Rochester, New York
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Site Address
Ellwanger Garden
655 Mount Hope Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620
Online Resources
“The Flower City: Center of Nurseries and Fruit Orchards.”
By Blake Mckelvey
Print Resources
“Ellwanger and Barry- Builders of American Horticulture,” The Garden Journal Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1954. By Bernard Harkness.
“The Greatest Nursery in the World: Ellwanger and Barry,” The Illustrated Register of Rural Affairs, 1859. By Henry O’ Reilly.
Pioneers of American Landscape Design. Edited by Charles A. Birnbaum and Robin Karson.
Archives
The Landmark Society of Western New York holds the personal papers of Helen Cresswell Ellwanger which provide tremendous insight into the later development of the property.
A Society of Royal Oaks
John A. Brooks, Inc. • The Brown Foundation • Charles Butt • The City of Charleston • Barb & George Cochran • Topher Delaney• Jungle Gardens, Inc. • Magnolia Plantation & Gardens • Marc Dutton Irrigation, Inc. • Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation • L. Cary Saurage II Fund • Jeff & Patsy Tarr • Seibert & Rice