the country.  The collection was started with glass lantern slides donated to the Smithsonian by the Garden Club of America in 1992.  The Garden Club of New Haven has documented several gardens in New Haven, including the Elizabeth R. Hooker House (see photos below) .
You'll discover lots of wonderful gardens -and many very sadly no longer existing- on this easily searchable site.
Click on the link below:

AAG Garden Submissions since 1998 sorted by Zone and then Club - on GHD page


​Phelps Triangle, Maintained by the Garden Club of New Haven 
The plaques on the boulder read:   Front: The Phelps Triangle was planted by the Garden Club of New HavenIn memory of Mrs. Arthur Twining Hadley and Mrs. William Lyon Phelps
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Back: 1970 Landscaped and replanted by the Garden Club of New H, Pardee Fund,Acorn Foundation in memory of Mrs. Ashbel G. Gulliver,Mrs. Frederick Waterman, Barbara Foster Vietor
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Updated January 18, 2021