When the Carmichael Stewart house was given over to the town, the back yard was simply a plot of land.  However, over time, and with the dedication of several former members of the society, the land has been transformed into a small garden paradise.  The intent was to create a space that would be true to the heritage of the house, so the lush has been specially planted so as to feature plants that would have been in vogue over one hundred years ago.  Today, we feature almost 50 species of plants that could have been found in house gardens in 1880, when the house was built.

Before                               After

To see more photos of how the garden is now looking visit our Garden Photos page.

Tuesday, July 18th, 2011 a bench was dedicated to the museum in memory of Margaret (Calder) Durning.