• Local:
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      • Perennial Plant of the Year:
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    • Fletcher Steele built birdhouse at Rochester's Ellwanger Garden
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  • George Ellwanger; bibliography by William F. Peck (1895):
  • George Ellwanger; bibliography (with photo):
  • Helen C. Ellwanger:

  Historic images from the Ellwanger Estate

  Images found at Rochester Public Library; Local History Division:

  • 1) Drawing of front of house, from Mt. Hope Ave., looking West; 1876:
    • 2) Accompanying text:
  • 3) East foundation of carriage house, from SW portion of driveway, looking WNW. (Car & chauffer);’09:
    • 4) Accompanying text:

  The Cultural Landscape Foundation Landslide 2007 (A well done slide show w/text regarding The Ellwanger Garden. Keep clicking 'Next' ):

  NOTE: Credit for the following images:
  Study Print Collection photographs are made possible by funds from the Graham Foundation and Hubbard Trust.
  Special thanks to Flora Nyland, MLS; College Archivist, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry. F. Franklin Moon Library, Syracuse, NY. We assume the following photos were personally taken by Fletcher Steele (unless noted otherwise...). Dates are noted where available; Fletcher Steele was a client of the Ellwanger's from 1923-59.

  Ellwanger Garden:

  • 5) North end of ‘The Garden’ & East yard, looking North:
  • 6) NE end of ‘The Garden’, looking East.
  • 7) From the NW portion of ‘The Garden’, looking SE:

  House & Carriage House:

  • 8) Porch, from SE of house, looking WNW:
  • 9) Porch, from North edge of ‘The Garden’, looking NE:
  • 10) Porch from East yard, looking SW. Aug.’39:
  • 11) From inside porch, looking East. Aug.’39:
  • 12) South foundation of house, prior to glass foyer, looking NNW:
  • 13) SW foundation, from NE area of driveway, looking North.; Jul’38:
  • 14) South foundation of carriage house, looking ENE (With roof details):
  • 15) South foundation of the carriage house, looking West:

  The 'Rose Garden’:

  • 16) The 'Rose Garden' plan (.pdf); April 9, 1936:
  • 17) NW-center of the ‘Rose Garden’, looking ENE. (Entranceway & bird house); ‘36:
  • 18) From NW portion of the ' Rose Garden’, looking ESE.; Jul.’36 (Taken by Mrs. H.R. Selden):
  • 19) West area of the ‘Rose Garden’, looking SSE.; Jul.’39:
  • 20) From North portion of the ' Rose Garden’, looking South.; Jul.’39?:
  • 21) North end of driveway, looking SW to the ‘Rose Garden’ entrance.; July,’39:
  • 22) NW end of driveway, looking SW to the ‘Rose Garden’ entrance.(Housekeeper?); July,’39:
  • 23) NW area of the ‘Rose Garden’, looking West. (Curving walls); Aug.’38:
  • 24) East-center of the ‘Rose Garden’, looking West.; Jul.’38:
  • 25) SE area of the ‘Rose Garden’, looking NW.; Jul.38:
  • 26) NW area of the ‘Rose Garden’, looking NW. (Spriral staircase); Jul.’39:

  Forecourt Wall:

  • 27) Study of Forecourt Wall ‘36?:
  • 28) Forecourt Wall from South entranceway, looking SSE.;’36:
  • 29) Forecourt Wall from driveway looking East.; ‘39:

• Beverly Gibson, horticulturalist for The Landmark Society of Western NY, at work in her garden; 2007:

  Tuesday 'Weeding Night' volunteers.

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• Public Gardens of the Northeast (pdf):
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• Durand-Eastman Park: Slavin's Arboretum:
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• Battery Park City Parks Conservancy:New York Botanic Garden :
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• Balboa Park:
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• Betty Ford Alpine Gardens:
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• The Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens:
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• Winterthur Museum & Country Estate:

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• Marjorie McNeely Conservatory:
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• Missouri Botanical Garden:

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• Biltmore Estate:
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• Arbor Day Farm:

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• The Holden Arboretum:
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• Hoyt Arboretum:
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• Longwood Gardens:
• Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden:
• The Arboretum at Penn State:
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• Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum:

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• South Carolina Botanical Garden:

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• San Antonio Botanical Garden:
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• Boerner Botanical Gardens:

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• Dumbarton Oaks:
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• Les Jardins de Quatre Vent;
• Montreal Botanical Garden:
• Royal Botanical Gardens:
• The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens:

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• Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh:

Arboretums, Botanical Gardens & Public Gardens; ( England):

• Kew Gardens:
  • Electronic Plant Information Centre:
• Royal Horticultural Society:
• Sir Harold Hillier Gardens:
• The University of Oxford Botanic Garden:

Arboretums, Botanical Gardens & Public Gardens; ( France):

• Claude Monet's Gardens:
• Chateau de Versailles:
• Château de Villandry:

Arboretums, Botanical Gardens & Public Gardens; ( Denmark):

• Botanic Garden at the University of Copenhagen:

The Plant Database (Search plant collections at many botanic gardens worldwide):