Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea™ : Garden Descriptions

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	The Buckingham-Hall House: 19th-Century Garden The varieties of fruits, flowers, and vegetables now being grown in these gardens are known to have been in general use during the 1830s and 1840s.
	The Burrows House: 19th-Century Historic Garden Although we do not have any existing garden history for this particular family, we have installed a small flower garden and backyard consistent with gardening literature and periodicals of the time, using heirloom plants and seeds.
	Children's Museum Zoo Garden Located at the Children's Museum, this colorful garden is planted with annuals, perennials, and a few small shrubs and trees.
	Library Garden Facing the G.W. Blunt White Building on the opposite side of the North Boat Shed, this garden emulates The River Garden in a different color scheme, featuring soft tones of pastels.

	Mallory Birds and Butterflies Garden A garden of glorious color and inviting butterfly and hummingbird friendly plants.
	Memorial Garden This contemporary perennial garden is located behind the Treworgy Planetarium.
	North End Grass Garden This grass garden is at the extreme north end of the Museum grounds, next to the exit gate.
	River Garden The River Garden at the North Boat Shed provides the backdrop for two contemporary garden borders. Each of these gardens has a different color scheme, reflective of the location and exposure of each garden.
	South Entrance Garden This contemporary garden is located adjacent to the South Parking Lot, across the street from the Mystic Seaport Museum Store and the Visitor Reception Center.
	Container Plantings Throughout Mystic Seaport there are containers, window boxes, and barrels. Each are planted with a variety of annuals and other interesting plant material.
	Greenmanville Ponds The pond next to the North Parking Lot may not look special, but it is especially significant. It has been reshaped and replanted with native species to filter the storm water that runs off the nearby mill roof and parking lot, delivering clean water to the Mystic River.

Icon photography by Stephen Sisk.