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Landscaping at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake

James (Jim) Cooney, far right, was the head landscaper of the Adirondack Museum from the 1980s to 1998. Photo taken circa 1990s. Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of Jim’s daughter, Patty Farrell.

Jim and his family also owned a garden center, North Woods Garden Center, on Newcomb Road. In the audio clip, listen to Patty Cooney Farrell remembering her parents running the garden center and her father’s gardening fame.

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