An Intimate Garden Tour: Summer Home, Narragansett
Blithewold invites you beyond the garden gate to tour this charming local property. As part of a small and informal group, discover Summer Home’s story and distinct collection of plants. See the landscape through the eyes of the designer and come away with new ideas and a fresh perspective. Each Intimate Garden Tour is unique, but all afford the opportunity to explore and ask questions.
This seaside project of Louis Raymond's is a study in Summer interest. It's all about what's glorious from June through November. Spring (and Winter) are irrelevant, so there are no rhodies, daffodils, wisteria or azaleas. Instead, traditional high-summer perennials are joined by huge swathes of the full variety of Summer-interest shrubs and trees, many of which are hard-pruned to maximize their colorful foliage.
The immense scale of the property called for immense plantings too. The smaller double borders are 20 feet deep; the BIG double borders are twice as deep, and almost 200 feet wide. The cutting garden is one of the newer projects, with 1,200 square feet in raised beds.
Thrilling horticulture partners with a dramatic Bayside setting, for an intense landscape so unusual that it was on the cover of House & Garden magazine.
Check out pictures of this garden here at www.renaissancegardening.com/garden.htm
*In the case of heavy rain, participants will be notified of cancellations by phone. If you do not hear from us a few hours before the program start, the program will run as scheduled.
Directions to the site will be mailed a few weeks prior to the tour. Light refreshments will be available.
Registration is limited and required in advance.
Price: $30 Blithewold Member, $35 Non-member
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