Monday, September 28th, 2009

At the start of restoration work on the Gage Home, the Gage Foundation collected samples of soil from layers that experts determined were at the surface of the property during Matilda Joslyn Gage’s time. Here’s a report about what’s happening with the samples. It comes from Jack Manno, President of the Gage Foundation Board and a professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF).

“Today (Sept. 28, 2009) we delivered 10 bags of soil to ESF from soil layers where seeds left from Matilda’s garden can be found. They will be potted in the ESF greenhouses, and next spring flowering plants from Matilda’s own garden may once again sprout and bloom. As the house restoration begins, we will also recreate Matilda’s garden, seed by hundred-year-old seed.”