Politics & Government
Historical Photo Guessing Game: Lake Forest Woman is Edith Foster Farwell
Weekly posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
Many of you commented on this one. Thanks for doing so.
And you're all right. It is Edith Foster Farwell or Mrs. Albert Day Farwell.
She was an authority on growing herbs and using them for medicinal and culinary purposes. Her garden on Onwentsia Road contained over 150 varieties of herbs. By 1952, the Chicago Tribune called her garden “one of the country’s most famous.” In 1958, she published her most popular book, Have Fun With Herbs.
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