Parterre PlantingIn 2010, the Falling Gardens at Hampton National Historic Site were rehabilitated t
Parterre PlantingIn 2010, the Falling Gardens at Hampton National Historic Site were rehabilitated to reflect their historic configuration. The six parterres that comprise the Falling Gardens were re-defined on the turf-carpeted terraces and replanted to represent circa-1867 planting schemes.The garden rehabilitation helped evoke the grandeur of the historic landscape, which had fallen into disrepair by the mid-1900s with missing and overgrown vegetation. The FallingGardens and Greenhouse #2 fromthe Great Terrace, lookingsouthwest, 1872 (NPS/HAMP 3493, in Cultural Landscape Report). The work didn’t end there, however.Annuals are planted in the parterres each spring. This year, park staff, a summer work crew of 6 people, and volunteers planted 3,398 plants over a 2-week time period.Want to see more of the 2019 parterre planting at Hampton National Historic Site? Timelapse videoPhotos (Recorded by and shared with permission of Tim Ervin, via Flickr.)How do Cultural Landscape Reports inform landscape preservation?Discover history, plant lists, before and after photos of the Falling Gardens, and more about Hampton National Historic Site cultural landscape:Cultural Landscape Report, Volume I (Site History, Existing Conditions, Analysis and Evaluation) Cultural Landscape Report, Volume II (Treatment and Record of Treatment) The FallingGardens and Greenhouse #2, c. 1935 (NPS/HAMP19240, in Cultural Landscape Report). -- source link
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