Beehive House

According to
, «the Beehive House is the older of Brigham Young’s two Salt Lake City residences. Designed by temple architect Truman Angell and built in 1854, it stands today as a museum offering tours of what life was like for the Young family back in 1855.» Let us not forget that when Brigham Young lived in the Lion and Beehive Houses, he enjoyed the company of 27 wives and 56 children. So a garden would seem like a good idea – to keep all those women busy tilling the soil and planting flowers.
And with that there is a beautiful Beehive Heritage Garden planted with lots of old-​fashioned plants and flowers. I was so happy to see hollyhocks, which were my mother’s favorite flower in the Beehive Garden. There were cornflowers and delphiniums and ranunculus. Rows and rows of snapdragons looked nice. The cottage garden was brimming with butterflies and bees the day I was there. On the east side of the House there is a partial shade garden. Since these two houses are on the standard LDS tour route of things to see (Mormon), remember to spend time admiring the gardens at the Beehive House.