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Click the links below for garden info and photos.
1. The Welcome Court
​2. The Forest Bathing Path
3. The Nexus
​4. Termi
5. Wildlife Pond
6. The Allée
7. Dark Woods
8. Baxis
9. The Torii
10. The Belvedere​
​11. The Spiral Garden
12. Funnel Gardens
13. Swaleway
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14. Straight and Narrow
15. Parterre Garden
16. Barn Gardens
17. The Landing
18. Rock Garden
19. Belgian Fence
20. Garish Garden

​​21. Wiggle Waggle
22. The Pate
23. CopTop
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24. GrassAcre
25. ConeTown
26. Shrubaria
27. Tea House and Petit Pond
28. The FernBerm
29. Exit to the parking area.
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1. The Welcome Court

​Make your donation, use the restrooms, meet your friends, buy some plants or garden merchandise, and start your visit.
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2. The Forest Bathing Path

​A chance to cleanse your spirit as you leave the world behind and enter the garden.
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3. The Nexus

​The confluence of many paths. To your right is Petit Pond and the Tea House, which you will visit later. To your left is 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.
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Photo of the Termi with structure and red Heptaconium trees blossums

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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Photo over the pond towards the Torii

5. Wildlife Pond

This wildlife pond  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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6. The Allée

Fringe trees (Chionanthus retusus) form a 400-foot double allée. It is flanked by the Ping Garden, a bed of large perennials.
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Photo of the Dark Woods with hangings and crotches

7. Dark Woods

Mysterious sculptural figures linger among dark pines in a predominately white pine patch of ailing woods.
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Photo over the pond towards the Torii

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 rhomboid. The Inukshuk sculpture marks the far end of an 800-foot 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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Photo of the Allée and the Torii

9. The Torii

This Torii is a riff on the Japanese welcome gate, usually seen at the entrance to a Shinto Shrine. The central and perpendicular axis of the garden cross here. It is in the mid point of the Allée. Look up at the beams.
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Photo of the Allée and the Torii

10. The Belvedere

A Belvedere is an open viewing point usually commanding a fine view. This one overlooks a 100-acre conserved property. The new curved stone wall (we call it 'the eyebrow wall' has a cape of carices.
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Photo of Spiral Garden

11. Spiral Garden

Twirling roof ventilators on spiral stands emphasize the spiral paving laid in a moss floor. Here is our tip of the hat to spirituality. To the right is Grumbling Gate, framing a ‘borrowed’ view of neighboring fields and horses.
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Photo of left side of Funnel Gardens with Hex Rock

12. Funnel Garden

The Funnel Gardens, heavily planted with perennials, shrubs and trees,  guide one to the Hex Rock, with its eroded 'X' of stone. 
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Photo of Swaleway walk

13. Swaleway

Spring ephemerals brighten mud season with balanced stone sculptures inspired by Mt. Washington's cairns, guiding visitors through fog like sentries. The swing offers a favorite garden view.
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Photo of one side of the Straight and Narrow

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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Overview photo of Parterre Garden

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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Photo of the Coop and the Wave in fall

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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Photo of the Landing

17. The Landing

In the Rock Garden, a stone patio with a shady pergola anchors the 850-foot axis linking various features and ending at the CD Tree. Rotating chairs offer panoramic views, and there's a Portipotty near the barn.​
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Photo of the Rock Garden

18. Rock Garden

Miniature plants clustered among special rocks and small statuary provide the earliest burst of spring color.
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Photo of the Wedding Cake tree and the Belgian Fence

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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Photo of Garish Garden with Red Tuteur

20. Garish Garden

Bright, clashing plant material, painted tuteurs, and lively sculptures distinguish this garden. 
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Photo of the Wiggle Waggle

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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Photo of the wavy privot hedge of the Pate

22. Pate

Undulating sculpted privet hedges tonsure a balding prominence. Recently bee hives have been added. 
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Photo of the wavy privot hedge of the Pate

23. CopTop

Twirl in the farm chairs to take in a 360 degree view of where you have been and where you are going.
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Photo of the GrassAcre looking towards the Landing

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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Photo of Coptop in Conetown

​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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Photo of the split rail fence bordering Shrubaria

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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Photo of Petit Pond and the Tea House

27 Tea House and Petit Pond

The property boasts waterfalls, ponds, and a Tea House where salamanders lay eggs each spring. The Tea House, with a Murphy bed, offers day and night enjoyment. The Roji path leads to a bamboo garden and the four-faced Buddha with the Halo.​
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Photo of Petit Pond and the Tea House

28. The Fernery/Stumpery

​Our newest garden. 
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29. Exit

​This is a short walk past the Gnome Home and into the Welcome Court from whence you started.
Picture of House Area

​Private: House Area

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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