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The Gardens of Liberty Hall
Liberty
Hall Historic Site welcomes the public to visit the grounds and
experience them as a place to
relax and reflect. For individuals
or small groups (9 people or fewer) you can enjoy the gardens without
reservation, but must be aware that other event may be occurring.
Please respect the grounds, the houses, and the work of the gardeners on
duty. The gardens are open from dawn to dusk; we ask that you not
visit the property after dark for your own safety. Please remember to
take nothing and leave nothing; that is, do not
pick the flowers or take any of the edible produce
you find on the grounds.
Also, please take your trash with you when you go.
Liberty
Hall Historic Site's grounds include an extensive boxwood and perennial garden
that is located between the houses and the banks of the Kentucky River. Rather
than being a reproduction of the original garden at Liberty Hall, today's garden
reflects the garden as it evolved through four generations of Brown ownership. Today, the Liberty
Hall Historic Site exhibits historic as well as modern plants
while honoring the spirit and structural context recorded in the
garden plans and documents of the Brown family.

From the
beginning, flowers were an important part of the garden. Traveling
as a young bride from her home in New York, Senator Brown's wife
Margaretta brought with her a Polish rose. In addition, many other
varieties of pillar and climbing roses, as well as perennials,
decorated the garden. References to the first garden in letters
between Senator Brown and Margaretta in 1802 reveal its utilitarian
nature (vegetables, herbs, and fruit trees), and Margaretta's desire
to protect it with a fence.
Click here for more pictures of
the gardens.
If you are
interesting in renting the gardens for your group of 10 people or more, please
visit the Event Rental page for more
information.
"Continue to Love Me": The Mother's Garden at Liberty Hall
On
May 12, 2012, Liberty Hall Historic Site dedicated
"Continue to Love Me": The Mother's Garden at Liberty Hall
for 2012.
The bed, located near the Orlando Brown House lawn, offers
community members the opportunity to honor
mothers and grandmothers by planting a flower in her honor or
memory. The garden features annuals and perennials that
evoke love and remembrance. The plaque in the Mother’s Garden features the sentiment “Continue to Love Me” which
nine-year-old Orlando Brown wrote in 1810 in a letter to his
mother, Margaretta Mason Brown, who was visiting family in
New York. Information about the 2013 Mother's Garden
campaign will be posted here in March.
Liberty Hall Historic Site
202
Wilkinson Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-227-2560
or toll-free 888-516-5101
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