Groundsmen Oral History
Date
1984-1985Media Format
AudioInterviewee
Leon EnlowInterviewee
Walter DouglasInterviewee
Joe TorresInterviewee
Adrien Joujon-RocheInterviewee
Wayne LarimoreMedium
Oral history audio files and corresponding transcriptDescription
Groundsmen were important staff from the beginning of the Garden. These were the employees who maintained the grounds. They planted new plants, weeded, watered and maintained irrigation systems, pruned and trimmed plants, checked for and treated diseased plants, and removed plant debris and dead trees. They were typically supervised, but early on they often initiated plantings on their own and sometimes brought their own native plants to install at the Garden.
This volume contains the oral histories of five groundsmen serving from 1945 to 1990: Leon Enlow, Walter C. Douglas, Jose Torres, Adrien Joujon-Roche, and Wayne Larimore. The interviews took place between 1984-1985, and the illustrated transcript was published in 2024.
Groundsmen Oral History Transcript - 3.18 MBLocation Information
Place Name
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden General Subject
SB Botanic Garden Department
Horticulture 