garden archaeology

Surprise Discoveries

Surprise Discoveries

Two weeks ago, volunteers and I dismantled the rotting wooden privacy fence along the west side of the Elizabeth Lawrence House & Garden, to make way for new fencing to be installed this week. Doing the demolition in-house gave me the opportunity to get out the metal detectors (thanks, Ellen & Bill Archer!), and spend some quality time combing the property line for any original plant tags. …