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Prickley

nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:28:20 -0700

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This former family retreat has been renowned for its gardens for almost a century.

What makes Long Hill a special place?
In 1916, this 114-acre hillside property attracted Atlantic Monthly editor and publisher Ellery Sedgwick and his wife for its lovely views of the rural North Shore. But Mabel Cabot Sedgwick, an accomplished gardener and horticulturist, had more ambitious – and aesthetic – ideas.

As the couple formulated plans for the elegant Federal-style home that would become their summer retreat, Mabel Sedgwick also set about designing gardens and landscape amenities that are renowned a century later.

After her death in 1937, her vision was sustained and expanded by the second Mrs. Sedgwick, the former Marjorie Russell, a rare plants specialist, who added new and rare species of trees and shrubs to the estate, some introduced by the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain.

The gardens are laid out in a series of separate garden “rooms” surrounding the handsome, Federal-style, brick house. Each “room” is distinct in its own way, accented by ornaments and statuary.

Today, the gardens retain the “Garden for Living”–style with integrated outdoor rooms, mature plantings that blend into the surrounding woodlands, and a spirit of innovation in horticulture.

Peace in the Streets

nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:09:56 -0800

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Fishy Fishy

nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:38:56 -0800

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:50:39 -0700

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Featured on Universalhub :)

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:38:07 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:38:06 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:38:07 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:38:08 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:38:08 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:30:30 -0700

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Albino Squirrel

nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:30:29 -0700

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An albino squirrel that I happened upon at Jamaica Pond on April 7th, 2007. I think I might have to go find it again this weekend :)

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:30:28 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:20:56 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:20:34 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:20:11 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:25:46 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:23:18 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:24:48 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:22:24 -0700

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Taken in Munich Germany at Nymphenburg Palace.

Late March, 2007

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nobody@flickr.com (faegirl) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:24:43 -0700

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