Long Hill, Massachusetts
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Long Hill
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 The former home |
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| location | Massachusetts , United States | |
| surface | 46 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 55553818 | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 35 ′ N , 70 ° 51 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | 1979 | |
| administration | The Trustees of Reservations | |
Long Hill is a 114 acres (46.1 ha ) large nature reserve near Beverly in the state of Massachusetts of the United States , which by the organization The Trustees of Reservations is managed.
Protected area
Ellery Sedgwick , editor of Atlantic Monthly , purchased the property in 1916 because it offered good views of the North Shore area . But his wife Mabel Cabot Sedgwick, who was a well-known garden and landscape designer, wanted to redesign the site. So they built a house on the top of the hill after which today's sanctuary was named, which they used as a summer residence. Mabel designed the gardens and landscape details that are still widely recognized more than 100 years later.
After her death in 1937, her vision was maintained and expanded by Sedgwick's second wife, Marjorie Russel, who was an expert on rare plants. She added new and rare trees and shrubs to the plant population, some of which came from the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain . The garden area is structurally divided into several "rooms", which represent self-contained areas and are decorated with ornaments and statues. The gardens are designed as an extension of the living space and are planted in such a way that they blend in with the immediate natural surroundings.
The Sedgwicks commissioned the Boston company Richardson, Barrott and Richardson to design the interiors of their home . The exterior design is continued inside, as the rooms are decorated with garden scenes and painted flowers recorded in murals. Also on display are elegant woodwork and fireplace surrounds from the Isaac Ball House in Charleston, South Carolina .
The garden area is surrounded by forest and an orchard with apple trees, a lawn, a playground and agriculturally used areas, which include a 2 acres (0.8 hectares) is one big area where vegetables from the organization The Food Project organically grown is . A 1.2 mi (1.9 km ) long circular trail leads through the reserve . The former home now serves as an office for the Trustees of Reservations.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About Long Hill. (No longer available online.) The Trustees of Reservations , archived from the original on December 13, 2011 ; accessed on February 1, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
