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.
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.
Florence Griswold, or “Miss Florence” as her friends knew her, was an avid gardener.
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.
Of course, every garden of that time period showed off some peonies!
I hope you enjoy a little glimpse of Miss Florence’s restored ‘old-fashioned’ garden from the 1930’s.
Have a fabulous weekend! Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie