Clara Ford's Michigan Rose Garden

Clara Ford's Michigan Rose Garden (HM1OUZ)

Location: Fort Myers, FL 33901 Lee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 26° 38.067', W 81° 52.804'

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Clara Bryant Ford had a passion for roses and grew over 350 varieties and 10,000 plants at the family's estate, Fair Lane, in Dearborn, Michigan. Mrs. Ford's favorites were tea roses in shades of yellow and white.

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 Mrs. Ford and featured heirlooms roses of the 1920's area adapted to the southwest Florida climate.
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HM NumberHM1OUZ
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Date Added Monday, October 26th, 2015 at 9:05am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 412401 N 2946249
Decimal Degrees26.63445000, -81.88006667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 26° 38.067', W 81° 52.804'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds26° 38' 4.02" N, 81° 52' 48.24" W
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Area Code(s)863, 239
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2372-2384 FL-867, Fort Myers FL 33901, US
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