The Brine Garden—Duncan and Julia Brine
Description
Grass and gravel pathways connect ecologically and horticulturally diverse areas in this naturalistic, six-acre garden and arboretum. The maturing native plant collection includes an allée of Taxodium d. (with knees), groups of Chionanthus v. (with drupes), and more than twenty viburnum (native and non-native), some with showy and abundant berries. Several imposing hedges of Miscanthus giganteus structure the garden and relate to the Phragmites of this formerly agrarian landscape. You’ll receive a property map and a plant list which indicates U.S. and Dutchess County natives. Anne Raver of the New York Times profiled this landscape designer’s garden. The Brine Garden is a chapter of Gardens of the Hudson Valley and is also featured in Designer Plant Combinations, Fifty Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants, Horticulture, and Hudson Valley Magazine. Duncan is an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and the New England Wild Flower Society. He published an article on naturalistic gardens in the American Horticultural Society’s magazine, American Gardener. See images on www.gardenlarge.com.
Click here to read a Q & A article with Duncan Brine in a recent issue of Hudson Valley magazine.
Directions: From the south (Westchester County, New York City), take Route I-684 North to the end where it becomes Route 22. Continue north about 25 minutes. From the intersection of Routes 55 and 22 in Pawling continue north about 3 miles (passing Trinity Pawling High School and gazebos on right.) Turn right onto Route 68/North Quaker Hill Road. Bear left at the first intersection onto Hurd’s Corner Road. Go 0.5 mile. Park on right side of Hurd’s Corner Road across from Bluebird Inn Road on left. Walk in on Bluebird Inn Road to last house on left.
From the north (Northern Dutchess County, Columbia County), take Route 22 south. At the intersection with Route 55 in Wingdale continue south about 4 miles. Turn left onto Route 68/North Quaker Hill Road. Bear left at the first intersection onto Hurd’s Corner Road. Go 0.5 mile. Park on right side of Hurd’s Corner Road across from Bluebird Inn Road on left. Walk in on Bluebird Inn Road to last house on left.
From Northwestern Connecticut, take Route 7 in Gaylordsville, CT, go west on Route 55 towards New York. At the “T” intersection, turn left and go to Route 22. Turn left onto Route 22 and go 4 miles. Turn left onto Route 68/North Quaker Hill Road. Bear left at first intersection onto Hurd’s Corner Road. Go 0.5 mile. Park on right side of Hurd’s Corner Road across from Bluebird Inn Road on left. Walk in on Bluebird Inn Road to last house on left.
