It was on the grounds of Beinn Bhreagh in Baddeck, N.S., that Mabel Bell tended to her gardens 100 years ago and now a Cape Breton University scientist is replicating them.
Old documents detailing Mabel Bell's gardens at Beinn Bhreagh in Cape Breton inspired a team of researchers to recreate her gardens at the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site in Baddeck.
Mabel Hubbard Bell made important contributions to the work of her husband, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, and was a community leader on Cape Breton Island.
There’s no doubt Alexander Graham Bell has left an indelible mark on history, but his wife Mabel was also a trailblazer. Now, almost 100 years after her death, a Nova Scotia scientist is recreating her ecologically significant gardens.