In May, 1973, as part of a planting project on Beacon Street which we will describe in a future “From the Archives” post, the Garden Club of the Back Bay sold window boxes to neighbors. Then-President Patsy Boyce admitted the idea was borrowed from the Beacon Hill Garden Club, and the boxes themselves were made by the North American Rockwell Corporation of Linesville, Pennsylvania, the same company BHGC used. Included with each box was an eight page brochure on installing window boxes, and what to grow in them, including maintenance hints.
Below is a shot of former Club members Ethel Dunlop and Ruth Eder selling one of 100 available window boxes to the Kilpatricks.
