Garden Conservancy Offers Garden Talk And Tours July 13

The Garden Conservancy is inviting the public to the private East Hampton gardens of Dr. Alexandra Munroe and Robert Rosenkranz on Saturday, July 13, for “Digging Deeper: A Woodland Retreat Between Ocean and Meadow.”

Dr. Munroe, a scholar and curator, will discuss the ideas and plants that make her garden special. According to the Garden Conservancy, Dr. Munroe approaches gardens as exhibitions that bring visitors on journeys through interlinked ideas, visions and experiences.

Her gardens are large scale, including the meadow, the parterre and the croquet lawn, and most are open to the sun and sky, the conservancy notes. A woodland walk showcases choice Asian plants. Towering cryptomeria, cypress, and rhododendron are underplanted with shade-loving perennials, including a collection of rare Ariseama.

The event begins at 11 a.m. and advance registration is required. Call the Garden Conservancy at 1-888-842-2442 or email opendays@gardenconservancy.org.

The Garden Conservancy, a nonprofit founded in New York State to “save and share outstanding American gardens,” will also hold its next “Open Day” on Eastern Long Island that same day. Between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. two private Bridgehampton gardens will be open to the public.

Entwood Garden at 100 Chase Court features 7 acres of informal but structured gardens. The habitats with intriguing plant, tree and rock specimens have expansive views and recreational spaces, according to the conservancy. Built on what was a potato field, the gardens center on two koi ponds surrounded by open lawn and arboretum areas.

The all-organic gardens of Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons board members Pamela Harwood and Peter Feder at 371 Woodland Drive have been planted and curated over 27 years. Numerous birdbaths and flowers have been put in place to attract pollinators, and the edible garden has herbs and vegetables. Blooms persist from February to November. July visitors can enjoy several varieties of daylilies, Hydrangea, dahlias, St. John’s wort, hosta, red Crocosmia “Lucifer,” calla lilies, purple coneflower, Clethra, Agastache, Campanula “Cherry Bells,” bee balm, milkweed, Stokesia “Blue Danube,” Shasta daisies, Coreopis, gladioli, rose of Sharon and phlox.

The back portion has been fenced in to keep out deer, while the front is planted with deer-resistant plants, including a long hedge of Hidcote lavender.

Admission to each garden is $10, though children 12 and younger are admitted free. For more information on Open Days, visit gardenconservancy.org.