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The landscape plans for the main grounds were developed by Ethelwyn Harrison from the late 1920s to the early l930s. Miss Harrison was a landscape architect in Cleveland, Ohio when she was commissioned by Kate Hanna Harvey to create Pebble Hill’s design. She framed the Main House with numerous camellia bushes, dogwoods, magnolias, azaleas, tea olives, and Cherokee roses. A century plant stood tall by the east entrance. A shrubbery maze on the front lawn has been a particular delight of youngsters over the years. Crabapple Walk adds interest on the east lawn. Miss Harrison’s goal was to create a setting that would be its prettiest in winter and early spring when the Hanna family was in residence and welcoming houseguests regularly.
Beyond the main grounds, the acreage offers amazing displays of nature. Stately oaks gracefully canopy over the main drive and the stable courtyard. The kitchen garden, a vegetable garden in earlier years, now is often ablaze with color from a variety of plantings. Of course, the towering pines are prevalent no matter what area of the grounds you explore.
