POLLEN ANALYSIS IN THE FORMAL GARDENS AT THE ADENA/WORTHINGTON ESTATE, OHIO

The Adena estate is situated in the uplands above the Scioto River Valley. The estate includes the main house, a wash house, smoke house, spring house, bank barn, overseer's house, the formal gardens, and a vegetable garden. Mixed deciduous hardwood forest borders the estate on the north and west sides, while grass pastures are noted to the east and south. Mr. Thomas Worthington, Ohio's first state senator, built the main house between 1802 and 1807. Formal gardens were constructed in 1814, then were changed in the 1860s and early 1900s by later occupants. Two pollen samples were collected from the area of the formal gardens in the hope that pollen would represent plants cultivated in this area.