Vegetable Garden - The Mansion Vegetable Garden sits at the southeastern corner of the property on a small rise overlooking the Parterre Garden and Family Garden. It is surrounded by a distinctive picket fence that replicates the original picket fence of Rosewood, the house and grounds that graced this site in the early 1800’s when it was the home of Territorial Governor William S. Fulton, who later became the first U.S. Senator of the new State.
The garden contains five large, raised beds and two regular beds planted with a variety of typical Southern-garden produce. Much of the produce from the garden is harvested in the summer and used by the Mansion’s culinary staff.
A greenhouse and tool shed, as well as composting bins and soil storage, can be found beside this garden, encircled by flowering crabapple, holly, espalier, and magnolia trees.
Another special feature of this garden area is the “Mini-Mansion,” a small replica of the Governor’s Mansion that serves as a doll house/playhouse for visiting children. It provides a unique center of interest for the garden and surrounding grounds.