Cedarburg gardens being restored on historical property

A summer kitchen home is seen on the property of Susan and Tom Felmer in Cedarburg on June 22, 2023. The Felmers use the space as a potting shed for their garden.

Susan and Tom Felmer use a historic summer kitchen as a potting shed, seen on June 22, 2023.

Tom Felmer shows his 1948 International K-2 truck in the family's 1887 barn at his Cedarburg home on June 22, 2023.

Tom Felmer, left, Susan Felmer and Lynn Hertel on Thursday, June 22, 2023 walk through the Felmers' property in Cedarburg. In 2013 the couple met Lynn Hertel, an estate gardener who was looking for information on the farm property as her great-great-great-grandparents originally owned it. The Felmers ended up hiring Hertel to help them restore the property's gardens and today Susan, Tom and Lynn work on the gardens regularly.

The initials of Annie Elizabeth Bradley, the granddaughter of original homesteader Ellen Hemlock are seen inside the summer kitchen at the home of Tom and Susan Felmer on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

Part of an 1887 barn is seen from inside the summer kitchen on the property of Susan and Tom Felmer in Cedarburg on June 22, 2023.

Garden art is seen at the home of Tom and Susan Felmer on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

Peony flowers are seen in the garden of Tom and Susan Felmer on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

Ornithogalum, summertime bulbs,  are seen in the garden of Tom and Susan Felmer on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

Cleome are seen in the garden of Tom and Susan Felmer on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

Oxeye daisies are seen in the garden of Tom and Susan Felmer on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

The home of Tom and Susan Felmer is surrounded by lush gardens on nearly all sides, as seen on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

The home of Tom and Susan Felmer is surrounded by lush gardens on nearly all sides, as seen on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

A chair and kettle pot are transformed into art and are displayed in the garden of Tom and Susan Felmer on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

Hosta and ferns are among the variety of plants seen in the garden of Tom and Susan Felmer on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

Rose campion buds are seen in the garden of Tom and Susan Felmer on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

A wine cup flower is one of Susan Felmer's favorites, seen in her garden on June 22, 2023 in Cedarburg.

Susan and Tom Felmer in their garden on June 22, 2023 at their home in Cedarburg.

A historical family photo, circa 1904, of Ellen Hemlock, left, her son Patrick Hemlock and her granddaughter, far right who once lived at the property that Susan and Tom Felmer call home today.