Antique Garden Tools
When a friend pointed out a New York Times article (digital subscription required) about a museum show of antique garden tools, I was intrigued.
When I realized that the owner of the tools, Mark Morrison, lived near where I intended to vacation that summer, I was elated!
I wrote Mark and asked for a quick visit to see his collection. He graciously granted my request and I dropped by on a sunny Sunday morning.
What a sight! Mark has collected tools for 35 years; some are from the 1500’s. Hundreds of trowels, shovels, garden forks, watering cans, lawn sprinklers and pruning implements artfully line the walls of his display rooms.
Empty cans of insecticide (“Quick, Henry, the Flit!”), antique mouse traps and glass cucumber straighteners are displayed on shelves.
It was an amazing display of both the art and the craft of garden tools.
Although the display is not open to the public, below are some of the treasures I saw.
pruning implements
garden forks
limb loppers
this tool distributes fine thread in a web to protect bush fruit
dibbles ( for poking holes in the soil)
watering cans
lawn sprinkler
lawn sprinkler
insecticide
orchard spray
honeybee skep
greenhouse heater
the collector, with a four-bladed hedge pruner
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How to protect a stump carving
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Chandelier Plant – Identification
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Coffee – Adding grounds to soil
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Garden and Landscape Calendars
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Living Christmas Trees
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Bulbs – When to Plant in Fall
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Milkweed for Monarchs – Growing Milkweed in Georgia
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Poinsettia – Forcing to Bloom for Christmas
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Lilac – Growing in Georgia
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Alberta Spruce – Dying
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