Daytripping to Gardens
Just in time for planning your summer calendar comes a handy little compendium, the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Directory.
The Richard and Sandra Bergmann Garden in New Canaan, Connecticut
The book lists open dates from late March through early November for more than 350 private gardens in 21 states that are rarely open to the public. Tours are self-guided, which gives you plenty of flexibility. Examples include Red Mill Farm in Connecticut, where informal gardens set off an 1840s farmhouse and pre-revolutionary sawmill, and Yusts’ Garden, a Tuscan-style villa with an Italian garden in the L.A. area.
The wind at your back, a gorgeous garden up ahead: Whee!
Gardens vary from grand ones on huge estates to intimate ones that occupy less than an acre, and the book is nicely organized so that you can visit gardens that are within easy driving distance of each other on the same date. Public gardens in each area are also listed so that you can round out a daytrip with them as well. An example is the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck, New York, a 50 year labor or love which blends Asian plants with the Long Island woodland that surrounds it.
You can order the book for $21.95 by going to www.opendaysprogram.org
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