Thanks for posting this, sedum37. Wish I could take advantage of it this year. Looks like a nice deal.

I made it over to Tower Hill Wednesday evening as part of the exchange week. Can you believe it the gardens are fabulous even with the drought we've been having. I ended up going on the free tour at 6PM (lasted 90 mins) and got a great overview of how the gardens were constructed (purpose of each) and the guide highlighted plants as we walked through the garden. If you can go (even if you aren't a NEWFS member) it is well worth a visit this time of year.

Some highlights: pot collections of plants arranged on terraces and throughtout the garden, garden in the back filled with perennials, flowering trees/shrubs and annuals. Lawn garden (and especially secret garden portion) very interesting plantings. And the most beautiful veg garden I've ever seen (rebar to hold up tomatoes!).

It is great to get ideas for August plnatings when things are looking tired in most people's gardens.

A big plus if you go during evenings hrs - no blazing sun or bugs! There is one more evening they are open (1/2 price admission, next Wednesday)

Of course I took lots of photos. I'll post my photos soon.

Excellent, I look forward to the photos! Sounds like you really enjoyed it. Thanks for reporting back. :-)