Rock Garden Masterpiece

Rock Garden Masterpiece (HM1OF7)

Location: Dearborn, MI 48124 Wayne County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 18.866', W 83° 14.002'

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In 1915, landscape designer Jens Jensen created a picturesque rock garden masterpiece for Henry and Clara Ford. His design was engineered to work with nature and be relatively maintenance-free.

(Left Photo Caption)
In the early 1920's, Mrs. Ford turned her focus to non-native garden designs and chose to rearrange the horizontally layered stones into an alpine rock garden, with flowers requiring full-time attention of one of the estate's 26 gardeners.



(Right Photo Caption)
Rocks and walkways of the garden are generally still arranged as they were in Mrs. Ford's alpine garden. Restoration efforts are focused on returning to the original plan of landscape designer Jens Jensen.
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HM NumberHM1OF7
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Placed ByHenry Ford Estate and MotorCities National Heritage Area
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 5th, 2015 at 1:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 315946 N 4687103
Decimal Degrees42.31443333, -83.23336667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 18.866', W 83° 14.002'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 18' 51.96" N, 83° 14' 0.12" W
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Area Code(s)313, 248
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Waterfall Loop Trail, Dearborn MI 48124, US
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