The Garden Conservancy's

Open Days

Opening America's Best Private Gardens Since 1995

Hitch Lyman's Garden

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July 12, 2009
Suzanne Pierots "Garden by the Stream"10:00 am - 3:00 pm

My six-acre shade garden that rambles down the hill to a tumbling mountain stream is brought to life with great swatches of color – lavender, pink, red, white, and purple.

Sue Bottigheimers Garden10:00 am - 4:00 pm

My garden is all about making half an acre look like a park by borrowing neighbors’ views.

Eleanor Briggs Garden10:00 am - 4:00 pm

The garden has grown up around Hancock's first house, a dark 1776 clapboard farmhouse nestled on the slope of Skatutakee Mountain.

Hitch Lymans Garden10:00 am - 4:00 pm

A collection of peonies, both wild species and the early hybrids of Professor A.

Frog Landing10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Set in mature coastal woods, Nan Sinton's seven-year old garden draws inspiration from classic Renaissance design with an axial plan using native plants as key structural elements.

Sophie Kelley12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

A landscape in its ninth season, this two-acre property was developed to eliminate as much of the 'American' lawn as possible.

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