Botanical gardens -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Meriwether landscape plans for the Botanical Gardens Park, Fulton County, Georgia
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS426
Scope and Contents
This collection contains landscape architecture drawings of the Fulton County Botanical Gardens Park (also known as the Fulton County Botanical Garden) likely drawn by the landscape architect for the botanical garden, William L. Monroe (1892-1965) and by landscape architect, Winton H. Reinsmith (1902-1969). The landscape plan includes features such as an ampitheater, azalea and alpine garden, cover crop areas, cypress plantings, bog garden, school house, and Mirror Lake. The planting plan...
Dates:
1941-1946
Elizabeth Meriwether records of the Fulton County Botanical Garden Commission
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1049
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, budgets, minutes, and a roster of members of the Fulton County Botanical Garden Commission. Correspondence includes discussion of the development of both the botanical garden and an airport in the same vicinity, now known as Fulton County Airport-Brown Field.
Dates:
1906-1952, undated
Men's Garden Club of Atlanta, Inc. records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1086
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials that provide a history of the social and civic activities of the club. Included are correspondence, directories, and newsletters. Of special interest are letters describing the interest and support of the first state botanical garden for Georgia in 1938.
Dates:
1938-1984, undated
