Other events occur in the garden and on the grounds that are prominent in the
story:
1. Mary Beth Mayfair had the garden laid out for her fifteenth birthday
in the very design that was restored a century later by Michael Curry.
2. Stella Mayfair's parties often spilled out onto the grounds.
For one party, she filled the swimming pool (her addition to the grounds) with champagne.
3. Antha Mayfair was pushed to her death on the flagstone patio by Carlotta
Mayfair.
4. Deirdre Mayfair is the namesake of "Deirdre's Oak" and it was she who
carved "Lasher" into its trunk.
5. Sightings of Deirdre Mayfair on the porch had her positioned to view
the garden, and the activity in the garden gave atmosphere to the setting at the beginning of The Witching Hour.
6. Michael Curry always saw Lasher standing in the garden at First Street
when he was a child. When he returned to New Orleans, he went straight to the house and saw that thirty years later,
Lasher was still in the garden.
7. Michael had a vision when he decided to take a dip in the newly restored
pool. He saw a ghostly replay of Stella's last party and the shade of Arthur Langtry was warning him by urging
him to "come away from there, man!" Later, Michael nearly drowned in the pool after his fight with the newly reincarnated
Lasher, who meant to drown him completely this time.
8. Rowan and Michael's wedding reception at the house was also spread
into the garden.
9. Julien Mayfair appeared to Quinn Blackwood when he came to visit Mona,
and it was in the garden that Julien warned Quinn that he and Mona could never marry. The interview with Julien took
place in the very location in the garden where Lasher and Emaleth were interred. Their scent was still there, and
Quinn noted it, though he did not know the source of it until Julien told him.
10. It was in the garden that Lestat joined Rowan, Michael, Dolly Jean
Mayfair, Quinn and Mona to hear Rowan's recounting of the events that led up to her despair and Mona's death - the events
in the three Mayfair books. It was here also that she told Lestat that she was more than aware of the existence
of Merrick Mayfair and described their meeting one another. Rowan also told Lestat that she had seen Louis and had even
followed him. Lestat in turn told her that Louis was no doubt aware of her though she did not think he was at the time.
