LINWOOD GARDENS

WilliaM Henry Gratwick II
GRATWICK HISTORY
William Henry Gratwick II, from Buffalo, created Linwood Gardens as a country home in the years between 1901 and 1910. Architect Thomas Fox designed portions of the Summer House and all the original garden areas.
Tennis court

Walled garden
italian garden

summer house
William GrATWICK iii working with the tree peonies, c. 1940
In 1933, William H. Gratwick III moved to Linwood with his family and set up the Rare Plants Nursery. The Japanese Tree Peony became a feature of the nursery and the gardens. As an artist, landscape architect and horticulturalist, W.H.G. III contributed sculpture and new garden areas to the Linwood landscape. His wife, Harriet, directed a community music school on the property from 1947-1963. Linwood also hosted a wide variety of cultural activities during those years.
Harriet gratwick conducts children's chorus, circa 1955

Lee gratwick
Lee Gratwick, W.H.G. III's daughter, is now living at Linwood and is working to preserve the tree peony collection, the gardens and the summer house.
For further Gratwick History information, visit: http://buffaloah.com/h/grat/grat.html