Village Sanctuary

About

This hidden sanctuary garden, designed by Thomas Wirth Associates, in 1995 for a prior owner, has withstood the test of time and gives big personality to a village property.

The new owners, one a trained landscape designer, consider themselves stewards of the many specimens— perennials, roses, shrubs, and trees, all neatly arranged around a formal central lawn and also spilling around the 1820 colonial residence.

Good care and editing have maintained this garden unusually well, and soft changes and appropriate care will enhance it for years to come, with an eye toward incorporating plants that build even more ecological function into the existing design. Highlights include many laurels, a large yellowwood and silver birch, paperbark maple, stewartia, a kousa dogwood bower, spice bush, various iris, peonies, and a woodland shade area under hemlocks.

This garden's estimated size is 0.25 acre.

This Garden Host reports the following Terrain Notes about the garden: The property is flat, with one raised brick area that can be avoided by walking around the garage. There are some stepping stones in grass in a couple of areas.

2026 Open Day Date: Saturday, June 13

Open Day Hours: 10am–4pm