An open field surrounded by woodlands, providing a long vista when viewed from the family home, was a golf course. The Lord and Burnham greenhouses and conservatory were built in 1913. Photograph c. 1920. The conservatory houses a collection of tropical and succulent plants. This educational collection represents plants native to diverse world environments.
Orchids are at peak bloom during the winter months.
The three growing houses are full of plants for spring planting. Plants are used in the gardens and are for sale to the public on designated sale days. The Greenhouse Gardens Thomas Sears, a Harvard-educated landscape architect, completed the design for this section of the formal garden, almost two acres in size, under Mrs. Reynolds' direction in 1917. He redesigned the peony border next to the greenhouse in 1920. The Greenhouse Gardens have been restored to recreate the appearance of the original garden.