"Sonnenberg Gardens & State Historic Park ... Sonnenberg orchid collection...
Mary Clark Thompson... with her husband, came to their Sonnenberg estate each summer. "It is part of Mary Clark Thompson's legacy," explains Sonnenberg director David A. Hutchings. Thompson brought orchids... from her visits to South America and had an orchid house... from 1907 to 1912. ... The Sonnenberg orchid collection boasts a... cymbidium orchid collection, thanks to Fran Murphy... who donated most of his cymbidium crop to Sonnenberg... Other donations followed... Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park... Canandaigua. This estate dates to the Victorian era and was once the summer home of Mary Clark Thompson and her husband, New York City banker Frederick Ferris Thompson. It includes... greenhouses and theme gardens. Sonnenberg means "sunny hill" in German. ... www.sonnenberg.org " URL : http://www.mpnnow.com/entertainment/x1870700308 photo : [caption : "... inside a greenhouse at Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park... volunteer Roy Beecher of Canandaigua. He and others are preparing for the annual orchid show."] http://www.mpnnow.com/content/sites/mpnnow/orchids1/0/g2582589a1ab21ad0a3faffaf21cb47a8a3f92b0c39a2d0.jpg **************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
