Areas of Study
Beatrix Farrand Garden
- Our historic garden was designed by noted
- Landscape Architect Beatrix Farrand.
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- CT Historic Garden Day
- June 27, 2010
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- Suggested donation $5
- For more information on
- CT Historic Gardens visit
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- www.flogris.org/cthistoricgardens
- 2010 Open Garden Days
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- The garden will be open to the public two days in 2010.
- June 27th for the Connecticut Historic Garden Tour
- July 25th from 12-4:00pm
In 1921 Beatrix Farrand designed a formal garden on this property for Dr. Frederick Peterson, a noted New York neurologist, who entertained family, friends and clients on his country estate, which he called Three Rivers Farm. Farrand, a founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, had a major impact on garden design of her era. Of the many designs she executed, the Dumbarton Oaks estate in Washington, D.C.is perhaps the best known, and she also contributed work on college campuses, including Yale University
By the time the 300-acre tract was acquired in 1978 by Promisek, all traces of the garden’s former glory had been buried under years of overgrowth. In 1992 Roxbury resident and garden historian Pamela Edwards rediscovered the historic value of the walled garden, and a restoration began using the plan found in the Farrand archives at the University of California at Berkeley. In subsequent years through 2008, Kristin Havill served as Garden Conservator, following Farrand’s design as closely as possible while adapting the garden to changing conditions. The garden is currently maintained by volunteers.