Bethesda -- Jacobs Garden
- General
- Under development since the late 1970s, this nearly two-acre garden site is a tranquil blend of plantings surrounding the owner's home. Building on Lester Collins's basic design, Oehme, van Sweden and Associates added an upper and lower pond connected by a small waterfall. Garden features include multi-level terraces, stone walls, broad stairs, intricate fences and gates, perennial borders, ornamental grasses, and raised cutting beds. There is a large swimming pool at the lower end of the property and a woodland frames it all. The garden's overall ambience benefits from its owner, a talented floral designer who offers classes from her home.
- Persons and firms associated with the garden include: Mr. and Mrs. K. Wagner (former owners, before 1976); Lester Collins (landscape architect, 1977); James van Sweden (landscape architect, 1986); Donald Lethbridge (architect, 1976); Ella Toulin (sculptor, 1985), and Oehme, van Sweden and Associates, Inc. (landscape designers, 1986).
- Former owner
- Wagner, K.
- Wagner, K., Mrs.
- Landscape architect
- Collins, Lester, -1993
- van Sweden, James
- Architect
- Lethbridge, Donald
- Sculptor
- Toulin, Ella
- Landscape architect
- Oehme, van Sweden & Associates, Inc.
- Provenance
- Perennial Garden Club
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- Jacobs Garden (Bethesda, Maryland)
- United States of America -- Maryland -- Montgomery County -- Bethesda
- Topic
- Gardens -- Maryland -- Bethesda
- Former owner
- Wagner, K.
- Wagner, K., Mrs.
- Landscape architect
- Collins, Lester, -1993
- van Sweden, James
- Architect
- Lethbridge, Donald
- Sculptor
- Toulin, Ella
- Landscape architect
- Oehme, van Sweden & Associates, Inc.
- Provenance
- Perennial Garden Club
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- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Maryland
- Sponsor
- A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
- Custodial History
- The Garden Club of Dublin facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, File MD136
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
- Collection Rights
- Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Bibliography
- Garden has been featured in Wolfgang Oehme, James van Sweden, and Susan Frey, Bold Romantic Gardens (Reston, VA: Acropolis, 1990), pp. 156-157, 234, 249, and 253. Garden has been featured in James van Sweden, Gardening with Water (New York: Random House, 1994), pp. 26, 38-44, 151, 154, and 159. Garden has been featured in James van Sweden, Gardening with Nature (New York: Random House, 1997), pp. 80-85. Garden has been featured in Stacey Freed, "Theme and Variations," Garden Design, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1988), pp. 20-22. Garden has been featured in The Washington Post, January 29, 1978.
- Scope and Contents
- The folders include worksheets, a garden plan with plant list, and photocopies of book excerpts and articles about the garden.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
