283 Brennan’s Road
(Parking along Brennan’s Road)
Sunday, May 27
Sunday, June 10
Sunday, June 17
1pm - 5pm
Food donations for the local food bank gratefully accepted.
Donna and John's garden began modestly in the 70’s on their beautiful property. Today the garden covers approximately 8 acres and includes a large spring fed pond with two bridges crossing over two small islands. On a large rock in the pond, a bronze frog sits eyeing a bejeweled dragonfly attached to aged iron bulrushes to add a touch of whimsy. Arbours enhance the natural beauty of flowering beds which overflow with a wide variety of perennials, annuals and bulbs. Each arbour is covered with its own flower – roses, clematis, honeysuckle, grape vines and wisteria. A stunning collection of more than 250 different rhododendrons and azaleas, assorted shrubs and specialty trees, such as the stewartia, catalpa and tulip tree add to the splendour. Following the garden paths alongside the ponds, you experience the reflective power of the water as well as the waterlilies themselves and other water and marginal plantings. And, no matter where you are within this garden paradise, you are surrounded by woodlands full of spruce, fir, maples and white birch as well as many native shrubs like the serviceberry, choke cherry, viburnum, rhodora and many more. Advancing up the gradual grade of the garden, the Silver’s have put in ‘roads’ which they have named after each of their three grand-daughters. John continues to manipulate the naturally fed streams into what some day may be a small waterfall feature. Most days however he is heavily involved in cutting up and cleaning up the windfall that has occurred and continues to occur since Hurricane Juan. This only adds to the fantastic view at the top of the garden which overlooks Shad Bay.
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