Princeton in Mercer County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Demonstration Garden
Gift of Colleen Goggins
These six beds are used as a demonstration garden with a changing horticultural theme each year. Their layout recalls the kitchen garden that existed on the side of the current parking lot. In the 1920s, a cousin who had visited the Stocktons as a child remembered "a fine vegetable garden stretching to the barnyard. In it were all manner of vegetables and fruits: gooseberries, currants, grapes. It was laid out in broad straight paths with wonderful box hedges "
The wall that separates the working garden from the pleasure garden is not well-documented. Archaeological evidence suggests that it was erected during the 1850s to separate service functionsthe kitchen garden, woodhouse, stable, and laundryfrom the garden's ornamental landscaping. It was likely lengthened and repaired as necessary through the 20th century.
Erected 2020 by New Jersey Historic Trust.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Horticulture & Forestry.
Location. 40° 20.883′ N, 74° 40.039′ W. Marker is in Princeton, New Jersey, in Mercer County. It can be reached from Stockton Street (U.S. 206) west of Monument Drive, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 55 Stockton St, Princeton NJ 08540, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s Central Jersey. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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Other markers no longer nearby. The West Wing (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Twentieth-Century Changes (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named The Colonial Revival Garden (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 200 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 17, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
