_________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________...The Parkwood Estate in Oshawa, Canada.
The Parkwood Estate
Located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
The estate was designed in 1916 by the Toronto architectural
firm of Pearson and Darling (1897-1923).
William E. Harries, Alfred V. Hall, and Arthur M. Kruse
worked on the early topographical site plans.
The landscape
architects in 1923 were Howard Burlingham Dunington-Grubb and Lorrie
Alfreda Dunington-Grubb whom sometimes shared projects with the renowned
Edwardian landscape architect, Thomas H. Mawson. Sheridan
Nursery was owned by the Dunington-Grubbs. They crossbred various boxwoods
to provide a hardy boxwood for the Toronto climate.
"Architect
John Lyle was hired in 1935 to design and build the New Formal Garden at
Parkwood. Lyle was awarded the Special Bronze Medal of the Royal Architectural
Institute of Canada for this garden design in 1939.”
In 1963 the
Japanese Garden was designed by George Tanaka.
It features an Italian garden, Sundial Garden,
Summer House and Sunken Garden.
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The R. S.
McLauglin Estate
Parkwood
National
Historic Site
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The
formal garden, designed by John Lyle in 1935 with formal lines and focal
point.
The
perimeter of the 220-foot long fountain is outlined with boxwood hedges. The
large pyramid shaped cedars accent and punctuate the formal greenery while
annuals and
lantana
standards provide color in the summer. A tea house adds to the beauty of the
formal design. This landscape and the urns that populate the formal gardens are
considered Art Moderne in style.
Parterre, Formal Gardens
Peaceful south side terrace with a sundial
garden and large expanse of grass.
Beautiful urns accentuate the ballustrade
along the south terrace.
The Vinery
Sunken Garden with dry stone wall.
Sunken Garden, pavilion
Italian Garden with reflecting pool, designed
1925. The pool is surrounded by a terrace of flagstone. Small flowerbeds are
designed to create a mosaic tapestry planted with low growing plants in
contrasting colors to appear as though surrounded by rich carpet. This magical
style of planting is known as "carpet bedding."
In the Italian Garden the three graces
reflect the true romance of this garden.
Marble statuary, busts on plinths in the Italian Garden. Socrates and Omero (Homer)
1 "Parkwood Estate - Heritage Oshawa." 2006. 4 May. 2015
<http://www.heritageoshawa.ca/designations.php?id=4>
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