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Beatrix Farrand Garden
Our historic garden was designed by noted
Landscape Architect Beatrix Farrand.
 
 
We are proud to be one of
Connecticut's Historic Gardens
For more information on
CT Historic Gardens visit
http://www.cthistoricgardens.org/
 
Thank You 
to all our volunteers who give their time to maintain our garden.
 
Open Garden Days
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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.