The public-spirited Beatrix Farrand of Mount Desert Island
By: Roxanne Brouse ; foreword by David Rockefeller
Publisher: Beatrix Farrand Society Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Mount Desert, Maine
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780692754382
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Landscape architects; Landscape gardening; Landscape architecture
Notes: "Published in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Acadia National Park".

This publication discusses Farrand’s involvement in the design of the carriage roads running through Acadia National Park, her relationship with the Rockefellers, and how their collaboration influenced her later work at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. The book begins with background history and closes with reflections on how the collaboration with the Rockefellers influenced Farrand’s later work designing the estate of Robert and Mildred Bliss at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. The book contains also more than a dozen selected letters between Farrand and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. illuminating their close, collegial relationship, shared vision, and careful attention to detail. The letters also provide insight into how each perceived the landscape, their intimate knowledge and deep appreciation of the native flora and fauna, and how sensitively the roads were designed and laid out; includes a plant list.

Illustrations on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (page 127).

Gift; Publisher (image comp.); 20170105.
Table of contents: title: The collaboration. Farrand and Rockefeller ; Farrand and the Millers; title: The roadside landscape. Farrand's approach ; Vistas near and far ; Coping stones ; "Pet plants" ; Natural and cultural history ; The nuseries ; Forestry work; title: The specifics. Hull's Cove and Paradise Hill roads ; Aunt Betty's pond, Southwest Valley Road and Jordan-Sargent Mountain Road ; Eagle Lake road ; Motor road planting ; Gate lodges ; Beaver Pool ; Stone bridges; title: The legacy. The 1947 fire ; Conclusion ; Epilogue; title: Appendix. Transcribed road notes ; Transcribed planting reports ; Selected letters ; Vista study map ; Map of 1947 fire ; Plant map ; Plant list.