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Walking the country lanes of Hertfordshire, near Brocket Hall, Lord Mount Stephen's country estate. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1905) |
| Elsie Reford at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, England (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1905) |  |
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Elsie Reford and Lady Mount Stephen at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, England. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1905) |
| The formality of fishing. Elsie Reford dressed for every occasion, maintaining a level of formality in all of her activities. Her clothes were made in Paris and New York and by her own seamstress in Montreal. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1902) |  |
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Elsie Reford in a ball gown. (Photo: William Notman and Sons, 1905). Notman Photographic Archives, McCord Museum of Canadian History |
| Elsie with her first salmon of the season. For many summers, she spent most days on the Metis River, sometimes returning to the river several times a day. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1905) |  |
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Elsie with Eric and Bruce in front of the plum pudding hedge at Estevan. Bruce Reford even as a young man towered over his mother. He grew to be 6'8", and was the tallest man in the British army during his entire career. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1913) |
| In the fields near Estevan. Elsie Reford's estate included two farms and acres of fields and forests along the Metis River. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1937) |  |
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On the verandah of Estevan Lodge. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, 1941) |
| Elsie Reford inspecting the High Bank. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1930) |  |
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Admiring her handiwork: Elsie Reford next to the Mound Garden. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1940) |
| In the Scree Garden. No day passed without a careful survey of the garden. Elsie Reford kept a garden diary noting the daily development of the plants in the garden. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1945) |  |
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Elsie Reford on the lower pathway in the High Bank. The High Bank was the first of the gardens Elsie Reford created. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1940) |
| Elsie Reford admiring her handiwork and the Turk's Cap lilies (Lilium martagon). (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1936) |  |
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In the beauty of the lilies. Elsie Reford in her garden. (Photo: Robert Wilson Reford, circa 1935) |
      
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