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Visit Ross Gardens to Benefit Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program and Philipstown Garden Club
Manitoga and Stonecrop Gardens also part of Open Days event this Sunday
On Sunday, June 10, 2007, visit the Ross Gardens, 43 Snake Hill Road, Garrison, 10am to 4pm, a private garden open through The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program. This garden is a series of vignettes that flow into each other on five acres overlooking the Hudson River. The gardens are designed and maintained by the owner, Arthur Ross, and include a water garden, a moon (white) garden, meditation garden, rock garden, interesting daylilies, a fern garden, shrub garden (azaleas, rhododendrons, mountain laurels), cutting gardens, and garden sculptures, along with a waterfall and a new koi pond. Garden paths give easy access to many unusual flowers. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be shared with the Philipstown Garden Club.
Admission to the garden is $5, Open Days are rain or shine, and no reservations are required. Call 1-888-842-2442, or visit www.opendaysprogram.org for more information. In addition, Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center,584 Route 9D, Garrison (10am to 12pm), and Stonecrop Gardens , 81 Stonecrop Lane, Cold Spring (10am to 5pm) are also open on this date.
These Open Days gardens are featured in the 2007 Open Days Directory; a soft-cover book that includes detailed driving directions and vivid descriptions written by their owners. The East Edition regional guide, is available for $6.95. Call the Garden Conservancy toll-free at 1-888-842-2442 to order, or send a check or money order to: the Garden Conservancy, P.O. Box 219, Cold Spring, NY 10516.
The Garden Conservancy introduced the Open Days Program in 1995 as a means of introducing the public to gardening, providing easy access to outstanding examples of design and horticultural practice, and proving that exceptional American gardens are still being created. The Open Days Program is America's only national private gardenvisiting program, and is made possible by the work of hundreds of volunteers nationwide. Visit the Garden Conservancy and its Open Days Program online at www.opendaysprogram.org.
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