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Buttrick Garden Ironwork featured in Discover Concord Magazine

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 Kathleen D. Fahey

The elegant ironwork in the Buttrick Gardens is featured in the fall edition of the Discover Concord Magazine. Learn about the preservation of the historic wrought-iron gates, balustrades, and railings […]

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West Slope Gardens: Past, Present, and Future

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 Kathleen D. Fahey

Written by Nina Olsen, Buttrick Gardens Horticultural Intern, Summer 2023. Each area of the Buttrick Gardens has its own unique beauty. The formal Flower Garden south of the Buttrick house, […]

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Foxglove Before and After

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 Kathleen D. Fahey

Last September we caught Margie Brown, Minute Man’s Natural & Cultural Resource Manager, on her way to plant foxglove in the Buttrick Gardens. Thanks to her hard work, we were […]

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Buttrick Gardens Win Preservation Award

July 9, 2023July 11, 2023 Kathleen D. Fahey

We are proud to announce that the Buttrick Gardens hardscape preservation project received a Historic Preservation Award from the Concord Historical Commission. The award recognizes the careful preservation of the […]

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Bearded Iris Need a Pat on the Back

October 6, 2022October 11, 2022 Kathleen D. Fahey

The days are getting shorter and temperatures are dropping, but iris rejuvenation is underway in the Buttrick Gardens. Beginning in August, park staff and volunteers lifted and divided hundreds of […]

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Buttrick Garden Iris Maps

September 14, 2022 Kathleen D. Fahey

Written by Sophie Cooke, Friends of Minute Man Buttrick Gardens 2022 summer intern.  My work this summer centered on the Buttrick Gardens iris collection. In the early 1960s, the Buttrick […]

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Daylilies in Bloom at the Buttrick Gardens

August 1, 2022August 2, 2022 Kathleen D. Fahey

Daylilies are currently in bloom at the Buttrick Gardens, next to the North Bridge Visitor Center. Stedman Buttrick II inherited the family estate and gardens in 1925. He and his […]

A snippet of a magazine article about the Buttrick Gardens with the front page from Discover Concord Magazine
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Buttrick Gardens Featured in Discover Concord “2022 Guide to the Great Outdoors”

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 Kathleen D. Fahey

We are delighted to announce that the Buttrick Gardens are featured in the Discover Concord 2022 Guide to the Great Outdoors. The historic Buttrick Gardens overlook the North Bridge and are […]

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Blooms at the Edge of the Battlefield

December 8, 2021December 9, 2021 Kathleen D. Fahey

New Buttrick Gardens Signage Installed Want to learn more about the history of the Buttrick Gardens while visiting the park? Check out the new educational signage installed overlooking the gardens. […]

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Buttrick Gardens Renewed and Revitalized

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 Kathleen D. Fahey

By Rachel Carmela Farago The Buttrick Gardens hardscape preservation project at Minute Man National Historical Park has come to a close just in time to be enjoyed by visitors this […]

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