Visitors can be dropped off at the address, but parking is at the Fairhaven Middle School lot. Walk .3 miles up the hill to 413 Parkridge or take the shuttle.
You will be awed and amazed by this garden! Passionately built over the past 30+ years by a serious gardener and a renowned builder, it combines strong structural bones and thoughtful plant choices providing year-round appeal. Although the half acre lot is steeply sloped, it is very accessible due to creative terracing solutions. Each part of the garden reflects its name and nature. There is the Rose with clipped box, the French with clipped Hornbeam and bubbling fountain, and the Kitchen with espaliered fruit trees and greenhouse. As you walk into the lower garden, notice the newly planted bed with hostas, ferns, and a species rhododendron by the firepit and playhouse. Look up to take in the expansive Mediterranean hot slope with the more rare and unusual plants mixed in throughout. This is also a garden for the craftsman. Unique structures, from the tool house crafted with timber-end blocks to the Palladian Folly with turned columns, offer a glimpse of genius that is given free rein.
