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miss florence’s garden

June 22, 2018

Miss Flo's Old Lyme garden

One of Connecticut’s historical treasures is the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, home of Florence Griswold which was the center of the Old Lyme Art Colony –  the main center of development of American Impressionism.

white flowers in the garden

poppy in garden

In addition to the museum’s collections, the grounds are something to admire.  For today’s Friday field trip, I am sharing some photographs of the June garden at the historic site.

honeysuckle

Florence Griswold, or “Miss Florence” as her friends knew her, was an avid gardener.

view to the water

An archaeological dig in 1998 identified the physical boundaries of the garden beds and walkways of Florence Griswold’s garden before her death in 1937.  With this information, as well as paintings and historic photographs of the site, Miss Florence’s garden was recreated to its appearance circa 1910.

pretty garden color

Florence Griswolds veggie garden

Of course, every garden of that time period showed off some peonies!

Miss Florence's peony

Miss Flo's peonies

old world peonies

peony in old fashioned garden

plenty of white peonies

I hope you enjoy a little glimpse of Miss Florence’s restored ‘old-fashioned’ garden from the 1930’s.

wide view of Miss Flo's garden

Have a fabulous weekend!  Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

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