May 24 Erie Area Open Day

Published May 5, 2009

May 24, 2009

The big news is The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program 2009. For the first time ever in the history of the program (since 1995) six private gardens in the Erie area have been accepted and will be featured this spring. Two of the gardens are in North East. Two are in Fairview. One is in McKean and one is in Erie.

Bonnie and Mark Bestoso 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

This six-acre blank canvas was purchased in the mid-fifties. Garden development began with the planting of numerous trees, shrubs and foundation plantings. Wayside Gardens then designed...

Brier Hill Garden 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Brier Hill Gardens is a twelve-acre site with a naturalized, contoured ravine that reveals a spring-fed stream and pools. The gardens were originally created in the spring of 1927 by Arthur Wescott Cowell...

The Frenzel Gardens 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Twenty-five years ago, Bob and Kathleen Frenzel acquired a seventy-year-old stone house on seven acres of heavily wooded property on Lake Erie. Mature plantings of deciduous trees, conifers...

Raku Place 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Raku Place is a forty-seven-acre naturalized Arts and Crafts-style garden with eighteen named gardens and a serendipitous "Continental Divide" that provides two gentle water courses, creating fourteen...

Grimshaw Glen 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Nestled in the valley between Concord vineyards is historic Grimshaw Glen. Ivy-covered ruins of the Grimshaw winery are the backdrop for the informal one-acre garden. Six generations of family...

Brett and Kitty Maloney 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

You will find more than three acres of informal gardens that reflect the interests and philosophy of the owners, "Nature is the caretaker and we are the receivers." This certified wildlife garden hosts a...

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