Spring at Cloverfields. Plus, How to Recreate a Historic Interior and Why Did the Hemsleys Have So Many Windsor Chairs?

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Spring at Cloverfields. Plus, How to Recreate a Historic Interior and Why Did the Hemsleys Have So Many Windsor Chairs?

Video Tour of Cloverfields’ Spectacular Gardens in Bloom. Meet Rachel Lovett, Hired by CPF to Create a Furnishing Plan and Direct Collections. Estate Inventories: What we Can Learn From Them.

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Recreating a 1784 Terraced Garden: Historical Landscaping at Cloverfields

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Recreating a 1784 Terraced Garden: Historical Landscaping at Cloverfields

Recreating a 1784 Terraced Garden: Historical Landscaping at Cloverfields.

Kimmel Studio Architects and McHale Landscaping collaborate on an impressive and challenging task: restoring the terraced gardens at Cloverfields. Planting nearly 700 boxwoods in December of 2020, the team transforms the barren winter space into an architectural and historical feat brimming with green. With research gathered from archaeological discoveries, ground-penetrating radar, and period writings, the Cloverfields restoration team establishes a garden that no one knew existed just below the surface.

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