Perry Hunt Wheeler

He began his post-secondary education at Emory College, but soon transferred to the University of Georgia where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1937.

He went on to earn a graduate degree in landscape architecture in 1938 from Harvard University.

He specialized in low-maintenance gardens that consisted of water features, ornamental shrubbery, and detailed hardscapes.

[2][3] The American Horticultural Society presented Wheeler with an AHS Landscape Design Award in 1977.

[4] Other honors included serving on the Garden Advisory Committee at Dumbarton Oaks from 1964 to 1974 and an Award of Merit from the University of Georgia.