Beatrix Farrand's Final Garden

The last garden of the famous landscape gardener is saved through purchase by a newly-formed non-profit.

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September 19, 2003, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


Garland Farm on Mount Desert Island, Maine, now may become an education center, which had been Farrand's wish for the garden she developed at her former home Reef Point. "When it became evident that Mrs. Farrand could not develop the Reef Point Garden into an educational center, she dismantled the garden and house but saved the plantings, fixtures and architectural materials. Many of the plants went to the Asticou and Thuya Gardens in Northeast Harbor and some, including her collection of global heathers, came to the Garland Farm."

Thanks to Robert Karrow

Thursday, August 28, 2003 in Mount Desert Islander

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