Delaware County Open Day
The Garden Conservancy's
OPEN DAYS PROGRAM
DELAWARE COUNTY ANDES CYNTHIA & CHARLES BONNES 265 Bussey Hollow Road Our garden is on a hillside facing the western Catskills with four ponds descending toward the mountain view. Around the house and large barn, part of a former dairy farm, are several formal garden spaces defined by native stone walls. They include a perennial border, a fountain terrace and a vegetable garden. An allée of Japanese lilacs ascends the hillside and informal plantings edge two of the ponds and a connecting stream.
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From the village of Andes, take Route 1/Tremperskill Road for 5.3 miles to Bussey Hollow Road. Turn right and go for 2.6 miles to driveway on right, Post Box 265. From the south, take Route 30 along the Pepacton Reservoir in the direction of Andes. Cross the bridge and turn left towards Andes. Go 2.7 miles to Bussey Hollow Road. Turn left and go for 2.6 miles to driveway on right, Post Box 265. Please park along side of road.
MEL & PEG'S RUSTIC CABIN COTTAGE GARDEN 733 Crescent Hill Road Perched on the side of a hill deep in the Catskills, our garden takes full advantage of a beautiful borrowed view that is seamlessly integrated throughout the garden setting. Wind your way up a long sinewy driveway and you are greeted by the boisterous ‘garden proper’ which was carved out of the steep slope and is held up
Saturday, July 2 | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
by a massive boulder retaining wall. Multiple entrances beckon you to enter. Slip in through a cedar arbor covered in grapes, or take the stone path through the conifer garden and meander along gravel and mulch paths through a lush array of small trees, shrubs, perennials, and grasses that create a whimsical, enchanted garden experience. Step down the rustic stone staircases, or exit through a mass of hydrangeas, to explore the smaller garden rooms including: a large mixed garden in the shape of a footprint with wide mulch paths, a couple of small shade gardens, a labyrinth (recently over-hauled) and a small country vegetable garden. This is a garden that you find yourself immersed in and one you will experience with all of your senses— as you feel an ornamental grass brush your arm, listen to the trickle of the water feature, smell the intoxicating mock orange wafting in the breeze, or relax in an Adirondack chair. The garden is carefully integrated with our living space to create a seamless experience of indoor and outdoor living. A favorite spot to reflect and enjoy is from the wide frontier porch that spans the length of our hand-stripped log cabin. Sitting from this vantage point, the inside and outside come together while you experience a birds-eye view of the garden and the sweeping mountain vistas.
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From Route 28 in Kingston drive the 50 miles to Margaretville and continue 6.5 miles further toward the village of Andes. You will pass County Route 6 on the right and continue through the very curvy narrow valley until the next right which is Crescent Hill Road. From Andes take Route 28 about 4.5 miles from the Andes General Store until you reach Crescent Hill
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Delaware County Open Day
Despite being a professional landscape designer our own garden was not designed, but instead is a thirteen-year evolution and a labor of love. It is an eclectic, collector’s garden where we experiment with new plants and techniques. The end result being an exuberant space that is simultaneously wild and orderly.
Road on your left. Turn onto Crescent Hill Road and continue for 0.7 mile until you come to 733 which is our driveway on the left.
EAST MEREDITH TOTEM FARM GARDEN 581 Rathbun Hill Road, East Meredith On four acres of sloping land, the garden at Totem Farm has expanded outward from the old farm house and ice house, towards the fields of wildflowers that surround the place on three sides. A big leaf room, a moon garden, a lilac walk, a very old apple orchard, a recently planted plum orchard, a pond walk, and some living willow tunnels for the chickens, are defined by fences, stone walls, and hedges and connected by paths and stone stairs.
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From Oneonta, take Route 23, turn right onto Pindar's Corners/Prosser Hollow Road. Bear left onto Rathbun Hill Road (4 miles). Continue past mail box 581 and park above house. From Delhi, take Route 10, turn left onto Meredith Street/Route 28 and go 7.4 miles. Turn right onto Meridale-Davenport Center Road/Route 10 by Dutch Deli and 2.9 miles. Pass Jersey Road on right and big Dairy Barn. Take next left onto Rathbun Hill Road.
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Parts of garden are handicapped accessible
2014
Most recent year garden was open
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Gardens opening for first time
Photographs permitted
Parking will be on the left. Please park in open field above house. There will be signs for parking.
JEFFERSON
QUAKER HILL FARM—ELISABETH SEARLES & RICHARD FRIEDBERG 2121 Quaker Hill Road We bought this hilltop farm in the Western Catskills many years ago but did not really start to develop the garden until we moved up from New York City about twenty years ago. Since then we have shaped a landscape of broad lawns, trees, perennial borders, stonewalls, and three ponds in an effort to highlight the lovely mountain view but also to create a sense of comfort and enclosure. The area that was the old farm rock “dump” is now a rock garden; an existing pond was enlarged for livestock and for better views from the house; a living willow gazebo provides shelter and a lovely vista of the pond and distant mountains; and a swimming pond feeds a series of naturally landscaped smaller ponds across the road from the house. Richard’s large sculptures are displayed on the property.
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From Route 23 take Teedlebrook Road, Jefferson, New York for 2.1 miles. Turn left at crossroads onto Quaker Hill Road and continue 0.6 miles. Garden is on left at 2121 Quaker Hill Road.
ROSCOE BERRY BROOK FARM—MERMER BLAKESLEE & ERIC HAMERSTROM 310 Henderson Hollow Road, Roscoe
stream bed that runs between the house and the horse barn, and reaches toward a large rock in the woods surrounded by ferns. The beds are dense and deep, the plants encouraged to retain some of their wildness. The stone work is both old and ongoing: the hand-hewn flagstones of the terrace, the walls circling the house and running along the pastures where the horses graze, the stone bridge leading to a milk house, the large stone path snaking through a swampy meadow. Antique trucks and farm equipment are settled about. The house, barns, and front porch are open to everyone as they are considered part of the garden.
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From Route 17 northwest, take Exit 94. Turn left off ramp onto Route 206 west. Go 3 miles. Turn right onto Beaverkill Valley Road. Go 6.9 miles (this turns into Berry Brook Road) and turn right onto Henderson Hollow Road, a small, dirt road. From Route 17 southeast, take exit 94. Turn left onto Stewart Avenue in Roscoe and left again at the traffic light onto Rte. 206 west. Continue for 2.8 miles and turn right onto Beaverkill Valley Road. Follow the directions above. From the north, follow Route 30 southwest from Margaretville. After crossing the Pepacton Reservoir, continue 7 miles, then turn left onto Holiday Brook Road. Go 4 miles (this turns into Berry Brook Road) and take a sharp left onto Henderson Hollow Road, a small, dirt road. Go all the way to the end. There will be signs for parking.
Our garden began in 1990 on this old, defunct farm. It took its form from the dry
The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program www.opendaysprogram.org | P.O. Box 219, Cold Spring, New York, 10516 | T: (845) 424-6502 / F: (845) 424-6501 / Toll-free: 1 (888) 842-2442 | E: [email protected]
OPEN DAYS PROGRAM
DELAWARE COUNTY ANDES CYNTHIA & CHARLES BONNES 265 Bussey Hollow Road Our garden is on a hillside facing the western Catskills with four ponds descending toward the mountain view. Around the house and large barn, part of a former dairy farm, are several formal garden spaces defined by native stone walls. They include a perennial border, a fountain terrace and a vegetable garden. An allée of Japanese lilacs ascends the hillside and informal plantings edge two of the ponds and a connecting stream.
2013 | u | I
From the village of Andes, take Route 1/Tremperskill Road for 5.3 miles to Bussey Hollow Road. Turn right and go for 2.6 miles to driveway on right, Post Box 265. From the south, take Route 30 along the Pepacton Reservoir in the direction of Andes. Cross the bridge and turn left towards Andes. Go 2.7 miles to Bussey Hollow Road. Turn left and go for 2.6 miles to driveway on right, Post Box 265. Please park along side of road.
MEL & PEG'S RUSTIC CABIN COTTAGE GARDEN 733 Crescent Hill Road Perched on the side of a hill deep in the Catskills, our garden takes full advantage of a beautiful borrowed view that is seamlessly integrated throughout the garden setting. Wind your way up a long sinewy driveway and you are greeted by the boisterous ‘garden proper’ which was carved out of the steep slope and is held up
Saturday, July 2 | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
by a massive boulder retaining wall. Multiple entrances beckon you to enter. Slip in through a cedar arbor covered in grapes, or take the stone path through the conifer garden and meander along gravel and mulch paths through a lush array of small trees, shrubs, perennials, and grasses that create a whimsical, enchanted garden experience. Step down the rustic stone staircases, or exit through a mass of hydrangeas, to explore the smaller garden rooms including: a large mixed garden in the shape of a footprint with wide mulch paths, a couple of small shade gardens, a labyrinth (recently over-hauled) and a small country vegetable garden. This is a garden that you find yourself immersed in and one you will experience with all of your senses— as you feel an ornamental grass brush your arm, listen to the trickle of the water feature, smell the intoxicating mock orange wafting in the breeze, or relax in an Adirondack chair. The garden is carefully integrated with our living space to create a seamless experience of indoor and outdoor living. A favorite spot to reflect and enjoy is from the wide frontier porch that spans the length of our hand-stripped log cabin. Sitting from this vantage point, the inside and outside come together while you experience a birds-eye view of the garden and the sweeping mountain vistas.
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From Route 28 in Kingston drive the 50 miles to Margaretville and continue 6.5 miles further toward the village of Andes. You will pass County Route 6 on the right and continue through the very curvy narrow valley until the next right which is Crescent Hill Road. From Andes take Route 28 about 4.5 miles from the Andes General Store until you reach Crescent Hill
L O N G S H A D OW®
.COM
Hand crafted in Southern Illinois by Classic Garden Ornaments, Ltd. ®
Design: Greenhaven Landscapes Inc., Lake Bluff, Illinois; Photography: Hannah Goering
Delaware County Open Day
Despite being a professional landscape designer our own garden was not designed, but instead is a thirteen-year evolution and a labor of love. It is an eclectic, collector’s garden where we experiment with new plants and techniques. The end result being an exuberant space that is simultaneously wild and orderly.
Road on your left. Turn onto Crescent Hill Road and continue for 0.7 mile until you come to 733 which is our driveway on the left.
EAST MEREDITH TOTEM FARM GARDEN 581 Rathbun Hill Road, East Meredith On four acres of sloping land, the garden at Totem Farm has expanded outward from the old farm house and ice house, towards the fields of wildflowers that surround the place on three sides. A big leaf room, a moon garden, a lilac walk, a very old apple orchard, a recently planted plum orchard, a pond walk, and some living willow tunnels for the chickens, are defined by fences, stone walls, and hedges and connected by paths and stone stairs.
2013 |
I
From Oneonta, take Route 23, turn right onto Pindar's Corners/Prosser Hollow Road. Bear left onto Rathbun Hill Road (4 miles). Continue past mail box 581 and park above house. From Delhi, take Route 10, turn left onto Meredith Street/Route 28 and go 7.4 miles. Turn right onto Meridale-Davenport Center Road/Route 10 by Dutch Deli and 2.9 miles. Pass Jersey Road on right and big Dairy Barn. Take next left onto Rathbun Hill Road.
u NEW
Parts of garden are handicapped accessible
2014
Most recent year garden was open
I
Gardens opening for first time
Photographs permitted
Parking will be on the left. Please park in open field above house. There will be signs for parking.
JEFFERSON
QUAKER HILL FARM—ELISABETH SEARLES & RICHARD FRIEDBERG 2121 Quaker Hill Road We bought this hilltop farm in the Western Catskills many years ago but did not really start to develop the garden until we moved up from New York City about twenty years ago. Since then we have shaped a landscape of broad lawns, trees, perennial borders, stonewalls, and three ponds in an effort to highlight the lovely mountain view but also to create a sense of comfort and enclosure. The area that was the old farm rock “dump” is now a rock garden; an existing pond was enlarged for livestock and for better views from the house; a living willow gazebo provides shelter and a lovely vista of the pond and distant mountains; and a swimming pond feeds a series of naturally landscaped smaller ponds across the road from the house. Richard’s large sculptures are displayed on the property.
2013 | u | I
From Route 23 take Teedlebrook Road, Jefferson, New York for 2.1 miles. Turn left at crossroads onto Quaker Hill Road and continue 0.6 miles. Garden is on left at 2121 Quaker Hill Road.
ROSCOE BERRY BROOK FARM—MERMER BLAKESLEE & ERIC HAMERSTROM 310 Henderson Hollow Road, Roscoe
stream bed that runs between the house and the horse barn, and reaches toward a large rock in the woods surrounded by ferns. The beds are dense and deep, the plants encouraged to retain some of their wildness. The stone work is both old and ongoing: the hand-hewn flagstones of the terrace, the walls circling the house and running along the pastures where the horses graze, the stone bridge leading to a milk house, the large stone path snaking through a swampy meadow. Antique trucks and farm equipment are settled about. The house, barns, and front porch are open to everyone as they are considered part of the garden.
2013 | u | I
From Route 17 northwest, take Exit 94. Turn left off ramp onto Route 206 west. Go 3 miles. Turn right onto Beaverkill Valley Road. Go 6.9 miles (this turns into Berry Brook Road) and turn right onto Henderson Hollow Road, a small, dirt road. From Route 17 southeast, take exit 94. Turn left onto Stewart Avenue in Roscoe and left again at the traffic light onto Rte. 206 west. Continue for 2.8 miles and turn right onto Beaverkill Valley Road. Follow the directions above. From the north, follow Route 30 southwest from Margaretville. After crossing the Pepacton Reservoir, continue 7 miles, then turn left onto Holiday Brook Road. Go 4 miles (this turns into Berry Brook Road) and take a sharp left onto Henderson Hollow Road, a small, dirt road. Go all the way to the end. There will be signs for parking.
Our garden began in 1990 on this old, defunct farm. It took its form from the dry
The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program www.opendaysprogram.org | P.O. Box 219, Cold Spring, New York, 10516 | T: (845) 424-6502 / F: (845) 424-6501 / Toll-free: 1 (888) 842-2442 | E: [email protected]
