One Writer's Garden: Eudora Welty's Home Place
A look at Eudora Welty's garden
Langdon Clay
A contemporary overhead view of the garden spaces, 2009
© Eudora Welty LLC.
Eudora Welty watering from lawnchair, undated
Photograph by Rollie McKenna, courtesy of Eudora Welty LLC and Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation. Courtesy Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona Foundation
Eudora and her mother, Chestina, in the garden
Drawing by Susan Haltom, 2010.
General garden layout, 1925–1935. This also reflects the arrangement of the restored garden today
© Eudora Welty LLC.
Eudora Welty in the garden, undated. (circa 1930)
Susan Haltom
Scenes of the garden prior to restoration, 1994
Susan Haltom
The restored Eudora Welty House in summer 2008
Susan Haltom
The hybrid teak rose 'Dainty Rose,' introduced in 1925, has a single (five-petaled) blossom and prominent, cinnamon-colored stamens. Welty referred to this rose in Delta Wedding
Susan Haltom
An assortment of camellias from the Welty garden
A contemporary overhead view of the garden spaces, 2009
While plenty has been written about Eudora Welty’s stories and photography, a new book takes a look at the iconic Southern writer from a different lens—the passion she felt for her Mississippi garden.
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