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The garden is primarily a plant collection displayed in a variety of settings. One garden composed of maturing, slow-growing conifers and other unusual shrubs provides the backdrop for a sloping rock garden. A large portion of the property is best described as a woodland garden with a diversity of broadleaf evergreens (rhododendrons, mountain laurel) uncommon in northern Vermont, more slow-growing conifers, and herbaceous shade-loving plants. Many varieties of mature, native, and hybrid deciduous azaleas, including fragrant summer-blooming varieties, are scattered about. A new alpine/scree garden constructed in 2007, features a small waterfall and stream set among weeping conifers and other specimen shrubs. As part of my landscape design and construction business, Champlain Valley Landscaping, the property also includes a small (one acre) commercial landscape nursery with many specimen size conifers, unusual tree species, and shrubs.

Directions:
Located south east of center of Hinesburg Village on Lincoln Hill Road. From Village at Lantman 's Supermarket, go south on Route 116 to Hinesburg Country Store (about 5 miles). Turn left opposite store onto Hollow Road and go east about 4 miles passing a trailer park on left. Lincoln Hill Road (a dirt road), is on left. Go uphill about 1.1 miles to #2800. Please park on left.

Step through the gates of this garden and you’ll find yourself in a private magical world. This two-acre garden, located in the hamlet of Claverack, New York, feels much larger because of its division into many garden spaces – spaces designed with a careful eye to form and texture. One area unfolds upon the next with its own unique sense of style and individuality. Among the many features are the sun garden, evening garden, greenhouse borders, and the beginning of an undulating boxwood hedge. What was once a small orchard, is becoming a conifer garden, and the owners are developing a border consisting only of shrubs and small trees.

Directions:
From Taconic State Parkway, take Exit 82 and go northwest towards Hudson and Rip Van Winkle Bridge. At first traffic light, turn right (north) onto Route 9H/23. At next light, (Claverack Market and post office will be on right), turn left onto Route 23B. After about 0.8 mile turn right onto Willmon Road. Please park along left side of road.

Tallquapie was named after the Native American who sold the land along the Raritan River and was the inspiration for the rustic style of our garden. As you drive through a meadow you are welcomed by a deer-resistant entry garden. My passion for native plants required one acre of fence that protects a moonlight garden, a rockery, a meditation garden, and a native hedgerow for birds. Through my education in landscape design, the garden has “jumped the fence” and integrated into the existing wetlands and woods that surround us.

Directions:
From I-287 South, take Exit 22/Routes 202/206 North. Go on Route 206 North for about 3.8 miles. Turn right (just after “Peapack-Gladstone” sign) onto Holland Avenue. Go to stop sign and turn left onto Main Street. Go about 1.1 miles to Mosle Road and turn right. Go about 0.8 mile to #74. Look for stone pillar at top of driveway with #74 on it; house has a green roof. If you pass first driveway, go to second driveway entrance.

This naturalistic style garden on four and a half acres has been created and tended by Emmott and Ione Chase since 1960. The area surrounding the house was designed by Rex Zumwalt, evoking the simplicity of a Japanese garden by use of raked pea gravel, moss-covered boulders, and reflecting pool. A forest of native trees is carpeted with wildflowers. There are perennial shade borders, a rock garden, and a ground cover meadow inspired by the alpine meadows of Mount Rainer. Visitors may enjoy the mountain as part of the panoramic view of the Puyallup River Valley.

Directions:
From Highway 162/Summer-Orting Highway turn right onto Calistoga in Orting to access Orting-Kapowsin Highway or about 1 mile beyond Orting, turn right onto Orville Road, (sign also indicates Electron) continue to 264th Street East and turn right.

Twin Pines is an acre of informal suburban gardens surrounding a Georgian-style house. This former cattle pasture has been transformed by a patient and nurturing gardener. The landscape is accented by reaching pines and sweeping lawns gently sloping to a lake and fountain. These eclectic gardens fulfill a passion for plants that are colorful, fragrant, or rare. As you stroll the winding paths, we welcome you to experience the energy and peace of Twin Pines.

Directions:
From west, take I-40 East to Wade Avenue/Carter Finley split. Take Edwards Mill Road exit, turning left at bottom of ramp onto Edwards Mill Road. Continue straight for 1.5 miles, crossing Duraleigh Road, to John Humphries Wynd on left. Turn left and go about 100 yards to entrance gate. Turn right at entrance gate into Olde Raleigh subdivision and onto City of Oaks Wynd. Continue to 4005 City of Oaks on left.
From east, take Highway 70 West/Glenwood Avenue to Glen Eden Drive. Turn left and go 2 miles to intersection with Edwards Mill Road. Turn left and go 0.5 mile. Turn right onto John Humphries Wynd. Go 100 yards and turn right at entrance gate to Olde Raleigh subdivision. Proceed through open gates onto City of Oaks Wynd going about 2 blocks to 4005 on left.
From north, take Creedmoor Road/Route 50 South toward Crabtree Valley Mall. Continue straight, crossing Glenwood Avenue, where Creedmoor Road becomes Edwards Mill Road. Go 1.7 miles to John Humphries Wynd. Turn right and go about 100 yards. Turn right at entrance gate into Olde Raleigh subdivision. Proceed through open gates onto City of Oaks Wynd going about 2 blocks to 4005 on left

Woodbridge Island, accessed by a causeway, is located off the west side of Stonington Harbor. It is a natural landscape of approximately twenty acres created thirty-five years ago by the present owner with the expert professional design of A.E. Bye and rock placement by David Engel. Native plant material–especially shadblow, daffodils, high bush blueberry, ephemerals, herbs, and potted plants–are featured.

Directions:
From I-95, take Exit 90 and turn south onto Route 27 (passing Mystic seaport) to Route 1. Turn left onto Route 1 and go 2.2 miles to Wamphassuc Point Road on right. Cross railroad tracks and pass through stone pillars marked "Private - Residents Only". Pass 2 houses on right and then turn right at black mailbox to #228 (dirt drive).
From I-95, take Exit 91/North Main Street South to Route 1. Turn right and go 1 mile to Wamphassuc Point Road on left. Turn left and cross railroad tracks and pass through stone pillars marked "Private - Residents Only". Pass 2 houses on right and then turn right at black mailbox to #228 (dirt drive).