GARDEN CLUB OF RIDGEFIELD 
MRS. JOSEPH EPES BROWN, Ridgefield, Conn. 
Location — “Wildfarms”, West Lane. 
Typ e — Old fashioned (fine view from hill). 
Best Bloom — June. 
Specialty — Iris and general old fashioned flowers. 
Visiting days and hours — .^ny time after four p.m. 
Owner’s Restrictions — Not to pick flowers. 
MRS. JONATHAN BULKLEY, Ridgefield, Conn. 
Location — .^boiit four miles out of Ridgefield. 
Typ e — Colonial . 
Best Bloom — June and July. 
Visiting days — Any day but Saturday. 
MRS. GEORGE GARDINER, Ridgefield, Conn. 
Location — Main Street, south in the village. 
Type — Picking garden. 
Best Bloom — June, Julj% August. 
Visiting days and hours — Telephone for appointment. 
Owner’s Remarks — This garden is without features and, e.xcept for 
wealth of bloom, does not repay the visitor for time spent. 
MRS. A. BARTON HEPBURN, Ridgefield, Conn. 
Location — High Ridge, West of Main St.; reached from Peaceable 
St., or West Lane. 
Typ e — Italian, semi-formal. 
Best Bloom — June. 
MRS. J. A. MITCHELL, Ridgefield, Conn. 
Location — M’est Lane. 
Best Bloom — June, August, September. 
MISS MARY OLCOTT, Ridgefield, Conn. 
Location — Main Street, near Danbury Road. 
Type — Formal. 
Best Bloom — June and .'\ugust 1 to 15. 
Specialties — Lilies, phlox and shrubs (Maj' bloom for shrubs). 
Visiting days — .\t any time. 
Owner’s Remarks — No picking or cutting. The upper or formal gar- 
den built on lines connected with the Revolutionarj' War in 
the Battle of Ridgefield : hearthstone of old Stebbins House, 
dated 1727, at entrance to garden ; one piece, dated 1727, let into 
wall of 3rd terrace ; 1 beech and 1 Weir’s cut-leaf maple mark 
site of Stebbins House, where wounded American and British 
soldiers were laid after the battle. Stone in main wall on Main 
Street marks the conflict, and the dead were buried between 
it and gardener’s cottage, marked by Catalpa tree. Gen. Bene- 
dict Arnold, whose grandfather was owner’s direct ancestor, 
ran down through grounds after his horse was killed under 
him and escaped to Putnam’s Camp. Below War Garden in 
the Park is a beech said to be the second oldest in New V'ork 
and Connecticut ; ash tree on the estate is 180 years old. 
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