FOUNTAIN LAKE FARM
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
A Pioneer Homestead that Influenced a Nation
The Birthplace of the American Conservation Movement
Photo Gallery of
Fountain Lake Farm
The lilacs planted by the Muirs that once flanked the bur oak shanty still bloom every spring at Fountain Lake Farm.
"When John Muir was 17, his father Daniel purchased more land. The fragile sandy soils of Fountain Lake Farm gave out under the intensive growing of winter wheat. And in a chain of sequences somewhat like that of The House That Jack Built, the Muirs had felled the trees that homed the birds that would have eaten the larvae that grew into the insects that ate the wheat. As John later wrote, 'everything is hitched to everything else.'"
-- Erik Brynildson, June 1987
The Muir lilacs feed Swallowtail and Monarch butterflies, sphinx moths, bumblebees and hummingbirds in May.
A Monarch feeds on the nectar of the Muir Lilacs overlooking Muir's Meadow in May, 2019.
A view of Fountain lake from the North-East.
Violets fill the yard at Fountain Lake Farm in May.
Tiny scilla transplanted from a historic garden to Fountain Lake Farm bloom in May.
Bleeding Hearts bloom in the gardens in May at Fountain Lake Farm along with other heirloom spring flowers.
Virginia Bluebells blooming in the yard at Fountain Lake Farm are a favorite of hummingbirds and bumblebees in May.
Numerous Mayapple plants cover the ground in the gardens at Fountain Lake Farm in May.
Ferns emerge in the gardens at Fountain Lake Farm in early May, 2019.
Trilliums still bloom in the gardens at Fountain Lake Farm in May.
Wild Columbine is scattered around the gardens and blooms in May at Fountain Lake Farm.
Ferns reach for the evening sun in late May, 2019 in the gardens at Fountain Lake Farm.