I love muted tones in gardens anyway, so late summer gardens are just my thing. Here are some photographs of two very different gardens: my own humble garden and those of Glen Magna Farms in Danvers, the summer home of Salem’s Derby Family. I was in this part of Danvers (originally called Salem Village) yesterday, getting some images for upcoming posts on the Witch Trials (beware: next week is a very important week in the history of the Trials), and so I took a detour to Glen Magna. Though the property came into the Derby family in 1812, the estate as it exists today is largely the vision of Ellen Peabody Endicott, a Derby descendant who significantly expanded and redesigned the house and its gardens after 1892. Her grandson moved Samuel McIntire’s magnificent summer house (1793) from Salem to Danvers in 1901.
My garden: including a close-up of a squirrel (I think it’s the same one) who climbs up and down a dogwood tree all day long knocking off and burying its red berries.
And now for the magnificent Glen Magna: the house, Mrs. Endicott by John Singer Sargent (1901), McIntire’s summer house, and surrounding gardens.
Ellen Peabody Endicott by John Singer Sargent, 1901
Second Floor Interior of Derby Summer House, HABS, Library of Congress, 1960
September 18th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Wonderful pictures! 🙂
September 18th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
wow. well your garden is beautifully laid out.. it has a calmness about it, I do like it.. the summer house gardens are notably grand and of course i love the pagola but that Sargent.. that grand old lady.. are you going to be posting next week, as i am looking froward to learning more about the witch trials ..c
September 18th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
Lovely all—and still in better summer condition than the rapidly fading gardens here further north.
Haven’t been to Glen Magna for a couple of years—a particularly fine garden restoration. Thanks for the reminder
September 19th, 2011 at 6:41 am
Beautiful photos, as always!