Background
Dargan, Mary Palmer Kelley was born on April 26, 1954 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Daughter of James Palmer and Shirley (Talbot) Kelley.
Dargan, Mary Palmer Kelley was born on April 26, 1954 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Daughter of James Palmer and Shirley (Talbot) Kelley.
Graduate, The Harpeth Hall School, 1972, Bachelor in Botany, University of Tennessee, 1976,M.Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University, 1982, graduate, Buckley School Public Speaking, 1986, 98. Director education Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, Nashville, 1977-1978, botanist, 1976-1977. Landscape architect Miller, Wihry, and Lee, Nashville, 1981-1985, Hugh Dargan Associations, Charleston, South Carolina., 1994-1998;instructor lanscape and design University Charleston, 1994.
Chpres.
Garden History Associations, Charleston, South Carolina., since 1984.
Director education Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, Nashville, 1977—1978, botanist, 1976—1977. Landscape architect Miller, Wihry, & Lee, Nashville, 1981—1985, Hugh Dargan Associates, Charleston, South Carolina, 1994—1998. Instructor lanscape & design University Charleston, since 1994.
President Garden History Associates, Charleston, South Carolina, since 1984.
Member American Society Landscape Architects (merit award for 58 South Battery history preservation design, Tennessee merit award for Early English KitchenGardens, 1982, regional merit award for 55 Church Street, 1990), National Society Colonial Dames of America, Ladies of the Lake, Junior League American.
Married Hugh Graham Dargan, March 31, 1985.