Formal Garden

ID: 26 ~ Creator: Photo courtesy of Bjorn, Flikr Creative Commons.

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This picture shows how well the Park Service maintains the formal garden. The garden was recreated from historic records and photographs in the 1970s. The crude stick fence has been replaced by a white picket one. Beautiful plants and flowers now populate the garden instead of the vegetables once grown here for the Royal Marines.

This file appears in: Veggies and Flowers, the Garden at Garrison Bay

Veggies and Flowers, the Garden at Garrison Bay – One of the first developments of the camp at Garrison Bay was a garden.

By Josh Van Veldhuizen

Early photos of the initial Royal Marine encampment at Garrison Bay suggest a life devoid of most conveniences. Crude tents, overgrown foliage, and dense surrounding forests defined the early camp. But for all the challenges facing the Marines as…