Week of April 27, 2012
A unique container display planted with succulents at The Ruin Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Containers planted with magenta and cream Mattiola incana, or Stock, and Pericallis x hybrida 'Senetti Deep Blue', commonly called Cineraria stand in the center of the Gravel Circle.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Rosa hugonis beckons visitors to the lower entrance.
Photo by Doug Croft
Yellow Isatis tinctoria, or Woad and Allium 'Purple Sensation" blend in the foreground, while across The Pond Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' glows chartreuse.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Raphaela Floreani Buzbee, summer intern, harvests flashy trout back lettuce in the Vegetable Garden.
Photo by Doug Croft
Viburnum macrocephalum and Tulipa 'Fringed Elegance' in The Bulb Meadow'.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Rhododendron austrinum is in bud in Bells Woods and Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple' makes a big splash in the backround.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Tragopogon porrifolius, salsify, flowers in the cold frames.
Photo by Doug Croft
Rhododendron 'Windbeam' blooms on the path to The Ruin.
Photo by Lisa Roper
What's in Bloom - 2011 Season
Take a look at last seasons Highlights to help plan your visit this season...Opening Times
Wednesday - Sunday
10am - 5pm
Parking reservations are required until
3pm Wednesdays-Sundays.
Friday Evenings
The garden will be open until 8pm through Labor Day.
Parking reservations are required until 6:30pm.
Due to limited parking, we cannot accommodate groups on Friday evenings.
Picnicking is permitted only in the picnic areas, except on Friday evenings from 4-8pm, guests may picnic anywhere in the garden.
We ask guests to carry out what they bring in.
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We open at 8:00am on the following Saturdays: May 3, June 7,
July 5, August 2, September 6,
October 4, and November 1.
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