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The Sunken Garden at Hillstead
HILL-STEAD MUSEUM
HILL-STEAD MUSEUM
HILL-STEAD MUSEUM
HILL-STEAD MUSEUM
HILL-STEAD MUSEUM
Sunken Garden, Hill-Stead Museum

 

T|G’s design for the Sunken Garden at Hill-Stead was based on a newly discovered, horticulturally detailed plan (c.1925) from the archives of Beatrix Jones Farrand (1872-1959), one of the country’s first landscape architects.
While there is no record that the original was ever executed, T|G’s plan is faithful to that design with only a few, carefully researched substitutions with modern perennial hybrids and some minor, but sensitive adjustments to the layout, necessary to accommodate the public usage which, as anticipated, has increased dramatically since restoration.
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Owner:

Connecticut Valley Garden Club,

Garden Club of Hartford

 

Location:

Farmington, CT

Project Area:

1 acre

Awards:

CT ASLA 2015 Landmark Legacy Award

AIA 1989 Public Space Award

 

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