Beatrix Farrand Garden

Open To Public

BRIDGEWATER — Promisek at Three Rivers Farm will open the Beatrix Farrand Garden to the public on the fourth Sunday of each month, May through September, from 10 am to 4 pm. The program will begin on May 25. Admission is free, but suggested donations of $5 will help Promisek’s continuing care of the property.

In 1921 Beatrix Farrand, a founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, designed the garden of Dr Frederick Peterson, a noted neurologist who entertained family, friends and clients on the 300 acre property situated at the confluence of the Shepaug and Housatonic Rivers and which he called Three Rivers Farm.

By the time its present owner, the non-profit Promisek Incorporated, acquired the property in 1978 all traces of the garden’s former glory had been buried under years of overgrowth. In 1992 Roxbury resident and sleuthing garden historian Pamela Edwards rediscovered the historic value of the walled garden and a restoration began using the plan found in the Farrand archives at the University of California at Berkeley.

Promisek at Three Rivers Farm is at the end of Skyline Ridge Road in Bridgewater. Signs will be posted. For more information call 860-350-8226 or 860-354-1788.