Rapidan -- Grandview

Object Details

General: "Country garden of curvaceous mixed borders edged with stone walls. Extensive views of the Virginia countryside. Design was center from kitchen views. The owner designed romantic plantings like a "painting" with bright colors and good variety."; "The property is on the knoll of a mountain. In 1988, the 95 year old farm house with gardens that consist of untended but extensive bed of herbaceous peonies and every kind of bulb along the north fence, and lots of mature American boxwood surrounding the house, included a mysterious boxwood room with easily 12 feet high or more at the northeast corner of the house."; Persons associated with the property include: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Priest (former owner); Mr. Vernon Spurzem (former owner 1960 to 1988); Mr. and Mrs. Roger Surzem (former owner).

Former owner: Priest, Frank Mr; Priest, Frank Mrs; Spurzem, Vernon; Spurzem, Roger
Provenance: Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
Collection Creator: Garden Club of America

Place: Grandview (Rapidan, Va.); United States of America -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County -- Malden

Former owner: Priest, Frank Mr; Priest, Frank Mrs; Spurzem, Vernon; Spurzem, Roger
Provenance: Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

See more items in: The Garden Club of America collection; The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Virginia

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Custodial History: The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

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Related Materials: Grandview related holdings consist of 1 folder (12 35 mm. slides)