News & Events
8.16.2010
Frank Mariani’s Old Mill Farm Featured in the Daily Herald
The Daily Herald’s Debby Donovan recently visited Frank Mariani’s Old Mill Farm in Lake Forest to view his exquisite gardens.
When Frank and Sherri Mariani moved into their Lake Forest home they found a treasure in the attic – plans that noted landscape architect and conservationist Jens Jensen drew for the entire farm, which at that time was 1,500 acres.
“I studied Jensen for years,” said Frank Mariani. “We tried to use a lot of the varieties of plants that he used and assemble them in a naturalistic manner. They also had a vegetable garden laid out that we modernized. It’s not in the same spot. We don’t own the land where the original one was.”
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