The Garden of Dianne B.

This garden is open twice this year: May 13 and June 17.

Will there be tulips on May 13, or will the many creatures inhabiting our East Hampton Village Nature Trail right next door have gotten them all? Considering climate change and hungry critters, one can't promise anything; but surely there will be many and various fritillary, droopy and upright trillium, lots of that spring blueness particular to ipheion and hyacinths (many kinds), that shocking chartreuse of epimediums, and at least a few precious Jack-in-the-pulpits from Dianne's extensive collection. The at least twenty diverse Japanese maples will be in tender new leaf, and the meadow will be daffodil heaven.

All of that will have drastically changed by June 17; the maples and the many other variegated and specimen trees should be covered in clambering clematis. What phase of iris will be parading among the angelicas and alliums galore? Camassia and Ornithogalum (garden star-of-Bethlehem) will punctuate the odd leaves and muted colors of the various woodland and sunny borders, and just maybe the Magnolia macrophylla will throw off a few of its gigantic white supernatural flowers. This is a layered low-key garden that mixes living things up with symbols and sculptures from across the globe. Dianne labels herself a "garden stylist" fond of weaving together texture, accessories, color, and patterns echoing her twentieth-century career in fashion. Her blog, Dirtier, diannebgardens.com, is the progeny of her '90s gardening book, Dirt (still available at Amazon.com).

Open Days 2023: Saturday, May 13 and Saturday, June 17
Hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tickets for this garden’s June Open Day will be available on Monday, April 3.