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May 5, 1976
Garden tour sponsored by
Mta Restoration Association
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Vanderslice stand in their garden. The garden was des
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their son, Robert Jr., who is an architect. It is laid out in an unusual, angular pattern.
The public will have an opportunity to visit the Vanderslice garden during the Marietta
Restoration Associates’ garden tour.
Thirteen locations are in-
cluded in a garden tour
sponsored by the Marietta
Restoration Associates on
Saturday and Sunday, May
1S and 16. The benefit, open
to the public, will feature
garden and herb plants.
Light refreshments will be
served. All attractions are
open for the first time on
this occasion.
The Aldus Baum family,
Florinel, route #23 and
Kames Hill, East of Mari-
etta, has recently restored
the small brick bakehouse
and the backoven that was
originally constructed as
part of their property circa
1810. This building, adja-
cent to the main house, is
now being used as a family
room; it is surrounded by
herb and perennial flower
beds. The landscaping in-
cluded a mini-fruit and nut
orchard, a variety of trees
and a typical farm-style
vegetable garden.
In 1960 the Meeting
House Bluff site, route #441
south of Marietta was a
tobacco field, as part of the
farm of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Drager. Three of the
eight acres have been
segregated for landscaping.
An arboretum was started in
the fall of '60 and it now
contains 166 specimens.
Among them are thirty plus
varieties of confiers as well
as flowering hardwoods.
The landscaping includes
annual and perannials beds,
a shade house with potting
facilities, a patio and a
green house. /
The garden of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Vanderslice,
722 East Market Street,
Marietta, was created to
provide a barrier between
the house and the highway,
which cut through a pre-
vious Victorian formal gar-
den. The entire garden
cannot be viewed t.om any
one location, because trees
and shrubs were placed to
block views into the spaces
beyond. Plantings were
selected to provide an ever-
changing aspect of foliage
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and blossoms throughout
the growing season. The
plantings have been massed
to provide a backdrop that
increases in height toward
the rear or center of each
bed.
Over the years the garden
has changed in aspect as
various plantings matured,
were replaced, relocated, or
new trails made. Thus,
change has been intention-
ally accomodated, avoiding
a static situation and pro-
viding a dynamic environ-
ment for growing plant life
and human enjoyment.
The garden of Mr. and
Mrs. James Kessler, 225
East Market Street, Mari-
etta, was started in 1958 the
year the Kesslers built their
home. The garden presents
a riot of color in the spring;
first with the crocus blooms,
then 400 tulips, 400 daffo-
dils and 50 hyacinths. Later
rose beds containing more
than 80 bushes is a sight to
behold. A lovely weeping
Japanese cherry tree can be
found in the rear of the yard.
Eagles Nest, a backyard
garden at 217 East Market
Street, the work of Joseph
H. Libhart and Thomas S.
Vicidomine is enclosed by a
stackade fence. The garden
features rose bush trees,
minature and climbing
varities, ideal for back-
ground and privacy. Also, to
be found are: clematis, iris,
several flowering trees,
(dogwood, crabapple, apple)
and a fruit bearing fig tree
coddled through the winters
with as much protection as
possible. Future plans
include a brick patio lending
a more formal look and
allowing several more beds
to be used for planting of
annuals and perennials.
The yard of Mrs. Paul
Portner, Mr. and Mrs.
David E. Portner, Fairview
Avenue, is planned around a
New England style home
built in the early 1930’s. It is
framed with yew and
azaleas. In the front, you
will find a very beautiful
tree of flowering Japanese
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quince, also a beautiful red
dogwood. Surrounding the
house are many varieties of
holly. To the right of the
house is a long row of
hemlocks banked with aza-
leas, rhododendron and
various bulbs. A fish pond
and a patio lined with
English boxwood is outlined
with pines, flowering trees
and holly.
Westerly, 214 West
Market Street, Marietta, at
the Cresswell residence on
the square is contained
within a six-foot high wide
board fence. It features the
original brick summer Kkit-
chen with walk-in fireplace,
a terrace of old brick and old
brick walls. Large old maple
trees provide shade. Ever-
greens and specimen trees
add interest. Lilacs, honey-
suckle and mock orange are
the very old shrubs. Many
new shrubs have been
added including a red berry
firethorn espalier on the
west side of the house. A
herb display will be arrang-
ed within the summer house
adjacant to the main house.
At 219 West Market
Street, shrubs, old-fashion-
ed flowering perennials,
wood fencing and brick patio
and walkways represent the
work of the present owners.
The long narrow garden
features a vegetable
“‘patch’’ with selected herbs
behind a low stone wall. A
charming circular garden
house fashioned from old
shutters and topped with a
wooden shingle roof, a very
prolific apple tree and an
ancient quince tree which
still bears its share of the
bitter fruit. A smattering of
tall yellow tulips peeping
from between evergreens
and holly helps to soften the
otherwise austere property
front. The owners are
anxiously awaiting the pri-
vacy which will be afforded
by new plantings of privot
hedge and rapid growing
banboo.
At 138 West Market
Street, the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Elliot, is an
entrance courtyear, the first
step to a comprehensive
plan, including the entire
lawn, which has been laid
out to be more decorative
than traditional. Basically a
green garden with color
added during the growing
season, evergreen plants
include bamboo, euonymus,
catoneaster, gold coast juni-
per, yucca, japonica, Japan-
ese boxwood, rhododendron
pyracantha, English Ivy,
hemlocks, white pines, and
holly. Vivid azaleas plus a
varied array of bulbs give
early spring color. The path
is lined with allsysum and
petunias for summer color.
Fall brings blooming cry-
santhemums, zinnias, asters
and burning bush. Large
bark is used to cover all
ground surfaces making the
area practically mainten-
ance free.
Miss Elsie McCloskey,
237 West Market Street,
Mrs. Richard White, 241
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West Market Street have
adjoining gardens that have
been likened to a small park
area. In Mrs. White's yard
can be seen a terrace
covered with spreadng yew.
Beyond this are pine trees, a
stately old apple tree, lovely
young dogwoods, small
hollies, and evergreens. A
broad expanse of lawn
covers both yards. Miss
McCloskey’s garden boasts
a beautiful sugar maple, a
large red oak and two
bushes of the bittersweet
family whose leaves turn a
gorgeous shade of red in the
fall. Also lemon lilies,
daisies, iris, lily of the
valley, double white and
dark purple lilac, forsythia
blooming at this time of the
year. Later there will be
hundreds of summer phlox,
ferns, coral bells, August
lilies and yarrow.
The Railroad House at
Front and Perry Streets has
a yard encircled by a unique
wrought iron fence typical of
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hotels in the 19th century.
Tables placed on the brick
terrace enable the tourist
(weather permitting) to view
the beautiful hills on the
opposite banks of the Sus-
quehanna River. Lovely
plantings and a gazebo are
suited to the era of the Rail-
raod House. Restoration by
owner Marlin McConnel is
currently underway on the
stables.
The Marietta Restoration
Associates were organized
in 1965 to preserve, restore
and up-lift the community
and its structures. Michael
Abel is president; Dennis
Shumaker, vice-president;
Mrs. J. R. Baker, secretary;
and Mrs. Robert Vander-
slice, treasurer. The group
meets on the third Thursday
of each month in the
Marietta Community
House. The public is invited
to attend meetings.
Mrs John Brown is chair-
person of the garden tou.
DID YOU HEAR...
Wilson D. McElhinny
National Central Financial
Corporation president
announced that NCFC
assets had passed the $I
billion level during the first
quarter of this year.
Fuschias, Geraniums, Swedish Ivy, Ferns,
Creeping Charlie, Lipstick Plants, Spider
Plants, Asparagus Ferns, Baby Tears,
Rieger Begonias.
ALSO
Mums—Geraniums—Mixed Pots
Corsages—Cut Arrangements
FRUIT BASKETS —all sizes
Thurs., Fri., Sat., ONLY
Kunzler Baked Ham now $2.491b.
Pepper Cheese now $1.491b.
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Open 6:30 A.M. - 11 P.M.
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