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Caption: Map of UIUC (2001) (Allerton)
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CULTURAL LANDSCAPE TREATMENT PLAN ROBERT ALLERTON PARK, MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS 1925 (HGA-25) This detail slide illustrates the level of refinement and careful maintenance that existed under Robert Allerton’s stewardship. While the structure of the flower gardens remains intact, loss of detail, overgrown plant materials and lack of species diversity in the ornamental plantings have changed the overall effect. CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES FOR FLOWER GARDENS AS A WHOLE • • • • • Long, narrow rectangular space roughly 560 feet long by 130 feet wide, sub-divided into four smaller rectangular garden spaces. Main east/west path through center of gardens. North/south path near eastern end of garden. Another north/south path along western edge of garden. Sculpture of Adam, The Creation of Man at intersection of two main paths. Current Adam is a 1972 second-generation copy. Clipped arborvitae hedge lining central path, originally single row, since 1960s a staggered a double row. High rough-finished concrete walls, originally smoother finished and vine covered, along northern, eastern and western edges of garden, with viewing platform along outer edge. Unclipped arborvitae along southern (meadow) edge. Views out to the south at two north/south paths. View along the east/west path framed by arborvitae hedge with Adam as a focal point. • ISSUES/RECOMMENDATIONS The Flower Gardens retain their basic form and structure, but plantings have evolved over time, losing the details, intricacy, scale of plantings, species diversity and meticulous maintenance that gave the gardens their visual impact and distinctive character. The primary recommendation for the Flower Gardens is to restore missing detail to increase visual interest in these spaces. III-44
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