GET LOST IN THE GARDENS
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1. The Welcome CourtMake 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 PathA chance to cleanse your spirit as you leave the world behind and enter the garden.
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3. The NexusThe 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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4. TermiWithin 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. Wildlife PondThis 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 AlléeFringe 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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7. Dark WoodsMysterious sculptural figures linger among dark pines in a predominately white pine patch of ailing woods.
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8. BaxisThree 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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9. The ToriiThis 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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10. The BelvedereA 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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11. Spiral GardenTwirling 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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12. Funnel GardenThe 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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13. SwalewaySpring 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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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 GardenA 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 GardenThe 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 LandingIn 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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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 FenceEleven 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 GardenBright, clashing plant material, painted tuteurs, and lively sculptures distinguish this garden.
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21. Wiggle WaggleA 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. PateUndulating sculpted privet hedges tonsure a balding prominence. Recently bee hives have been added.
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23. CopTopTwirl 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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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. ConetownA Pinetum, of about 50 dwarf and standard conifers, is set off by a quilt-like collection of ground covers.
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26. ShrubariaFormerly '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 PondThe 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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28. The Fernery/Stumpery |
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29. ExitThis is a short walk past the Gnome Home and into the Welcome Court from whence you started.
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Private: House AreaThe 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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