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The Island Farm and Gardens

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Early CovenhovenVan Horne added this small annex to Covenhoven in 1895. Charlotte County Archives

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Barn The great barn and Lakenfeld (Dutch Belted) cattle. Courtesy Lena Miller

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Cattle Grazing Lakenfeld cattle grazing, c. 1910. LAC e007914041. Detail

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Grape Picking One of Van Horne's greenhouses, dedicated to a variety of grapes. LAC e003641839

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HayingHaying on Minister's Island. LAC e007914019

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Hanson SeniorHarry Clarke, of English birth, was the second of Van Horne's head gardeners. He began in 1896, the first of several generations of Charkes to work the Island's gardens. Courtesy Henry Clark