COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Digital Research Library
Record
Title:
Four Arts Botanical Gardens
Title:
Part of the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden, 'Dance of the Cranes' by John Raimondi
View:
Part of the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden, 'Dance of the Cranes' by John Raimondi
Creators:
Innocenti and Webel (American landscape architecture firm, founded 1931)
Date:
1938 (creation); restored 2005 (restoration)
Style/Period:
Twentieth century; Twenty-first century
Location:
site: Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Location Note:
2 Four Arts Plaza [street]
GPS:
+26.706389-80.042222
Culture:
American
Materials:
stone; concrete; wood; plant material
Work Types:
built works; hydraulic structures; water distribution structures; fountains; open spaces; gardens; botanical gardens; open spaces; gardens; sculpture gardens
Description:
The Four Arts Gardens, owned by The Society of the Four Arts and maintained by The Garden Club of Palm Beach, are demonstration gardens originally designed in 1938 to display the diversity of tropical plants suitable for landscaping in the South Florida climate. Originally there were seven demonstration gardens with different themes. In the 1950s, the landscape architecture firm of Innocenti & Webel was retained to improve the garden’s architectural features, to relate the garden’s separate elements more closely to one another, and to create a master plan which included many rare specimen plants. In the summer of 2004, hurricanes Frances and Jeanne all but destroyed the gardens. They have been restored according to Innocenti & Webel’s master plan, with improved disability access and water and electrical systems. (Source: Society of the Four Arts [website]; https://www.fourarts.org)
Classification:
Garden and Landscape
Technique:
construction (assembling); gardening
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
2A2-US-PB-SFAG-A32
MDID Identifier:
96624
Archivision Set:
Archivision Addition Module Twelve
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