Grand Forks in Grand Forks County, North Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Fannie Mahood Heath Memorial Garden
Photographed By Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 24, 2021
1. Fannie Mahood Heath Memorial Garden Marker
Inscription.
Fannie Mahood Heath Memorial Garden. . Fannie Mahood was born in Wykoff, MN and moved to Dakota Territory in 1880. She married Frank Heath in 1881. On a 160 acre tree claim west of Grand Forks, they struggled with alkaline soil and drying winds of the treeless prairie. By 1920 their diversified farm had grown into a mature shelterbelt with 4 acres of native and cultivated flowers, fruits, shrubs and trees. Visitors toured the Oasis on the Prairie and purchased plants. An advocated of using native plants for medicinal and landscape use, she wrote articles in many magazines, spoke at events and corresponded worldwide sending our native plants as far as China. President of the National Horticultural Society in 1924 and member of the Northern Great Plains Horticultural Society, she was known as the Flower Lady of North Dakota. North Dakota presented a display in her honor at the 1933 Chicago Word Fair about how she made our native plants famous the world over. ,
3/5/1864 - 9/30/1931.
Fannie Mahood was born in Wykoff, MN and moved to Dakota Territory in 1880. She married Frank Heath in 1881. On a 160 acre tree claim west of Grand Forks, they struggled with alkaline soil and drying winds of the treeless prairie. By 1920 their diversified farm had grown into a mature shelterbelt with 4 acres of native and cultivated flowers, fruits, shrubs and trees. Visitors toured the Oasis on the Prairie and purchased plants. An advocated of using native plants for medicinal and landscape use, she wrote articles in many magazines, spoke at events and corresponded worldwide sending our native plants as far as China. President of the National Horticultural Society in 1924 and member of the Northern Great Plains Horticultural Society, she was known as the Flower Lady of North Dakota. North Dakota presented a display in her honor at the 1933 Chicago Word Fair about how she made our native plants famous the world over.
3/5/1864 - 9/30/1931
Erected 2017 by Grand Forks Horticultural Society.
Location. 47° 53.78′ N, 97° 1.66′ W. Marker is in Grand Forks, North Dakota
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, in Grand Forks County. Marker is on Belmont Road. Located at the Myra Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2405 Belmont Rd, Grand Forks ND 58203, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . Myra Museum. (Submitted on October 13, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota.)
Photographed By Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 24, 2021
2. Fannie Mahood Heath Memorial Garden Marker
Photographed By Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 24, 2021
3. Myra Museum Sign
Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 110 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 13, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.