Beatrix Jones Farrand
General Information
Occupation: Landscape Architect
Date of Birth: 1872
Date of Death: 1959
Birth City: New York
Birth State/Province: New York
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: Bar Harbor
Resident State/Province: California
Resident Country: United States
Notes: UC Berkeley Environmental Design Archives Finding Aid Online at: http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf558004cz&chunk.id=bioghist-1.8.4&brand=oac
Archive/Repository: UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives, Beatrix Jones Farrand Collection, 1866-1959
Sources: Birnbaum, Charles A., and Robin Karson, eds. Pioneers of American Landscape Design : An Annotated Bibliography. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2000.
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: Self employed with a landscape design office
Title: Owner
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1895
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Garden Club of America Medal of Achievement
Date Received: January 01, 1947
Name: New York Botanical Garden Distinguished Service Award
Date Received: January 01, 1952
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: Graduate College gardens at Princeton University
City: Princeton
State: New Jersey
Country: United States
Title: West Rose Garden of the White House
Description: designed for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Title: Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks
City: Washington DC
State: DC
Country: United States
Education
Institution: Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Start Date: 1890
End Date: 1891
Institution: Columbia School of Mines
Notes: Under direction of Professor William Ware.
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Society of Landscape Architects
Role: One of the 11 founding members
Start Date: 1899
Notes: First and only female charter fellow in the ASLA
Organization: Garden Club of Philadelphia
Role: Honorary member
Start Date: 1927
Publications By
Title: The Impeccable Gardener
Co-author: Iovine, Julie V.
Publication: magazine: American Heritage
Volume: June-July
Page: pp. 67-77
Publisher: American Heritage
Publications About
Title: Beatrix Farrands American Landscapes: Her Gardens and Campuses
Author: Balmori, Diana; McGuire, Diane K; and McPeck, Eleanor M.
Publication: book
Publisher: Sagapress
City: Sagaponack,
State: New York
Country: United States
Date Published: January 01, 1985
Title: Beatrix: The Gardening Life of Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1872-1959
Author: Brown, Jane
Publication: book
Publisher: Viking
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Date Published: January 01, 1995
Title: Beatrix Jones Farrand: Pioneer in Gilt-Edged Gardens
Author: Salon, Marlene
Publication: Landscape Architecture
Page: pp 69-77
Date Published: January 01, 1977
Title: Beatrix Jone Farrand: Fifty Years of Landscape Architecture
Author: Eleanor M. McPeck, edited by Diane Kostial McGuire and Lois Fern
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard University
City: Washington, DC
Date Published: January 01, 1982
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