Kelton House Garden in COLUMBUS, Franklin County, United States | Garden

Welcome to Kelton House Garden, COLUMBUS, Ohio, United States. The Kelton House Garden, COLUMBUS, Ohio you enjoy today has been restored to Grace Kelton?s essential design. Following Grace?s example, every summer the parterre beds behind the Carriage House are filled with the kind of showy annuals beloved by the Victorians. A new garden pergola stands on the site of an earlier arbor. Silver lace vine has been planted to grace its classic columns.
In April the allé of crabapple trees puts on a dazzling show, eventually carpeting the walkway and the lawn with bright pink blossoms. Other garden features include wildflower beds, azaleas, and rhododendrons. The Bald Cypress tree in the front yard is the last of many such trees originally planted along Town Street. Grace collected the sculptural pieces in the garden during her travels to Europe and Asia.
Although there isn?t much information about the garden in the house?s early years, records show Grace Kelton?s father, a physical fitness enthusiast, installed gymnasium equipment in the backyard for his five daughters. Over the years, Grace, a professional interior designer, worked extensively in the garden, adding features that were in keeping with the property?s Victorian character, as well as being especially well-suited to the long, narrow city lot on which Kelton House stands.