Posts Tagged ‘Lake’
A Look Back at the 1937 Hershey Rose Garden: Abundant Plantings, a Lake, and Tremendous Fall Color
“An unusual feature of the garden was that, instead of twenty or twenty-five roses of one variety in a bed, the plants in the Hershey Rose Garden numbered as high as 175 in a single bed.” September 23, 1937 On this day, the Evening Report in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, reported on the rose garden in Hershey,…
Read MoreGarden Writer Tim Woodbridge and the Secret of Stourhead Garden
“All along, people have assumed that the lake was part of the plan by Henry Hoare, the banker who established the garden as his lasting legacy. But Tim believes he’s uncovered a secret about the garden that has been lost to time.” August 16, 1988 On this day, Kenneth Woodbridge, a garden writer and historian, died.…
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