Victorian Gardening at the Dearborn Historical Museum

The Dearborn Historical Museum’s McFadden-Ross House will be hosting an exhibit on Victorian Gardening on Wednesday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. GWN Garden Center Manager, Julia Hofley, will explore the delights of parlor gardening during the 1800s.

Topics will include bulb forcing as an indoor sport, ferns and palms standing at the pinnacle of good taste, and the risks that plant hunters took when delivering exotic plants to status seeking Victorians.

This event will demonstrate the exciting and sometimes dangerous nature involved with Victorian gardening. Donations will be accepted.

The McFadden-Ross House contains rooms depicting Dearborn at the turn-of-the-century and changing exhibit cases centered around Dearborn's history. It is located at 915 Brady Street, north of Michigan Avenue.
For more information, call (313) 565-3000.