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Archives of American Gardens
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Established1992
LocationCapital Gallery Building,
L'Enfant Plaza (Washington Metro)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Archives of American Gardens (known colloquially as AAG) is an

gardens in the United States. Established in 1992, the Archives are located in Washington, D.C., United States, and are maintained by Smithsonian Gardens, a unit of the Smithsonian Institution
.

As a research center, the Archives of American Gardens houses around 80,000 photographic images and records about over 6,350

community gardens
.

Mission

To collect and make available for research use unique, high quality images of and documentation relating to a wide variety of cultivated gardens throughout the United States that are not documented elsewhere since historic, designed and cultural landscapes are subject to change, loss and destruction. In this way, AAG strives to preserve and highlight a meaningful compendium of significant aspects of gardening in the United States for the benefit of researchers and the public today and in the future.[1]

Collection

The AAG maintains photographs, images, drawings, written documentation, business files, garden plans, and related material of over 6,350 gardens in the United States. It also collects documentation related to

Marian Coffin, Lawrence Halprin, Beatrix Farrand, Hare & Hare, Gertrude Jekyll, Umberto Innocenti, Jens Jensen, Charles Platt, Ellen Biddle Shipman, and Fletcher Steele.[1] Also present are the collections of J. Horace McFarland, Katharine Lane Weems's estate, The Chimneys, postcard collections, and documentation about the Smithsonian's gardens.[1]

The Archives has a collection of over 37,000

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have gone through several incarnations, and important information on early plantings has been preserved.[4]

Local garden clubs affiliated with the Garden Club of America, such as the Litchfield Garden Club in Litchfield County, Connecticut, are documenting their local gardens and submitting to the archives.[5]

To encourage the study of garden history and garden design and aid in cataloging The Garden Club of America Collection at the Archives, the Garden Club of America has a scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate students to intern at the Archives of American Gardens.[6]

"Community of Gardens" is a website and a free mobile app where people can view some of the digital archives of AAG and share their own personal stories, photos, videos, and audio of gardens around the world.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Archives of American Gardens". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Reade, Eleanor Weller (May 1, 2007). "Savaing The Glass Slides". Horticulture: The Art & Science of Smart Gardening. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  3. ISBN 0-8018-7052-6
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  4. ^ Osster, Douglas (September 22, 2001). "Gardens stay evergreen in archive". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, PA: PG Publishing Co., Inc.
  5. ^ Martin, Tovah (May 25, 2011). "Chronicling Litchfield Gardens". Litchfield County Times. Litchfield, CT: The Litchfield County Times.
  6. ^ "The Garden Club of America Scholarship in Garden History and Design at the Archives of American Gardens". Garden Club of America.
  7. ^ "Explore a Growing Archive of American Gardens with a New Smithsonian App". Hyperallergic. April 7, 2017.
  8. ^ Fox, Kate (April 27, 2015). "Growing a Digital Garden Archive". Smithsonian.

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