Dallas -- Barbara Hunt Crow Garden
- General
- The Barbara Hunt Crow Garden is a less than one acre garden in the Old Highland Park neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. It was established in 2001 and is comprised of multiple gardens rooms, including a cottage garden, a woodland garden, a shade garden, a stone terrace and two small meditation gardens. Prominent features of this garden include a large lawn in front of the house, high holly hedges, a large oak tree, perennial garden beds and a wide variety of plants suited for the Texas climate and soil.
- This garden was redocumented in 2013 to show the addition of hte Peggy Martin Rose
- Persons associated with the property include: Betty Presnall (landscape architect, 1999-2001), Kelly Johnston (landscape designer and project manager, 1999-2001), David Simpson (landscape designer of the rear terrace and fountain, 2001-2002), Lazaro Gialdi (stone mason of the rear terrace and fountain, 2002), Hillary Gant (horticulturist, 2002-2005), Helena Erickson (horticulturist, 2001-2003), Jimmy Turner (horticulturist, 2005-present), Chad and Emily Cauble (horticulturists, 2005-present) and Chip Clint (horticulturist, 1998-present).
- Architect
- Davis, Richard Drummond
- Landscape architect
- Presnall, Betty
- Landscape designer
- Johnston, Kelly
- Simpson, David
- Mason
- Gialdi, Lazaro
- Horticulturist
- Gant, Hillary
- Erickson, Helena
- Turner, Jimmy
- Cauble, Chad
- Cauble, Emily
- Clint, Chip
- Provenance
- Founders Garden Club of Dallas
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- Barbara Hunt Crow Garden (Dallas, Texas)
- United States of America -- Texas -- Dallas
- Topic
- Gardens -- Texas -- Dallas
- Architect
- Davis, Richard Drummond
- Landscape architect
- Presnall, Betty
- Landscape designer
- Johnston, Kelly
- Simpson, David
- Mason
- Gialdi, Lazaro
- Horticulturist
- Gant, Hillary
- Erickson, Helena
- Turner, Jimmy
- Cauble, Chad
- Cauble, Emily
- Clint, Chip
- Provenance
- Founders Garden Club of Dallas
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Texas
- 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 Founders Garden Club of Dallas facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, File TX082
- 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 featured in "Great American Suburbs: The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas" by Virginia Savage McAlester, Willis Cecil Winter and Prudence Mackintosh (2008).
- Scope and Contents
- The folder includes an information sheet, a features plan, a slide view plan, a slide list and a plant list.
- 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.
