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Garden Conservancy open days

Penelope
13 years ago

Here's something to look forward to after this dreadful winter ends. It looks like there will be a number of New England open gardens this summer. A tentative schedule, without details but with dates, is posted at

http://www.gardenconservancy.org/opendays/advertising/66-open-days-2011-regions

I went to a few in Vermont and NH last summer and they were great.

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  • hunt4carl
    13 years ago

    Way ahead of you! Already rejoined for another season (this will be my 9th),
    and can't wait for the schedule to arrive. I am so addicted to these Garden
    Tours, that I schedule them all into my calendar, then plan everything ELSE
    around them. . .but as you said, "they're great!" It gets really
    interesting, though, when you start making field trips further from home;
    in the past, I've ventured out to Washington and Oregon, down to North
    Carolina (thrice) and so far, every mid-Atlantic state and all of New England.
    A real treat several years back, was a one-day Open Days offering 17
    gardens on Nantucket. . .now that was a challenge! Unfortunately, I missed
    the one on Martha's Vineyard last year. When I go on these longer jaunts
    for a week-end of Open Days, I always allot extra days to visit that areas'
    Botanical Gardens, major nurseries (the original Heronswood in Washington,
    for example) - and since I'm a rider, I always bring the bike along to
    check out the local RailTrails. . .

    Depending on where you are located in NE, I would heartily recommend
    casting your eye at the offerings in eastern New York - Westchester, Duchess,
    Putnam and Columbia counties all stretch along the Connecticut-Mass.
    border and offer a wealth of choices, If you are curious about any gardens of exceptional interest in that area, feel free to E-mail me; it looks like Paige
    Dickey's garden will be open again this year, and if you've never been to
    Gertrude Shurs' garden, "Rocky Hills", it's a must-see !

    Carl