Saturday, June 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Greater Boston Area Open Day
The Garden Conservancy is proud to partner with the Mary M.B. Wakefield Estate to bring you this Greater Boston Area Open Day on Saturday, June 9. Each June, the Wakefield Estate welcomes visitors to celebrate the annual blooming of hundreds of Polly Wakefield’s Kousa dogwood trees during “Dogwood Days”. As host garden, the Wakefield Estate has helped us line up several remarkable gardens, some with important historical horticultural pedigrees and others reflecting remarkable accomplishments of local gardeners and landscape designers.
Begin your day at the Wakefield Estate, pick up a map and head out to see some or all of these great and inspiring gardens. A guided tour of the Wakefield Estate will be offered at 1 p.m., rain or shine.
Mary M. B. Wakefield Estate
Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 1465 Brush Hill Road. Milton, MA, 02186
Open Days coincides with the Wakefield Estate’s own Dogwood Days, timed to give the public a rare opportunity to enjoy our collection of hundreds of Chinese Dogwoods.
Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate
Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 2468B Washington Street. Canton, MA, 02021
Once a colonial farmstead known as Cherry Hill Farm, the Bradley Estate was transformed in 1902 into a classic country estate.
Dustman-Ryan Garden
Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 353 Park Street. West Roxbury, MA, 02132
This garden reflects the creative efforts of a mighty team: Christie Dustman, professional garden designer and Patti Ryan, a professional furniture maker.
The former “Mrs. Holden McGinley Garden” designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman (pictured below)
Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 582 Blue Hill Avenue. Milton, MA, 02186
An intact garden designed for Mrs. Holden McGinley by Ellen Biddle Shipman in 1925, at the peak of her illustrious career as one of America’s premiere landscape architects.
The Roberts Garden – Formerly the “Helen Gilbert Estate” Designed by Fletcher Steele
Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 173 School Street. Milton, MA, 02186
Not to be missed! The Roberts Garden was formerly the Helen Gilbert Estate, designed by Fletcher Steele between 1953 and 1960.
Complete details may be found at https://www.gardenconservancy.org/open-days/open-days-schedule/greater-boston-area-ma-open-day-3
