Marriage and Family
After starting to earn income from the sale of Argyrol, Barnes married Laura Leggett (c.1880 - 1966), from a well-to-do family in Brooklyn, New York. They had no children.
Laura Barnes led the development of the Arboretum and horticultural program that are integral to the Barnes Foundation and its setting. In 1928, Barnes appointed her as director of the Arboretum. She founded the Arboretum School in 1940, where she taught as an instructor. She regularly corresponded and exchanged plant specimens with other major institutions, such as the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. She succeeded her husband as president of the Foundation after his death in 1951. She bequeathed her private art collection to the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Her work was recognized by award in 1948 of the Schaffer Memorial Medal from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, in 1955 she became an honorary member of the American Society for Landscape Architects, and she was given an honorary doctorate in horticultural science from St. Joseph's University of Philadelphia.
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