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To counteract nature’s deficiencies, she created soil for each of the plants she had selected, bringing peat and sand from nearby farms. This exchange was fortuitous to the local farmers, suffering through the Great
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Reford had to overcome many difficulties in bringing her garden to life. First among them were the allergies that sometimes left her bedridden for days on end. The second obstacle was the property itself. Estevan was first and foremost a fishing lodge. The site was chosen because of its proximity to
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In her day, she was known for her civic, social, and political activism. She was engaged in philanthropic activities, particularly for the
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In 1925 at the age of 53 years, Reford was operated for appendicitis and during her convalescence, her doctor counselled against fishing, fearing that she did not have the strength to return to the river. "Why not take up gardening?" he said, thinking this a more suitable pastime for a convalescent
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woman of a certain age. That is why she began laying out the gardens and supervising their construction. The gardens would take ten years to build, and would extend over more than twenty acres.
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on June 12, 1894. She gave birth to two sons, Bruce in 1895 and Eric in 1900. Robert and Elsie Reford were, by many accounts, an ideal couple. In 1902, they built a house on
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believed it important that the women become involved in debates over the great issues of the day, "something beyond the local gossip of the hour". Her acquaintance with
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Over the course of her long life, she became an expert plantsman. By the end of her life, Reford was able to counsel other gardeners, writing in the journals of the
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