PHS McLean Library is pleased to present two virtual exhibitions: “The Acacia Chronicle: Joseph Widener, Thomas Roland, and the United States Botanic Garden” and “Two Women, One Garden: Selections from the Castaña Portfolio.”

October 4, 2021 through January 15, 2022
McLean Library, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
100 North 20th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
Free
Virtual
The Acacia Chronicle: Joseph Widener, Thomas Roland, and the United States Botanic Garden: https://phsmcleanlibrary.omeka.net/exhibits/show/the-acacia-chronicle–joseph-w/the-acacia-chronicle–joseph-w

Two Women, One Garden: Selections from the Castaña Portfolio: https://phsmcleanlibrary.omeka.net/exhibits/show/two-women–one-garden–selecti/two-women–one-garden–selecti

PHS McLean Library is pleased to present two exhibitions this fall in conjunction with Philly Archives Month: “The Acacia Chronicle: Joseph Widener, Thomas Roland, and the United States Botanic Garden” traces the convoluted history of the Widener Acacia Collection from the purchase in 1916 of 118 acacias from Thomas Roland of Nahant, Massachusetts, its exhibition at the Philadelphia Flower Show and the National Gallery of Art, through to its ultimate demise under the stewardship of the United States Botanic Garden by mid-century. “Two Women, One Garden: Selections from the Castaña Portfolio” focuses on the photographs of the gardens and grounds of the Alba B. Johnson estate in Rosemont, Pennsylvania by noted photographers Ida W. Pritchett (1891-1965) and Clara E. Sipprell (1885-1975). Both virtual exhibits were created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) CARES grant.