May 30, 10am–4pm | Copake Falls, NY | Tickets required (timed entry)
Margaret Roach—the former Martha Stewart Living editorial director turned garden writer, whose "A Way to Garden" blog and podcast have made her one of the most widely followed voices in American horticulture—opens her 2.3-acre Copake Falls garden on May 30, with Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery in New Haven setting up a plant sale on the grounds.
More than 35 years in the making, Roach's garden covers a steep former orchard hillside behind a Victorian-era farmhouse in Taconic State Park land, with informal mixed borders, shrubberies, frog-filled water gardens, and container groupings designed around Roach's twin obsessions: foliage plants that earn their place year-round, and habitat for wildlife. Nearly 70 bird species are regulars, along with every local frog and toad species.
Broken Arrow is one of the most respected specialty nurseries in the Northeast, known for an unusually wide selection of rare and unusual woody plants, perennials, and natives that you won't find at a garden center. Adam Wheeler, their propagation and plant evaluation specialist, has been a key figure in introducing new plants to the American market for years. He'll have a truck full of material on hand, and advance orders are welcome through May 27 by calling (203) 288-1026.
Proceeds benefit two nonprofits: Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program and Turtle Tree Seed, the biodynamic seed company at Camphill Village in Copake. The event is also part of The Workshop Experience Weekend, a two-day gathering of gardening, writing, cooking, and craft workshops in and around Hillsdale. A second exceptional garden—that of Peter Bevacqua and Stephen King in Claverack — is open the same hours and worth pairing into the day.
Tickets are timed in two-hour increments; no pets. Directions and parking details come with your ticket confirmation.
Copake Falls, NY. Tickets and advance plant orders at eventbrite.com.
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