Alice Recknagel Ireys

Alice Recknagel Ireys (April 24, 1911 – December 12, 2000) was an American landscape architect whose notable clients included the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the New York Botanical Garden, the Clark Botanic Garden, the Abigail Adams Smith Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum.

Early life and education Alice Elizabeth Recknagel was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Harold S. and Rea Estes Recknagel.

From the late 1950s until the early 1980s, Ireys regularly taught at the Landscape Design Schools run by the Federated Garden Clubs. These schools educated garden club members in the principles of "good landscape architectural practice" so that they could "serve as guardians and critics of outdoor beauty in the U.S.A." Designs for American Gardens (1991) New York: Prentice Hall Gardening. Garden Designs (1991) New York: Prentice Hall. Small Gardens for City and Country: A Guide for Designing and Planting Your Green Spaces (1978) Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. How to Plan and Plant Your Own Property (1967) New York: M. Barrows. 'Gardens