The Arlington Historical Society/Ball-Sellers House is partnering with the Glencarlyn Library Garden to celebrate gardening. We are in TWO locations for this fun event:
- The Ball-Sellers House at 5620 3rd St., South, 10 – 4
- Glencarlyn Library at 300 S. Kensington St. South, 10 – 3
At the Ball-Sellers House you’ll see how colonial gardeners planted vegetables and herbs and learn about how herbs were used, see our model beehives, and a modern rain garden at work. You’ll also be able to tour the house FREE! and learn how colonial families lived. The Ball-Sellers House works with the Friends of Urban Gardeners. They have helped us re-create a colonial style vegetable garden like the one early owners of this c.1750 farmhouse would have had outside their front door.
At the Glencarlyn Library, we’ll help you practice using a quern or a mortar and pestle to grind corn like our ancestors did. You’ll learn more about gardening today and about native plants, tour the magnificent Glencarlyn Community Garden, and even buy some plants for your own garden!
