Now I know what I missed by not attending.
Oh well, maybe next year, if Mindy invite me again.
Great garden and great pictures!

Thanks for the peek into Mindy's paradise! I'm especially intrigued by the water features. Did you lug all those rocks yourself??

Martie

Isn't it great? All the neat sculpture and hidden water features. I was there last Sunday for the peony party. My husband took some pictures but by the time I got the camera the batteries died :(. Mindy is in CT this weekend visiting nurseries and gardens. We spent the day yesterday touring open gardens in Washington, CT. She doesn't have a digital camera so she'll love having these pictures of her garden to share with everyone.

Sue

What a lush and varied textured garden!

Now I want to go to the garden center.

Wah! I wish now that I had gone last week for the peony party. But I was a party pooper. :(

What a gorgeous garden you have, Mindy. You've got to get a digicam. I wondered why you had no photos on your site, lol! Like George said, I'll make a better effort to go next year if I get invited again (hint! hint!)

Thanks, Sue, for posting these pictures. They - and the garden - are really wonderful.

:)
Dee

Wonderful! Is it REALLY only a 1/3 acre? It's beautiful, truly inspiring. Now I feel like a ninny for thinking there's no more room in my garden for anything, Mindy has done an awesome job fitting more interesting plants into a small space - and everything looks perfectly grown too.

Mindy, maybe you should write a book about your garden. You are quite an artist!

Thanks so much for sharing the photos, Sue.

Wow! What gorgeous gardens! I would love to see them up close and personal sometime. Thanks for sharing these photos.

Mindy, simply stunning! We also have a small site & now I'm inspsired...thanks for the peek inside your garden!

I visited the Cotton-Arbo retum with a friend this past Saturday afternoon, and we were just delighted with and inspired by what you've done, Mindy. So beautiful, so dense, so rich. The colors of dark plum purples and chartruese repeated throughout were so striking. You are an artist! And what a palette! Thank you! And thanks, Sue, for the photos.
Judye

Forgot to mention the wonderful use of pottery (big, small, glazed, unglazed, whole, broken)!

And we saw butterflies!!

Thanks again for this secret delight!

What a beautiful garden. I was visiting a friend in Wellfleet this past weekend. (She just rebuilt her home and had a landscape designer set up her garden. In a couple years it should be super. Native grass was used in many areas. Anyway the cape was ten degrees cooler and roses were just starting to open.) Mindy is a inspiration to what you can do in a small space. It seems much larger than 1/3 acre.

For all those who haven't visited, do go as soon as you get a chance. Although the peonies and spring flowering trees are just about past, the variety of planting assures something will be in bloom when you go there. Or even for the textures and color combinations, you will be inspired. When I went Mindy was away so I didn't get to meet her but hope to get back there later this summer.

BTW It is hard to believe it is only 1/3 of an acre!

Sue

Hubby and I were there a little over a week ago and it is a gorgeous garden filled with plant treasures everywhere. I was struck by the beautiful foliage colors-blues, yellow, reds, purples, etc. Lots of running water also. Thanks for the photos Sue!

Sue , I am so glad you DID come on friday.And I cannot thank you enough for taking and posting the photos. I just have to focus on getting a dig. camera,and I will make it a priority. However...., we have just returned from this long b'day weekend(Paul McCartney's was yesterday, and mine was today!)with a packed, and windows steaming, VANLOAD of trees, shrubs and perennials- from some of Connecticut's great nurseries(and some WONDERFUL gifts from Sue,Monique and George!)And we must get them in the gardens before the horrid heat hits. So far, it has been a very long process getting out the word about the gardens being open may through october 24/7,and that people DO NOT have to call or reserve; that they can come WHENEVER they want!!!i guess everything new just takes time to get known.

Anyway, it pleases us no end that you and judy and others have come just recently, as Dudley and I both feel that this year is just the best it has ever been here. I really do feel that TIME is such a major factor in allowing one to reach a place of significant non-nitpicking satisfaction with one's garden. We are in our 17th year here,and it has really been just the past year or two, that I have finally felt more satisfaction than dissatisfaction. Honestly.
So please everyone, come ahead, and bring friends!
The quote over our street-side gate entrance is "The Way to Have What We Want Is To Share What We Have". So we look forward to seeing you(or not-if we're not here!) when you come.
best, mindy

Here is a link that might be useful: Cotton-Arbo retum blog and info