- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Sunken Garden (Oak Hill, Berry College)
- Creator:
- Owens, Hubert B.
- Date of Original:
- 1961-08
- Subject:
- Berry College
Colonial Revival
Stone
Rock
Metal
Formal gardens
Gardens
Fishponds
Ponds
Fountains
Hydraulic structures
Bodies of water
Natural landscapes
Open spaces
Landscape architecture--Georgia--Mount Berry
Landscape architecture--Georgia--Floyd County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Mount Berry, 34.27509, -85.18328
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: Berry College, Mount Berry, Ga.
The terraced Sunken Garden features a circular opening along a path which is paved with stones, ringed by rose bushes and larger ornamental shrubs. In the center of the opening is a square pond with fountain, ringed by low shrubs. It is one of five formal gardens landscaped by Robert Cridland from Philadelphia, who specialized in Colonial Revival gardens. The terraced Sunken Garden was developed in 1932 under the direction of Martha Berry to honor her oldest sister Eugenia, who married Italian Prince Enrico Ruspoli. Flowering cherry trees in the sunken garden were official gifts to Martha Berry from the Japanese government. Many of the day lilies there were gifts from the Greater Atlanta Hemerocallis Society and the Damascus Gardens in Lilburn, Georgia. For more information see Dickey, Ouida W., ed. Berry Trails: an Historic and Contemporary Guide to Berry College. Mount Berry, Ga.: Berry College, c2001, p. 11.
Slide annotated: "Mt. Berry."
Date of structure: 1932. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0590
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0590#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0590/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], Hubert B. Owens Collection, Box 40, Owens Library, School of Environment and Design, The University of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
-
