Today, on theNew England gardentour, we are in the Portsmouth area of New Hampshire looking at a huge private garden, a medium sized privategarden and an outdoormuseum.
BEDROCK GARDENS
This is a 37 acregarden created by Jill Nooney and her husband, Bob Munger, over the past 40 years.
The garden has wide trails of wood chips with many sculptures on the side and in the air:
Someofthepeopleon our tourthoughtthatmy shirt looked likeoneofthesculptures so they had me stand nextto it whilethey took a picture:
Thereare many sight lines over long distancesinthisgarden:
Water features:
Grass tapestry:
This garden will be goinginto a conservancy next year so the ownerscan still stay here but it will beopentothepublic.
CAL & CYNTHIA HOSMER GARDEN
This garden is about 3 acreson 42 acres of land owned by the Hosmers along the ocean:
The house was built in 1951 and the garden developed after that:
Perennial garden:
Vegetable garden:
Viewing cottage and the ocean:
Other areas in thegarden:
This land will be going into a conservancy. The 3 acres of thegarden and house will remain private.
STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM
Thisis an outdoormuseumwhere we walked around and explored heritage houses andgardens built from 1695 to theearly 1900’s.