Francis Cabot
| Francis Higginson Cabot | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6, 1925 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 19, 2011 (age 86) La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada |
| Education | Harvard College (1949) |
| Occupation | Gardener |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Perkins Cabot (m. 1949-his death in 2011) |
| Children | Currie Cabot Barron Marianne Cabot Welch Colin Cabot |
| Parent(s) | Francis Higginson Cabot Currie D. Mathews |
Francis Higginson Cabot, CM CQ (August 6, 1925 – November 19, 2011) was an American gardener and horticulturist.
In 1949, Cabot graduated from Harvard College, where he was active in Hasty Pudding Theatricals and was one of the four founders of the a cappella singing group, the Harvard Krokodiloes.
After college he began constructing a garden on private property in Cold Spring, New York, above the Hudson River, beginning a lifelong passion for horticulture. Cabot was appointed Chairman of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx from 1973 to 1976. In 1989, he founded the nonprofit Garden Conservancy, after noting that two-thirds of America's great gardens had been destroyed by development. The Conservancy began with "four acres of giant cactuses, succulents and native species" in Walnut Creek, California, the life's work of gardener Ruth Bancroft. The organization's Open Days program has opened more than three hundred private gardens to the public throughout the United States and has been active in the preservation of seventeen important private gardens for posterity, including the rehabilitation of the gardens at Alcatraz. Cabot has become renowned for his personal gardens around the world. His own garden in Cold Spring, known as Stonecrop, was opened to the public in 1992 and is now one of the premier public gardens in the United States, encompassing sixty-three acres. Its components were influenced and improved in the 1980s by horticulturist Caroline Burgess, who became the garden's director, having previously worked with legendary English gardener Rosemary Verey. Cabot's private garden in the Charlevoix region of Quebec covers more than 20 acres (81,000 m2) and is called Les Quatre Vents. He is credited with introducing a number of plants and grasses to North America, including Japanese blood grass.In Les Quatre Vents, you can find some themathics field like "Le lac Libellule", "le Pavillon japonnais de méditation", "le Pigeonnier", "le pont chinois de lune", "le kiosque à musique", "le potager" and more.
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