Heirloom Garden Wayside Exhibit

Lincoln Home National Historic Site National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Today many people refer to gardening as a hobby, but in the mid-19th Century many families depended on a kitchen garden to enrich their diets with seasonal foods such as fruits, vegetables and herbs. This recreated 19th Century kitchen garden features a variety of plants that were available when Abraham Lincoln lived in this neighborhood. As you look upon the garden see how many plant varieties you can recognize. Special thanks to the following groups and individuals for making this project possible: Lincoln Home NHS Maintenance Staff, Taylorville High School Botany Students; Boy Scout Troop 32 from St. Agnes Parish; University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners Christian County and Sangamon-Menard Unit; Springfield Civic Garden Club; and David Kervin What Did Abraham Lincoln Eat? Sunflowers protect a garden. A mass planting helps to dry marshy soil and acts as a good windbreak. Bees enjoy the pollen, and some birds and livestock eat the seeds. Garden volunteers help plant and maintain the Heirloom Garden. Many heirloom plant varieties are still eaten today. “Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.” Abraham Lincoln September, 1859

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Lincoln Home National Historic Site National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior

Today many people refer to gardening as a hobby, but in the mid-19th Century many families depended on a kitchen garden to enrich their diets with seasonal foods such as fruits, vegetables and herbs. This recreated 19th Century kitchen garden

features a variety of plants that were available when Abraham Lincoln lived in this neighborhood. As you look upon the garden see how many plant varieties you can recognize.

Special thanks to the following groups and individuals for making this project possible: Lincoln Home NHS Maintenance Staff, Taylorville High School Botany Students; Boy Scout Troop 32 from St. Agnes Parish; University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners Christian County and Sangamon-Menard Unit; Springfield Civic Garden Club; and David Kervin

What Did Abraham Lincoln Eat?

Sunflowers protect a garden. A mass planting helps to dry marshy soil and acts as a good windbreak. Bees enjoy the pollen, and some birds and livestock eat the seeds.

Garden volunteers help plant and maintain the Heirloom Garden.

Many heirloom plant varieties are still eaten today.

“Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.” Abraham Lincoln September, 1859