Off the conservatory there was an 8-foot wire form planted with mandevilla and sweet potato vine. It was quite impressive.
A lot of annual salvia was used.
There is a Heritage Garden, shown here, and a separate kitchen garden. Both had raised beds made of 4x4s, which I thought looked quite nice.
A Japanese garden had a lovely stream and a pond with koi.
Along the top of the Japanese garden a walkway made with these pavers guides visitors to the next garden.
An enormous grape arbor is too fun to not walk through.
I think this is the kitchen garden, but it may have been a separate cutting garden. Either way I still like the raised beds and the gravel.
Several areas encouraged you to walk OVER the water on small stone bridges. How can you resist?
Thanks to a reader for helping me identify the plant below as Achillea ptarmica ‘The Pearl’. It’s quite lovely!
About three weeks before we visited they’d had a terrible hailstorm and all of their hostas were in absolute tatters. I felt terrible for them.
I don’t know what tree this was but I loved this little starfish-like cluster of pinecones.
All of the glass art around the garden was made by local artists. I thought it looked quite nice in this bed.
Have you visited any great gardens this year?
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I couldn’t agree more! I try to get to as many gardens as I can, especially when I travel. This year, I went to the NY Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, for the Dale Chihuly exhibit. We went on a Friday night and again on Saturday. It was a magical experience. Chihuly’s work just lends itself to a garden, and you have to see it at night. But the NYBG is an amazing place in and of itself.
I believe the plant you mentioned as possibly being from the buttercup family is actually Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl'. I really like this plant; very hardy.
Thank you! You are definitely correct. I really appreciate that. I'm going to go edit the post to get the correct information in there.
Everything about your tour was beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I have to get away from my gardening long enough to enjoy other people's creations as I would look at it. Very nice.
Love those raised beds. Makes everything look so neat and organized plus so much easier to weed or work in. Went on a couple of nice tours this summer and decided not to post about them until the winter when nothing is happening locally in our gardens.
I love visiting other gardens. It's my favorite thing to do in the summer when I'm not working in my own. Stop by when you have a few minutes to browse. I'd love to have you!
Have not visited any garden other than friends. I would love to go on a garden tour.