Cherokee Garden Library

Over 25,000 books, photographs, manuscripts, seed catalogs, and landscape drawings are included in the Cherokee Garden Library collection. These rare and valuable resources tell the story of American horticulture and botanical history in the Southeastern United States and areas of influence throughout America, Europe, and Asia.

The collection is accessible to anyone interested in exploring gardening, landscape design, garden history, floral design, botanical art, cultural landscapes, natural landscapes, and plant ecology. 

While the collection is a focal point, the Garden Library also attracts a community of people who enjoy the year-round calendar of lectures, exhibitions, tours, and collaborations with partner agencies.
 

Explore the Collection
Open to the public, free of charge, Wednesday through Saturday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM  
>The Collection at a Glance
>Ten American Treasures
>Books Based on Research in the Collection
>Search the Kenan Research Center Catalog

Learn and Be Inspired
by our lectures, tours, and exhibitions.
>Upcoming Lectures
>Curatorial tours of the collection are by appointment. Contact Director Staci Catron at 404.814.4046 or via email.
>Program Highlights 2003 to Present

Help Preserve Rare Books
through the Adopt-A-Book program.
>Adopt-A-Book Program and How Books are Preserved

Donate Materials to the Collection
Find out what kinds of books and materials are needed in our collection.
>How to Donate Materials

Learn about Historic Gardens of Georgia
Review garden surveys conducted through the Georgia Historic Landscape Initiative (GHLI) - a collaboration with the Garden Club of Georgia, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and the National Park Service.
>About the Georgia Historic Landscape Initiative

Upcoming Events

Cherokee Garden Lecture Series: An Evening with Mario Nievera, Forever Green: A Landscape Architect’s Innovative Gardens Offer Environments to Love and Delight
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
7:00 PM
Lecture followed by book signing and reception
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: $25.00

Join renowned landscape architect Mario Nievera who will lead us on an illustrated tour of his landscapes throughout the United States as featured in his first book, Forever Green: A Landscape Architect’s Innovative Gardens Offer Environments to Love and Delight. Nievera will showcase his extensive range of designs for civic spaces, parks, and residential estates, such as a garden terrace overlooking New York's Central Park to a public garden attached to The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. His design work provides an extraordinary opportunity for ideas on how to create your own fabulous landscapes. Mario Nievera has a keen eye and talent to combine hardscape materials and lush plantings creating unique landscape compositions, which are admired and published in design magazines and newspapers throughout the world.

Mario Nievera, ASLA, is principal and partner of Nievera Williams Design, one of the top landscape architectural firms in the United States with offices in Palm Beach and New York. Nievera and his partner, Keith Williams, plan and develop diverse projects for residential estates, community parks, and corporate and institutional properties, both nationally and abroad. Nievera received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree from Purdue University in 1987. He frequently lectures about his firm's work throughout the United States. He is actively involved with the American Society of Landscape Architects and donates his firm's design and consulting services for many nonprofit organizations, as well as serving as a member of the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations. Nievera's work has been featured in many national and international design publications, including Architectural Digest, W, Southern Accents, The New York Times, Town & Country, House Beautiful, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, and Garden Design. His firm has earned numerous awards and recognitions for their superlative and sensitive design work.
 

Help Sustain a Valuable Public Resource
Cherokee Garden Library operations, programs, as well as collection expansion and conservation, are funded by individual contributions and grants.

Every gift, large or small, helps us continue to offer resources and programs enjoyed by gardeners, historians, landscape architects, ecologists, writers, students, and nature lovers.

Or, make check payable to "Cherokee Garden Library" and mail to: 

Cherokee Garden Library
Atlanta History Center
130 West Paces Ferry Road NW
Atlanta, GA 30305-1366

For more information about the Garden Library or about contributions and planned giving, contact:
Cherokee Garden Library Director, Staci Catron, at 404.814.4046 or via email. 

> Cherokee Garden Club – founders of the Cherokee Garden Library
> About the Cherokee Garden Library Founding and Leadership
> Board of Trustees  

Garden Citings: The Official Newsletter of the Cherokee Garden Library

Spring 2013

Fall 2012

Spring 2012

Fall 2011

Spring 2011

Fall 2010

Spring 2010

Fall 2009

Spring 2009

Spring/Fall/Winter 2008

Fall/Winter 2007

The Cherokee Garden Library is a member of the Southern Garden History Society
and The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries