The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler are living proof that something old can be made new again


The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler were active soapstone mining sites in the 1950s, ‘60s and ’70s, and then the property served as a community dumpsite for about a decade. Current owners Armand and Bernice Thieblot bought the 600 acres in 1991, and have spent decades cleaning them up and creating a public garden, which features more than 30 galleries of native plants. Photo by Stephen Barling

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