&6t East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver, B.C., built 1927.

Stanmore

Designed by architect Harry Blackadder in 1927

AFTER SKETCHING this
home from the front, I was
“encouraged to. take a look
at it from the rear yard and

gardens.

Having done so I couldn’t resist
‘doing it again from the view seen
above, .

{ did this drawing from a park
‘bench nestled on the edge of a
sunken lawn surrounded by
sculptured flower beds.

This elegant home sits on a
double lot and has wonderful
gardens.

The heritage inventory shows a
photograph taken in 1948 of a
garden party held at St. Martins
Church in these gardens.

The present owners still hold

NORTH SHORE
HERITAGE

by Dorothy Foster

garden parties at their home.
“Stanmore”? was designed by

Harry Blackadder, an architect

well known in’ North Vancouver

-for his home designs at this time.

It was built in 1927 at a cost of
$11,500, and Tudor, Revival ele-
ments are featured in its construc-
tion.

Half-timbering,. cross-.eaded
casements and tall stone chimneys
are among the features.

This home was built for Hugh
Archibald Stevenson who was

brought to Canada by the federal
government to organize the ship-
ment of grain throughout the
country, including the placement
of grain elevators and facilities,
which helped to open up Van-
couver as a major port on the
West Coast.

Stevenson chose to name this
home after a hill named Stanmore
near his home in Scotland.

Stanmore has been lovingly
cared for by its present owners, the
Deans. .

It boasts four fireplaces, a fine
dark wood interior, and a unique
ceiling moulding in both the living
room and the dining room, detail-
ing B.C.’s provincial flower, the
native Dogwood.

Plantsman discusses garden structure

THE DIRECTOR of Wave
Hil! Garden in New’ York
for 25 years, Marco Polo
Stufano will lecture at
VanDusen Gardens on
Monday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.
in the Flora! Hall.

_ Tickets must be purchased in
advance at $12 for non-members
‘and $8 for members.

Wave Hill is renowned for
audacious plant combinations.
Stufano, whe is widely recognized
as a superb plantsman, has

created a series of intimate,
small-scale gardens amid a 19th
century gardenesque landscape.

The _hell-fire-and-brimstone
Red Garden, for instance, is a
standout among the eight beds in
the 70’x 90’ cottage-style Flower
Garden, where pastels
predominate against silver foliage
foils.

The danger-sign oranges and
Nancy Regan reds such as
Crocosmia ‘‘Lucifer’’ and
Hemerocallis ‘‘Sparks’' shout for
attention.

Stufano will lecture on ‘‘Bones

in the Garden,”’ or what makes a
good garden work. He believes
that gardens are a series of pic-
tures and spaces; at best, they are
art; and as with ail art, there is an
underlying structure (the bones)
which holds the creation together.

Garden structure endures
through the seasons even though
floral displays do not.

VanDusen Gardens is located at
525! Oak St., corner of Oak
Street and 37th Avenue in Van-
couver. Call 266-4236 for infor-
mation.

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