J. Liddon Pennock. Nixon Wedding, 1971

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Pennock, Pennock, J. Liddon, Jr., 1913-2003
White House (Washington, D.C.). Rose Garden
Cox, Edward Finch, 1946- -- Marriage
Cox, Patricia Nixon, 1946- -- Marriage
PHS Meadowbrook Farm (Jenkintown, Pa.)

On June 12, 1971, Tricia Nixon, daughter of President Richard M. Nixon, married  Edward Finch Cox in the White House Rose Garden.  Philadelphia horticulturist J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. handled   the floral decorations for “the Wedding of the Year.”  Aided by a small army of helpers, Pennock   spent four days creating hundreds of floral arrangements and decorations for the wedding ceremony in the garden and throughout the White House.  Pennock’s  floral creations were much in demand among the social elite of the day.  At his death in 2003, after a life-long association with PHS and the Philadelphia Flower Show, J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. left his 25-acre Meadowbrook Farm property in Jenkintown, Pa., to PHS.  

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