Address: 935 Alpharetta Street, Roswell, GA

Workdays: Thursdays—time varies by season  archibaldsmithplantation.org

The Smith Home, c.1845, has been an official NFMG project since it was approved on August 14, 2001. The ultimate aim of the project is ‘to transform the overgrown property into pleasant surroundings to showcase the house’.  As a former terraced cotton plantation, the Smith Home and grounds are one of the best examples of architectural, cultural, and historical interpretation found in this region. Apart from professionals hired to cut grass and handle tree problems, etc. the grounds of the eight acre Smith property are maintained entirely by volunteers.

The Smith Home, c.1845, has been an official NFMG project since it was approved on August 14, 2001. The ultimate aim of the project is ‘to transform the overgrown property into pleasant surroundings to showcase the house’.  As a former terraced cotton plantation, the Smith Home and grounds are one of the best examples of architectural, cultural, and historical interpretation found in this region. Apart from professionals hired to cut grass and handle tree problems, etc. the grounds of the eight acre Smith property are maintained entirely by volunteers.

The Smith Home, c. 1840, has been an official NFMG project since August 14, 2001. The eight acre property is located in the heart of Roswell. A former terraced cotton plantation, the Smith Home and grounds are one of the best examples of architectural, cultural, and historical interpretation found in this region. The focus of the Master Gardener project has been working on approximately two acres of native woodland adjacent to the main house This area includes a spring, the original stone Spring House, and two streams. This woodland is being replanted and maintained by NFMG volunteers.

Over the years, non-native trees, bushes, bulbs, and flowering plants have either invaded or been deliberately planted in the woodland. Therefore the ultimate goal of the project is to have the woodland certified by the Georgia Native Plant Society, with the Gold Native Plant Habitat Award. To that end, the site has already been awarded the Silver Native Plant Habitat Award by GNPS.

( https://gnps.org/conservation/native-plant-habitat-certification-2/)

After years of hard work, the area now boasts mulched stone-lined pathways, a labyrinth, hundreds of native plants, shrubs and ferns. Several stone benches have been installed. Volunteer activities run the whole gamut from planting new native plants, weeding, watering, and maintaining the existing planted areas, cleaning and upgrading the sides and bed of both streams, and maintaining the mulched pathways. The stream bridges need to be rejuvenated/restored and the historical stone wall on the far side of the Spring restored years ago by a Master Gardener needs to be monitored for its integrity.