Hollister House Garden

Beautifully situated on a sloping, terraced site, Hollister House Garden is an American interpretation of such classic English gardens as Sissinghurst, Great Dixter, and Hidcote, formal in its structure but informal and rather wild in its style of planting.

Begun in 1979 by George Schoellkopf, the garden since that time has evolved under George's direction into a unique synthesis of the formal and the natural, the right angles of paths, walls, and hedges melting seamlessly into the lush surrounding landscape, which forms a magnificent backdrop to the garden's exuberant plantings. Although the garden is in no way a re-creation of an eighteenth-century garden, it was nevertheless planned to complement the old house, and antique or hand-made materials have been used wherever possible in its construction.

The garden unfolds in successive layers of space and color with delightful informal vistas from one section to the next. Eight-to-ten-foot walls and hedges with dramatic changes in level define the progression of garden spaces-"rooms" as the English like to say-and create a firm architectural framework for the romantic abundance of the plantings.

The garden has been a Preservation Project of the Garden Conservancy since 2005.

Complement your Open Day with a visit to this nearby public garden.  The Garden Conservancy is not ticketing this garden.  For more information about visiting, please visit their website at https://hollisterhousegarden.org/