Garden Conservancy "Open Days" from Gail

Beauty and Quality at Garden Conservancy “Open Days”

Photos by Gail of a recent GC Garden Tour in Southern Maine

The Garden Conservancy is a national organization dedicated to the preservation of public and privately owned gardens throughout the country. Each year, the GC holds “Open Days” in many states during which you may visit private gardens not usually open to the public. The gardens and locations vary from year to year. The GC gardens I’ve visited in the past have really been beautiful. This year, Open Days gardens in Massachusetts are not conveniently located for us, but there are two groups of gardens in New Hampshire that are worth considering:

June 30 Monadnock Region, NH (5 gardens)

July 21-22 Merrmack Valley, NH (5 gardens)

The Monadnock tour looks particularly interesting.

The GC Web site is well worth checking each year!

http://www.gardenconservancy.org/opendays/open-days-schedule

(Search schedule by state)

It’s interesting that the only GC garden open in Maine this year is Braveboat Harbor Farm, which our club will tour privately on this Saturday, June 9^th.

Submitted by Gail Anderson