Ferrell Gardens

Abstract

Ferrell Gardens, an 1840s garden in LaGrange, Georgia, is noted for its boxwood-bordered paths, its living green symbols and mottos, as well as its creator, Sarah Coleman Ferrell. The unique qualities of this garden abound in its design, the use of symbolic plant materials, and the images created in boxwood that are mainly drawn from religious sources. The garden is better understood through a knowledge of the life and character of Sarah Ferrell as well as documentation of her sixty-one years of gardening history.