Fort Myers in Lee County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Clara Ford’s Michigan Rose Garden
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 10, 2015
1. Clara Ford’s Michigan Rose Garden Marker
Did you know Clara Ford hired one of the first female landscape architects in America, Ellen Biddle Shipman, to redesign her small formal garden? Mrs. Shipman would later go on to design the Moonlight Garden here at the Edisons' winter estate following a recommendation by Mrs. Ford.
Funding for Clara Ford’s rose Garden in Fort Myers was provided by Peggy Campbell, great niece of Mrs. Ford and features heirlooms roses of the 1920’s area adapted to the southwest Florida climate.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places.
Location. 26° 38.067′ N, 81° 52.804′ W. Marker is in Fort Myers, Florida, in Lee County. It can be reached from McGregor Boulevard south of Larchmont Avenue, on the right when traveling south. The marker is inside the Edison Estate. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2350 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers FL 33901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Henry Ford (here, next to this marker); Henry Ford's Florida Estate (here, next to this marker); Edison Caretaker's Yard (here, next
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Other markers no longer nearby. Motor Generator (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); Edison’s Water Systems (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Edison Pool Complex (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Edison Pool Complex (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Edison's Study and Moonlight Garden, 1928 (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Moonlight Garden (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 10, 2015
2. Clara Ford’s Michigan Rose Garden
The large meadow rose garden at the Ford's estate in Michigan spanned several acres and was designed in part by landscape architect Jens Jensen
Also see . . . Edison & Ford Winter Estates. (Submitted on October 26, 2015.)
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 10, 2015
3. Clara Ford’s Michigan Rose Garden
Modern view of the small rose garden at Fair Lane redesigned by Ellen Biddle Shipman in the late 1920s.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2017. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2015, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 894 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 23, 2015, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
