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Godfrey Family Collection
Collection, Ms B83
1938 – 1997
George Reed Godfrey sold spring water to factories and offices in the Fairfield area until the advent of the water bubbler. He then turned the land where he found the water in a nursery. George was also a founding member and was active in the Father's Club of Roger Ludlowe High School. His son, (George) Lloyd, continued the nursery business and opened two garden shops in Fairfield, the first in 1934. He was often referred to as "Mr. Dogwood" because of his efforts to preserve the trees central to the annual Geenfield Hill Dogwood Festival. Lloyd retired in 1975 and moved to Florida.
The collection was donated by George Reed Godfrey's daughter. It primarily consists of newspaper clippings (copied onto acid-free paper), a brief biography of Lloyd written by his sister, an article and a pamphlet on dogwoods, and a commemorative plaque and description of the Greening of the Common program in 1976.
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