Beatrix Farrand

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Beatrix Farrand was a pioneering American landscape architect known for her influential garden designs at major estates, universities, and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf American
garden designer
landscape architect
birthDate 1872-06-19
birthPlace New York City
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1959-02-28
designedForInstitution Dumbarton Oaks
surface form: Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

Princeton University
Rockefeller family estate
surface form: Rockefeller family estates

University of Chicago
Yale University
era early 20th century
familyName Farrand
fieldOfWork garden design
landscape architecture
fullName Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand
gender female
givenName Beatrix
hasHonor recognized as a pioneer for women in landscape architecture
hasRelativeType niece of Edith Wharton
hasSignatureStyle formal garden structure combined with naturalistic planting
use of hardy, carefully selected plant palettes
influenced 20th-century American garden design
campus landscape design in the United States
knownFor integration of architecture, plants, and site in garden design
scholarly approach to planting design and plant selection
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf The American Society of Landscape Architects
surface form: American Society of Landscape Architects
movement American landscape design of the early 20th century
notableAchievement one of the first female professional landscape architects in the United States
only woman among the founding members of the American Society of Landscape Architects
notableProjectType cultural institutions
private estate gardens
university campuses
notableWork Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden
Dumbarton Oaks gardens
Mount Desert Island private estate gardens
Princeton University campus landscapes
surface form: Princeton University campus landscape design

Yale University campus planting plans
occupation horticulturist
landscape architect
placeOfDeath Bar Harbor, Maine, United States
surface form: Bar Harbor, Maine
relative Edith Wharton
residence Mount Desert Island
surface form: Mount Desert Island, Maine
workedAt historic landscape of Dumbarton Oaks
surface form: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (as landscape consultant)

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Dumbarton Oaks landscapeArchitect Beatrix Farrand