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| Capen Garden is designed as a series of outdoor garden rooms. The largest is bisected by a rustic pergola supporting old varieties of climbing roses. Download a brochure.
In 2004-2005 the garden was renovated and redesigned. |
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Article about Capen Renovation | |||||||||||
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Article in Spring 2006 Newsletter about the new plantings at Capen |
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Article in Spring 2001 Newsletter about the History of Capen Garden | Adjacent to the pergola, the Carol Brown Knot Garden re-creates a medieval tradition with intricate patterns of low-growing boxwood and barberry. | ||||||||||
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A walk through the pergola leads into a garden room with hardy perennials and then to a formal garden with a gazebo honoring Jill Ker Conway, the college's first woman president, at its center. The gazebo is surrounded by beds planted seasonally, first in tulips and then, in summer, with annuals. |
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| Capen Garden is also used extensively as an outdoor laboratory by the Horticulture students who plant all the bulbs for the spring display. | ||||||||||||
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