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ABBY MCBRIDE | PHOTO ABOVE: JOSUE MICHEL

The Larz Anderson Auto Museum is located in the carriage house of Larz and Isabel Anderson. This is where the Andersons kept their horses and carriages, but did you know they also had a large villa on the hill above the carriage house surrounded by beautiful gardens? A “villa” is a special word for a “fancy house.”

Larz and Isabel Anderson had a flower, vegetable, and woodland garden. They also had an Italian and Japanese garden right here in the park. In their woodland garden they kept their unique collection of ceramic garden gnomes.

In the greenhouse they grew colorful flowers all year long. They would use these flowers to make beautiful bouquets for the villa.

A greenhouse is often used to start growing seeds in the late winter. The tiny seeds sprout and turn into baby plants called seedlings.

You can start your own seedlings this Spring and by late spring they will be ready to plant outside.

1. Find an empty egg carton

2. Fill it with a little potting soil or dirt from outside

3. Use your finger to create a hole in the center of each cup in the dirt.

4. Place one seed in each hole

5. Cover the seed with soil

6. Put a little water on each newly planted seed

7. Keep on a radiator

8. Be sure to water once a day