McFarland Park

Florence McFarlane died in October 1990. She and her husband, William, had purchased the property in 1958. Both had their ashes scattered there when they died. During their lives, they boarded polo ponies and raised lineage dogs. In Florence's will, she stated that the property should be kept in a natural state and used as a neighborhood green space, maintaining the serenity of the property. The Cobb Land Trust came to hold the lease in 1992 and became responsible for protecting the land which was named McFarlane Nature Park. The property and home have connections to many family names well known in the development of the metro Atlanta area. The farm was the centerpiece of extensive agricultural acreage owned by the late Atlanta attorney Hughes Spalding Sr. The property adjoined farmland of noted attorney and Judge John A. Sibley.