Seward House Visit

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(05-31-2015 05:55 PM)BettyO Wrote:  

Quote:....is the garden still like in Seward's times? Is there still anything he planted himself?

The garden is wonderful - but I don't think it is laid out as Mr. Seward would have....don't know if he gardened! It is pretty much laid out and based on a typical Victorian garden of the period. The tract of land is pretty much as it was when the Seward family lived there - some of the land was lost to the parking lot on the side (city-owned) and to the street behind the house; otherwise, it is still the same.

Here are some photos I took of the gardens - AND for some reason, you find these "miniature daisies" (or are they chamomile?!) growing wild like clover EVERYWHERE! It looks like chamomile (which I love!) to me.... anyone know? I've never seen these anywhere else -





[quote]Betty, is the photo of the lake taken in Skaneatelas? Somehow I remember a small park that overlooked a lake just across the street from one of the greatest jewelry stores (that wouldn't let me leave until I purchased a pair of handmade blister pearl earrings). Of course, the earrings were some of the things taken when my house was robbed a few years ago (twice in one week). If I remember correctly, there was also a great ice cream store in that area.

Laurie, that photo of the lake was take across the street from the Sherwood Inn where we ate lunch in Skaneatelas. There was a smaller park overlooking a lake there as well - it has a fountain in it and yes, the ice cream store is STILL there!! There is also a wonderful pastry shop!
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The daisies look like wild ones that grow along the roadsides here - and occasionally in my lawn...