The American Conifer Society will venture to Southwest New Hampshire August 12 and 13 to take in 4 private gardens around the Keene area in August 2016. NH boasts natural beauty – mountains, farming, granite, forests and water and this natural scenery is the backdrop for these four gardens. We will explore a garden in cultivation for 45 years, two in cultivation for 25 years and a new 10 year old garden. In addition to conifers, beech and perennials, we will view a sugaring house, natural cranberry fens (floating bog), farmstead built in 1790’s and a newly built medieval style manor house complete with stonework by renowned mason, Dan Snow. Stay a few days and take in Brattleboro, Vermont, the White Mountains of NH or hike Mt. Monadnock.
The Conference, taking place at The Courtyard by Marriott, 75 Railroad Street in Keene, begins at 3 pm Friday and that evening’s dinner speaker is Kris Fenderson, who will present Gardening in the Same Spot for 45 Years: Lessons and Triumphs. On Saturday, buses leave at 8 am for Grout Hill, and at 10:15 the trip to Woodland Farms begins. At 12:15 there will be three guided tours of Distant Hills Garden, including floating fens, sugar house, and Monarch butterfly fueling station. For complete information and registration, visit http://northeast.conifersociety.org/events/event/ne-regional-meeting-new-hampshire/
