Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House Garden
Team Leaders
Keith Olmsted & Elizabeth Staples
Project Description
The Ball Eddleman McFarland House is located on 1.3 acres on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Sarah Perry Ball, a wealthy Galveston widow, hired English architect Howard Messer to design a high-styled Victorian home in Fort Worth.
The grounds of McFarland House are presently undergoing major landscape changes due to a recent $5,000 grant from the Tarrant Regional Water District. Emphasis will be placed on water conservation, a butterfly garden, native heirloom plants and a general overall teaching environment for the visiting public. Stone terraces cascading down the hillside will be rebuilt. Walking trails and other improvements will be used by the community for exercising, bird watching, and picnicking.