Tuesday October 28th, 2008
Second Summer
| Photos by Mary Kliwinski | |
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| View of Dahlia Research Trials | |
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| Research Director Grace Romero | |
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| 2001 Heronswood Garden at Fordhook, renamed Carolina Garden for my mother. | |
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| Memorial for my mother, Caroline Vivian Ball. | |
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| Partial view of new Heronswood Gardens | |
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| Upper Pond | |
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| Lower Pond – the total planted area at Fordhook Farm in 2009 will be about 12 acres. | |
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| The Main House. Note the tall holly on the right. | |
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| Dahlias in Happiness Garden | |
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| Dahlias at Main House | |
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| Partial view of southwest side of Happiness Garden | |
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| Springhouse entrance with Seed House in back. | |
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| Seed House – Windows caught enough light in the fall that the older employees, who’d earned sit-down jobs cleaning and sorting seed, could see. Due to the flammable dust created continuously by the work (think of cotton seed heads), no artificial light was allowed. The metal roof is new—the slate under the belfry is original and covered the roof until 2005, when it became too expensive to maintain. The Seed House is used now for storage and still needs some work inside. | |
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Hi, Is Fordhook Farm open to visitors? Is the Nursery open to retail sales? I’m very happy that you moved to Pa. Thank You.