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REMEMBERANCES OF ASHLEY WRIGHT MCINTYRE Words from Ashley’s Friend, Lisa Loudermilk deGolian (Mrs. Michael deGolian) “Legend says that hummingbirds float free of time, carrying our hopes for love, joy, and celebration. Hummingbirds open our eyes to the wonder of the world and inspire us to open our hearts to loved ones and friends. Like a hummingbird, we should aspire to hover and to savor each moment as it passes, embrace all that life has to offer and to celebrate the joy of everyday. The hummingbird’s delicate grace reminds us that life is rich, beauty is everywhere, every personal connection has meaning, and laughter is life’s sweetest creation.” –Author Unknown Anyone who knew Ashley will attest to her creative spirit, her incredible sense of humor, and her fiercely-guarded positive attitude. To be in her company meant lots of smiles and laughter. She lived life with grace, simple elegance, and appreciation for all things beautiful. Because of its legend, Ashley chose the hummingbird as a metaphor for life. She chose to savor and celebrate the joy in every day, spending much of that joyful time in her own garden. There, she created handmade hummingbird feeders to encourage them to share the day with her. When given the choice, Ashley would always choose a garden picnic over a meal at a fine restaurant. For what was to be her final earthly birthday, we celebrated the day picnicking in the beautiful gardens of the Honorable Anne Cox Chambers. Mrs. Chambers knew how much Ashley appreciated the garden’s elegance and natural beauty. The day was the ultimate gift to us all. Words from Ashley’s Mother, Constance Ashford Wright (Mrs. Tate Wright, Jr.) Ashley was every garden club’s ideal member. She enjoyed the meetings, arranging flowers, and watching them grow. Her decorating skills spilled over into landscaping her grounds and those of a family farm in Watkinsville, Georgia. She loved to entertain her family and friends at the farm, and was thrilled when her daughter, Ashford, wished to celebrate her twenty-first birthday at the family farm with friends, fried chicken, a band, and lots of flowers. Words from Ashley’s Sister, Constance Wright Howell (Mrs. Richard S. Howell) I remember my sister Ashley saying to me one day, “Connie, you have such nice friends.” When I realized she was referring specifically to my friends in the Cherokee Garden Club, I proposed her for membership. Over the years, we shared some great garden club moments together. We laughed and muddled through a mass arrangement for the Southeastern Flower Show. She adored floral design and was soon engaged to use her expertise for floral arrangements for Seeger’s Restaurant. Every week she would arrive at Seeger’s with cut flowers to create beautiful arrangements—one large and many smaller ones as well. During those years, my quince, Yoshino cherries, daffodils, and anything else blooming was reserved for Ashley’s arrangements, no questions asked! Many a day, I would arrive home and an entire shrub had been deflowered. We also collaborated on flower arranging projects at the Cathedral of St. Philip. She became one of their best arrangers. We went to Cherokee Garden Club meetings together and even represented the club at a Garden Club of America Annual Meeting. I cherished every moment. GIFTS TO THE ASHLEY WRIGHT MCINTYRE ENDOWMENT FUND Donors to the McIntyre Endowment Fund from its inception to March 20, 2009. The Cherokee Garden Library thanks you for your generosity. Mr. and Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Jr. Mrs. R. Dal Burton Mrs. William Ware Bush Mr. and Mrs. Beauchamp C. Carr Mrs. James F. Caughman Mrs. Michael deGolian Ms. Betty W. Dykes Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Edge Mrs. Louise Staton Gunn Mr. and Mrs. Haines Hargrett Jr. Ms. Sydney M. Healey Mr. and Mrs. William C. Huff Mrs. Bryan Kibler Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Lucas Mrs. Jerry W. Lynn Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Fray F. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. John S. McClelland Jr. Mr. F. Raymond McIntyre III and Family Mr. and Mrs. W. Hampton Morris Mr. and Mrs. John R. Phelps and Family Mrs. H. Sadler Poe Mr. and Mrs. James Erwin Prickett Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Schwahn Mr. and Mrs. R. Charles Shufeldt Mrs. J. Bryan Stickney IV Ms. Margaretta Taylor Mr. and Mrs. William A. Whitaker
MAJOR ACQUISITION IN HONOR OF ROBERT LEE MAYS With gratitude for the generosity of the Besse Johnson and George Blanton Allen Memorial Foundation, the Cherokee Garden Library is delighted to have been able to acquire a seminal historic volume in honor of Robert Lee Mays, a Cherokee Garden Library Board Member and valued advisor. For many years, the Garden Library has been searching for John Buonarotti Papworth’s Rural Residences consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and other Ornamental Buildings, accompanied by Hints on Situation, Construction, Arrangement and Decoration, in the Theory & Practice of Rural Architecture; interspersed with Some Observations on Landscape Gardening (London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by J. Diggens, 1818). The Cherokee Garden Library already owns the other significant Papworth volume: Hints on Ornamental Gardening consisting of a Series of Designs for Garden Buildings, Useful and Decorative Gates, Fences, Railroads, &c: accompanied by Observations on the Principles and Theory of Rural Improvement, interspersed with Occasional Remarks on Rural Architecture (London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by J. Diggens, 1823). Born in London in 1775, John Buonarotti Papworth was a prolific English architect, designer of landscapes, and town planner. In addition to laying out many significant properties, Papworth was a designer of myriad artifacts, including furniture, textiles, and other decorative elements. He also designed conservatories, entrance gates, coach houses, stables, and the Gothic summer house at Claremont, Surrey (1816), for Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and later Princess Charlotte Augusta. From 1817 to 1820, he prepared designs for the Park and Palace at Bad Cannstadt, near Stuttgart, for King Wilhelm I. Although only part of the Park was realized, Papworth was honored with the title of “Architect to the King of Württemberg.” Papworth was responsible for many London shop fronts and other buildings, and was a pioneer in the use of iron for construction purposes. His monument to Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon on the field at Waterloo, Belgium in 1815 was an early example of a broken column used as a memorial. He was a founding member of the Institute of British Architects. He contributed frequently to Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of Arts Papers, entitled Architectural Hints. They were republished as Rural Residences consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and other Ornamental Buildings . . . (1818), and in 1823 he published designs for garden buildings as Hints on Ornamental Gardening. Today, Papworth’s volumes are studied extensively in Europe and the United States by architects and landscape architects. The addition of Papworth’s Rural Residences to the Cherokee Garden Library greatly strengthens the collection while honoring an important supporter and advisor to the Garden Library. Garden Seats, Plate XXV, from John Papworth’s Rural Residences . . . (1818).
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Page 5 and 6: GIFTS TO THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRAR
Page 7 and 8: View of the Memorial to the Battle
Page 9 and 10: Mr. F. H. Boyd Coons Mr. and Mrs. F
Page 11 and 12: In Memory of Augusta Horsey Collins
Page 13 and 14: GIFTS TO THE CHEROKEE GARDEN LIBRAR
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