Join horticulturist Deb Munson on July 17 for an in-depth tour behind the gardening scenes at Twin Maples, a beautiful estate garden located in Salisbury, Connecticut, the town where Garden Club of the Back Bay Co-President Jackie Blombach gardens. This Berkshire Botanical Garden field study will give participants insights into the design and maintenance of the formal gardens and container plantings surrounding this Georgian home. Deb will share her gardening expertise, tips and techniques for designing a formal garden of any size. Her talk will focus on the long border, herb garden, terrace and green garden. Follow the transition from these formal gardens to the adjoining naturalistic woodland garden, 40-acre meadow and wonderful shrub borders. Enjoy spectacular views of the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut, a 40-minute drive from Berkshire Botanical Garden. This is an extraordinary garden and a wonderful place to spend a summer morning.

Deb Munson is a horticulturist working in the northwest corner of Connecticut. In addition to designing and maintaining her clients’ amazing gardens, she has created with her husband, Brian, her own mountaintop refuge in Falls Village. She gardens with a strongly environmental and sustainable ethic.

Bring a bag lunch and dress for the weather. Participants can choose to carpool or drive separately. Those joining the carpool should meet in the parking lot at Berkshire Botanical Garden for a 9:15 am departure. Carpool will return at approximately 1:30 pm. (Program time in Salisbury, CT, is 10am – noon.)  BBG member price $50, non-member $60.  Register at http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/ai1ec_event/twin-maples-country-estate-designing-a-garden-to-complement-the-house/?instance_id=2617.