“Let’s get a ladder, hammer, chisel, and …”

Owen D. Hungerford to W. J. Schmeckebier, 27 June 1975, 7/50, Miller House and Garden Collection, IMA Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. (MHG_Ib_B007_f060_056)

Maschmeyer’s Nursery who planted the gardens designed by Dan Kiley prepared this list of maintenance equipment. 

Maintenance Equipment list by Maschmeyer’s Nursery, 1957, 2/9, Miller House and Garden Collection, IMA Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. (MHG_Ia_B002_f009_048)

Trying to solve the “problem of the Dining Room garden,” Dan Kiley considers a Moorish garden design such as the Generalife.

Daniel Urban Kiley to J. Irwin Miller, 1 February 1957, 2/9, Miller House and Garden Collection, IMA Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. (MHG_Ia_B002_f009_090)