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A True Feat of Conservation: How Women Have Shaped Carrollcraft's Garden since 1859
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A True Feat of Conservation: How Women Have Shaped Carrollcraft's Garden since 1859
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Carrollcroft, a cut granite and fieldstone house in the Italianate style in the town of Stanstead in the Eastern Townships, was built for businessman and politician Charles Carroll Colby (1827-1907) and his family in 1859. The flower garden was established by his wife, Harriet (Hattie) Child Colby (1838-1932). The authors explain that Harriet was renowned for her flower garden, grown mostly to get fresh cuts for bouquets she would put in every room of the villa. The garden was subsequently maintained through the efforts of her daughter Jessie Maude Colby (1861-1958) and in the late twentieth century by Helen Lovat Colby (1907-1998), with the help of historian Monique Nadeau-Saumier and landscape architect Gina Fleet. On May 13, 1992, the Stanstead Historical Society officially took possession of the Carrollcroft property, donated by the Colby family, to house the collection and archives of the Colby-Curtis Museum. The authors note that female volunteers and employees of the museum have been maintaining the garden for the past nearly 30 years.
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Quebec Heritage News
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Vol. 17
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no. 3
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Summer 2023
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7-8
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en
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Gaudreau-Lalande, Samuel, and Julie-Ann Latulippe. “A True Feat of Conservation: How Women Have Shaped Carrollcraft’s Garden since 1859.” Quebec Heritage News, Summer 2023.
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