PECONIC LAND TRUST / BRIDGE GARDENS / SELECTION
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APRIL 2014
European beech hedge (Fagus sylvatica) and Vermont marble bench.
Close-up of beech hedge. Beeches retain their parchment brown dried leaves almost throughout the winter.
Daffodil, probably Narcissus ‘Arkle’
Waterlily leaves, probably Nymphaea ‘Charlene Strawn’
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MAY 2014
Fading daffodils
Flowering onion flowers
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Summer Snowflake’
Amsonia hubrichtii, Bluestar
Close-up of Viburnum ‘Summer Snowflake’
Iris germanica ‘Immortality’
Allium afflatuense ‘Purple Sensation’ and Lysimachia ciliata ‘Atropurpurea’
Baptisia australis, False indigo
Phyllostachys nuda, Nudesheath bamboo
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JUNE 2014
Opuntia humifusa, Eastern prickly pear cactus
Rose, possibly Rosa ‘Berolina’
Calycanthis ‘Venus’, a hybrid sweetshrub
Papaver somniferum, Poppy
Achillea ‘Apple Blossum’, Yarrow
possibly Rosa ‘Pomponella Fairy Tale’
possibly Rosa ‘Candy Oh’
possibly Rosa ‘Hanna Gordon’
possibly Rosa banksiana ‘Alba Plena’
Rosa ‘Carefree Celebration’ and Persicaria polymorpha
Opuntia humifusa, Eastern prickly pear cactus
Rosa rugosa ‘Frau Dagmar Hastrup’
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JULY 2014
Nymphaea ‘Charlene Strawn’ Waterlily
Allium sphaerocephalon, Drumstick flowering onion
unknown lilies with Spiraea thunbergii ‘Ogon’
Sedum sp.
Cynara cardunculus, Cardoon
Ricinus communis ‘New Zealand Purple’, Castor bean
Acanthus spinosus, Bear’s breech
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AUGUST 2014
‘Chocolate Cherry’ sunflower
‘Pink Giant’ zinnia
Pennisetum alopecuroides, Fountain grass
Stachys lanata, Lamb’s ear
Clematis leaves
Platycodon grandiflora ‘Fuji Blue’, Balloon flower
Fading hosta flowers
Hosta ‘Sum and Substance’
Clematis x jouiana ‘Mrs. Robert Brydon’
Alstroemeria ‘Casablance’, Peruvian lily
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SEPTEMBER 2014
Begonia grandis, Hardy begonia
Fading Japanese anemone
Abelmoschus esculentus ‘Red Burgundy’, Okra
Fading, ripening sunflowers
Rosa ‘Cherry Parfait’
Rosa ‘Belinda’s Dream’
possibly Rosa ‘Morning Magic’
possibly Rosa ‘Morning Magic’
Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’, Japanese anemone
possibly Rosa ‘Morning Magic’
The Garden House through the cattails
‘Russian Mammoth’ sunflower
hickory leaves & trunk, probably Carya glabra
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OCTOBER 2014
Rosa ‘Pomponella Fairy Tale’ and Ajania pacifica
Rosa ‘Burgundy Iceberg’ with powdery mildew
Drought damaged Anemone ‘Honoring Joubert’
‘Hopi Red Dye’ amaranth and Dahlia ‘Gingeroo’
Chrysanthemum ‘Hillside Sheffield Pink’
Ageratum houstonianum ‘Dondo Blue’
unknown pollinator and fading rose
hickory nut shells, probably pignut hickory
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NOVEMBER 2014
Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Boston ivy
either Rosa ‘Easy Goin’ or Rosa ‘Easy Does It’
Acer palmatum var. dissectum atropurpureum, Purple cutleaf Japanese maple
Hosta and oak leaves
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Special thanks to Rick Bogusch, Bridge Gardens manager, for the plant identifications.
Peconic Land Trust: BRIDGE GARDENS
Bridge Gardens was established in 1988 by Harry Neyens and Jim Kilpatric, who designed and installed the gardens over the ensuing 10 years. In 1997, Bridge Gardens Trust was created as a charitable corporation to maintain and preserve the gardens. In 2008, Neyens and Kilpatric donated Bridge Gardens to the Peconic Land Trust. Since operated under the auspices of the Trust, Bridge Gardens has grown as a horticultural oasis in the heart of Bridgehampton, and has been the setting for a broad array of cultural and educational programs, including its annual lecture series. Joining the Trust in 2008 as Garden Director, Rick Bogusch has become a locally known expert in garden design and planning, as well as for his culinary acumen, using plants found throughout the garden.
In 2012, Bridge Gardens adopted a mission to serve as a multi-purpose, multi-disciplinary outdoor classroom, demonstration garden and community resource – and tied the Gardens purpose more closely to the mission of the Peconic Land Trust. With this in mind, the Gardens’ vegetable bed, planted in 2010, doubled in size. In the Outer Garden, two large demonstration beds were created alongside the rose garden and planted with cover crops to demonstrate techniques for improving soil fertility – in both an attractive and beneficial way. Additionally, the programs planned at Bridge Gardens during the Spring, Summer and Fall all provide an educational component tied to sustainable garden and living practices.
Bridge Gardens will be open weekends through the end of October. Summer hours, which include Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, will begin Memorial Day weekend. Bridge Gardens covers over five acres and consists of an Inner Garden and an Outer Garden. Developed first, the Inner Garden features a large, meticulously-trimmed knot garden surrounded by beds of 180 different culinary, medicinal, ornamental, and textile and dyeing herbs. Overlooking these plantings, the garden house is the manager’s residence/education center. In the Outer Garden, the favorite attraction is a collection of antique and modern roses. Bridge Gardens also contains animal topiaries, perennial beds and borders, a water garden, woodland paths, a hidden bamboo room, double hedgerows of privet with viewing ports, and specimen shrubs and trees.
www.peconiclandtrust.org
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Site map courtesy of the Peconic Land Trust.
Photographs © Jeff Heatley
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