#February 4, 1899
#OTD Ruth Harvey, American #Landscape #Architect, is born.

A protégé of #BeatrixFarrand, Ruth joined the design team for #Dumbarton Oaks.

Ruth worked on the Green Garden Inscription - a tribute to Beatrix on a stone tablet - for Mrs. Bliss.

Ruth's Dumbarton masterpiece was the #Pebble #Garden - a space reimagined from a tennis court & inspired by the Villa I Tatti in #Florence, #Italy.

The garden features the Bliss family motto:

Quod Severis Metes
You reap what you sow.