Gardens
- Anne Coffin Johnstone Shrub Garden
- Laura's Lilac Bower
- Margery and Rae's Garden
- Paul Harner Garden
- Marian's Kitchen Garden
- Front Parlor Garden
- Steven Spencer Livingston Garden
- The Rain Garden
- Other Garden Features
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Front Parlor Garden
Photographs
from the 1880s and 1890s show a garden in front of the Mansion, located
near the steps that led guests from the circular driveway to the front
staircase. It had become overgrown with, among many things, lilies of
the valley and a menacing rosebush when Mansion gardener Margery Johnstone
and her student helper, John Levengood, rescued the area and expanded
upon it.
Its location, close to the house and the front windows, was
an ideal spot for a parlor garden that allowed for the scent of a fragrant
combination of roses, perennials, and annuals to whiff into the mansion.
Plant List
- Rose "Louise Odier"