by Margo | Aug 22, 2021 | Brick House, Gardens, Home Page
The gardens at the Weeks Brick House were designed in 1977 by noted garden historian Ann Leighton and Katharine C. Weeks. The garden beds comprise a typical housewife’s garden of the late 17th century, which contained all the herbs and plants essential for a New...
by Margo | Jun 29, 2021 | Gardens
Ann Leighton was the professional name of Isadore Smith (1902-1985), the renowned garden historian, scholar, author, designer, and landscape architect who, with Kitty Weeks, designed the colonial-themed gardens at the Weeks Brick House. Isadore Leighton (Luce) Smith...
by Margo | Sep 29, 2012 | Gardens
Katharine C. “Kitty” Weeks is the co-creator of the gardens at the Weeks Brick House and the author of Gardening With New England Colonial Plants: Their History, Uses, & Culture. (1993). Kitty has been an avid gardener for most of her adult life. She...
