Street Address:
606 South Broad
Mankato, MN 56001-3817
Directions:
At Warren Street
Phone Number:
507 345-5566
Website:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnbechs/house.htmll
Run by:
The Blue Earth Co. Museum (the house) while the gardens are maintained by the Twilight Garden Club.
Date Established:
1978
Designer:
Minneapolis architect Foster Dunwiddie and landscape architect Charles Wood Assoc. from Jordan, MN
Cost:
Admittance to garden areas is free
Fee is charged for touring the house (open selected hours)
Peak Season:
Summer
Extras:
Free street parking
Comments:
These award winning gardens are next door to a house built in 1871 by R.D. Hubbard, the co-founder of Hubbard Milling Co. which made "Mother Hubbard Flour". In 1994, the French second empire house was restored to a 1905 vintage. The adjoining formal landscaped Victorian gardens were a gift to the city on the centennial of the Hubbard Milling Company in 1978. They were designed and built by Minneapolis architect Foster Dunwiddie and landscape architects Charles Wood Associates from Jordan, Minnesota to produce accurate vintage gardens. Flowers are planted in formal parterres. Period plants were used as shrubbery and for the long perennial beds. Paths are of crushed rock and vintage light fixtures from 1900 were recast to lend further authenticity to the site. |
