About Me

Welcome to the restoration Web log for The Eunice Waymon Birthplace and Garden located at 30 East Livingston Street in Tryon, North Carolina USA.

The Eunice Waymon Birthplace and Garden is a privately funded demonstration project that helps tell the story of an American family, a nurturing community, and a little girl born on February 21, 1933 who would grow up to introduce to the world a unique infusion of pop, gospel, classical, jazz, folk, and ballads -- that she would call, “Black Classical Music.”

This site has been designed to help document the preservation efforts, answer questions about the history of the property, and explore how the house and garden would have fit into the community context of 1933.

If you would like a postmark from Tryon, NC USA, please send a self-addressed stamped postcard to us at, The Eunice Waymon Birthplace and Garden, 30 East Livingston Street, Tryon, NC USA 28782, and we will have it hand cancelled at the Tryon Post Office and mailed back to you.

PLEASE NOTE:

As we have posted in the Web log, the restoration and interpretation of the Waymon Garden demonstration project is made possible through first hand accounts of Waymon family members as well as general research compiled by Richard Westmacott in his book, AFRICAN AMERICAN GARDENS AND YARDS OF THE RURAL SOUTH (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1992). Images from the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection of the Library of Congress are also being used in planning the restoration and interpretation.

Please note also that Farm Security Administration Best Practices (1932) have been included in the Waymon Garden restoration and interpretation to acknowledge (abeit conjecture) that J.D. Waymon would have had access to best practices through his contact with the Civilian Conservation Corps. These practices include the use of mulch as a moisture retainer and weed control in community gardens. The use of mulch is not traditionally associated with African-American gardens in the rural south. (R. Westmacott)

For more information on the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection of photographs at the Library of Congress, please visit,

DOCUMENTING AMERICA at:

http:/rs6.loc.govfsowhome.html

All proceeds from cafepress.com/ewbirthplace are used to fund preservation efforts