BEDROCK GARDENS


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 (1) The Welcome Court
​Make your donation, use the restrooms, meet your friends, buy some plants or garden merchandise, start your visit. 
 (2) The Forest Bath Path
​A chance to cleanse your spirit as you leave the world behind and enter the garden.
(3) The Nexus
Here is a good place to get oriented. To your right is Petit Pond and the Tea House, which you will visit later. Turn left through the Gothic Arbor. The eleven welded steel arches, with golden fastigiate [columnar] beeches (Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck Gold’) being trained over them, create a majestic Gothic cathedral-like feeling. 

(4) Termi

Within a bosquet of Seven Sons trees (Heptacodium miconioides), two thrones offer a place to rest. This is the terminus of a 900-foot axis, which starts at the Grumbling Gate, goes the Allée andTorii, and terminates at, well, the Termi .
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(5) Pond

This wildlife pond was constructed in 1991, and is filled by rainwater, despite the illusion  given by the running stream on the south side. An arched bridge and bench provide a cool spot to watch the wildlife. The berm on the east was made from the excavated soil from the pond.
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(7) Dark Woods

Mysterious sculptural figures linger among dark pines in a predominately white pine patch of ailing woods.
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(8) Baxis

Three sinusoidal beds (Maiden Grass, Smokebush, and Winterberry) flank the Baxis. The path runs through a high pergola in the shape of a double triangle. Another axis, which starts at the Landing near the barn, extends over the Wiggle Waggle, GrassAcre and through the Torii and Baxis.
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(9) The Allée and Torii

Saplings of Chinese Fringe trees (Chionanthus retusus) create a 400-foot double allée, a replacement for the beautiful, but invasive, Korean Mountain Ash (Sorbus alnifolia) recently cut down. Starting down the Allée, the Ping Garden perennial bed is to the right, and, as one turns right at the Torii, towards the Baxis, an asparagus hedge is on the left.
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(11) Spiral Garden

Twirling roof ventilators on spiral stands emphasize the spiral paving laid in a moss floor. The suspended Golden Ring is one end of a 900-foot axis ending at the Termi. Here also is our tip of the hat to spirituality. 
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(12) Funnel Garden

The Funnel Gardens, heavily planted with perennials, shrubs and trees,  guide one from the Hex Rock, with its eroded 'X' of stone. down to the more heavily planted areas.
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(13) Swaleway

Spring-flowering ephemerals brighten mud season. The sculptures of balanced stones were inspired by the cairns on the top of Mt. Washington, which stand like sentries to guide visitors through the fog. The swing is a favorite place to view the garden. 
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(14) Straight and Narrow 

A cobbled edged path, connecting the Parterre Garden and the Swaleway, runs between a hedgerow of native trees and shrubs, and a mixed bed of perennials, shrubs, and trees. 
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(15) Parterre Garden 

A Yew hedge encloses a formal parterre garden with a diamond patterned bluestone path leading to a ten-foot high yew arch. In the middle, there is a circular pool and fountain. The color scheme is white, green, and grey. Restricted entry.
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(16) Barn Garden

The Wave, in front of the arborvitae hedge, is a stage for a 'line-up' of little figures with large personalities. The Coop houses a flock of guinea fowl, if they haven't been devoured by our panoply of predators.
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(17) The Landing

In the middle of the Rock Garden, is a stone patio and shady pergola that forms one end of the 850-foot axis that crosses the Wiggle Waggle, GrassAcre, Torii, and Baxis, and terminates at the Inukshuk Sculpture. More rotating chairs encourage viewing the broad panorama. Note: there is a Porta Potty near the barn above you.
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(18) Rock Garden

Miniature plants clustered among special rocks and small statuary provide the earliest burst of spring color.
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(19) Belgian Fence

Eleven varieties of apple trees are espaliered in the diamond-shaped Belgian style to form a 100-foot fence. A solid wall of Arborvitae ‘Emerald Green’ tops the ‘HaHa Wall.’
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(20) Garish Garden

Bright, clashing plant material, painted tuteurs, and lively sculptures distinguish this garden. 
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(21) Wiggle Waggle

A 200-foot long water channel, planted with lotus and lilies, wiggles between the Spring House and the CopTop, two structures both capped by antique skylights. In the CopTop, rotating seats, made from farm detritus, allow a 360˚ panorama.
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(22) Pate

Undulating sculpted privet hedges tonsure a balding prominence. Recently bee hives have been added. 
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(24) GrassAcre

Red, green, and blue grasses (Switchgrass, Hakone Grass and Little Blue Stem) read as an abstract painting from the barn. SyncoPeaks, a sculpture of layered scrims, anchors the picture.
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(25) Conetown

A Pinetum, of about 50 dwarf and standard conifers, is set off by a quilt-like collection of ground covers.
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(26) Shrubaria

Formerly 'Della Rhodia', this newest project is morphing into a garden of shrubs backed by Rhododendrons under the high-shade canopy of large oak trees.
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(27) Tea House and Petit Pond

There are waterfalls, ponds (including the ten-foot-deep bottom pond, originally a vernal pool), and a Tea House. Salamanders still return each spring to lay their egg masses. In the late fall, over thirty Japanese Maples flame into color. The Tea House, with its Murphy bed, anchors the spot for both day and night time enjoyment. Behind this, the Roji, a path of large stones, leads to a bamboo garden, and the four-faced Buddha with the Halo. CLICK FOR MORE PHOTOS OF PETIT POND

Private: House Area
Please respect the owner's privacy. 

The house and barn are surrounded by multiple gardens and sculptures. The barn is filled with sculpture supplies. The shed, which is used as a welding studio, has the original three-hole outhouse attached. Round things fill the All-You-Need-Is-Balls Garden: ­Allium flowers, bowling balls, and tightly clipped plants. The South ‘Circle’ Patio is covered with rounds of different sizes and materials.
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