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| Croton on Hudson | |
| Dianna and Howard Smith | We live on about 2.2 acres of undulating and rocky open woodland bordering the Croton Reservoir. Most of the gardens are 'hidden' behind the home, overlooking the water in the distance. There are several rock-terraced garden 'rooms' linked by a half-mile of criss-crossing paths originally made and still used by herds of deer. I have tried to live with the deer by creating gardens primarily filled with a rich palette of deer-resistant perennials - many of which are native to the drier eastern and western regions of the country. We have also created two ponds. One for frogs, dragonflies, etc. and water plants and another with a waterfall for Koi and water plants. |
| East Aurora | |
| Kathy Guest | A small village garden containing varieties of primula, corydalis and arum as well as miniature forms of such plants as heuchera and astilbe. Also a good collection of irises, daylilies and hostas. Visitors welcome any time, most plants are labeled. |
| Ithaca | |
| Robin Bell | Small city garden that contains a lot: rock outcrop created by Halda (Halda's bluff) filled with an eclectic range of alpines, tufa tower (a la Jans) under construction, sand beds, woodland garden, a large collection of perennials featuring Japanese iris, herbaceous and tree peony cultivars, clematis, plus a sprinkling of fragrant roses. A few woody plants, unfinished paths and overgrown corners complete the array. |
| Nina and Jack Lambert | Small suburban lot, sunny enough to kill primula, shady enough to kill penstemon. |
| David Winkler | Gradually squeezing in as many plants as a small suburban lot will hold; gardens in a perpetual state of near-completion; special passions are Western desert plants, saxifrages and Ericaceae, including large species rhododendrons, Cassiope, Phyllodoce, etc. |
| Kew Garden Hills | |
| Steve Whitesell | The garden is small, about 1800-2000 square feet, with 3 exposures, N. S, & E. There is an enclosed shade garden, east and south facing perennial borders, troughs, and a raised bed with rock garden plants. |
| Larchmont | |
| Rick Plate | This 1/4 acre village plot on a South facing slope displays predominately North American natives. It is composed of shady woodland areas and open rock spaces with both natural outcroppings and rock walls. Dwarf conifers and bulbs are special interests and the collections are continually expanding. |
| Locust Valley | |
| Joann and Fred Knapp | A shady two-acre garden of steep hills featuring everything we can grow: large rhododendrons, azaleas, and laurel, early spring bulbs, eastern and Asian wildflowers with concentrated effort going into expanding collections of primula and hellebores. During the summer we go green with ferns and hostas. Visitors encouraged during March, April, May and June. |
| New York | |
| Merchant House Museum | Merchant's House Museum has a rear garden that includes a 24 foot dry wall tucked with smaller alpines and perennial plants including many Dianthus, Campanulas, Phlox, Sedums and Sempervivum, Thymes and other flowering herbaceous and woody plantings. The Museum is located at 29 East Fourth Street, between Bowery and Lafayette Streets, open Thursday through Monday from 1 to 5 pm and a $5 admission includes the 3 floor tour of the Federal style townhouse built in 1832 comprising the Tredwell Family furnishings. |
| * Lawrence B. Thomas | A 13-by-40 foot, 11th-floor terrace garden overlooking the skyline of NY City. Container gardening of alpines a specialty, with a collection of hand-thrown pots, troughs and Japanese maples. |
| Painted Post | |
| Bill Plummer | A woodland garden on a 3/4 acre lot featuring native wildflowers, ferns, flowering shrubs and trees in a naturalistic setting with peak interest in spring, but attractive throughout the year. Several hundred feet of stone walls in both sun and shade add a more formal aspect to the garden. |
| Pine City | |
| Michelle Jones Ham | A large alpine garden featuring select alpine plants and lots of rocks. The garden includes raised beds, over 20 troughs, bog areas, rock walls, rock garden; including a rock cliff with rubble base and a northern exposure rock-round planted with primula, trees, shrubs & vines, shaded pergola, and sand beds that are currently under construction. Campanula, Eriogonum, Gentiana, Penstemon, Phlox, Primula, and Saxifraga abound along with other diverse selections. |
| Rochester | |
| * Roz Bliss | My suburban front lawn is gone and in its' place are mixed shrub and perennial areas and sand and gravel and trough gardens planted with selections from the NARGS seed exchange. The back yard, a wet and woody enclosed area is loaded with primula, ferns and hosta - it's a surprise and delight and I'd love to share it with NARGS members. |
| Tarrytown | |
| Helen Ferguson | Three small rock garden areas: the oldest a sunny southern slope with good-natured rock plants along with several more demanding species; a scree-type garden with many western species; and a southeast-facing garden at waist height. Rock garden bloom begins in mid-April and continues into June. Perennial border blooms in late May and continues, sporadically, well into autumn. Some late bloom in rock gardens. |
| Wappingers Falls | |
| * Anne Spiegel | A dramatic natural rock garden planted on a series of rugged, stepped ledges and cliffs; includes screes, sand beds, and a lime bed. Open, sunny and windy – not a shade garden. Plants from the Great Basin and our western mountains, especially the Rockies, are a specialty. This garden is never watered. |
| Willsboro | |
| Michael Peden | "Barefoot's Rockery" is a small nursery dedicated to alpine horticulture and rock gardening. There is a selection of raised beds, troughs, and miniature mountains to look at. There is also a colorful perennial "plunk". Acantholimon to Zauschneria. No regular hours so call first. |