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The
Kelton House Garden
he Kelton House garden you enjoy today has been restored to Grace
Kelton’s essential design. Following Grace’s example, every
summer the parterre beds behind the Carriage House are filled with the
kind of showy annuals beloved by the Victorians. A new garden pergola
stands on the site of an earlier arbor. Silver lace vine has been planted
to grace its classic columns.
n April the allé of crabapple trees
puts on a dazzling show, eventually carpeting the walkway and the lawn
with bright pink blossoms. Other garden features include wildflower beds,
azaleas, and rhododendrons. The Bald Cypress tree in the front yard is
the last of many such trees originally planted along Town Street. Grace
collected the sculptural pieces in the garden during her travels to Europe
and Asia.
Although there isn’t much information about the garden in the house’s
early years, records show Grace Kelton’s father, a physical fitness
enthusiast, installed gymnasium equipment in the backyard for his five
daughters. Over the years, Grace, a professional interior designer, worked
extensively in the garden, adding features that were in keeping with the
property’s Victorian character, as well as being especially well-suited
to the long, narrow city lot on which Kelton House stands.
The Kelton House Garden reflects Victorian influences and the taste of
Grace Kelton. The Victorian influence is seen in the use of hedges, statuary,
unusual specimen plants, lattice work, and mixed perennial borders. Van
Esseltine crabapples line the walkway leading through the garden.
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