Frederick County MD Gardens Open Day – Part 2
/The next garden we visited on The Garden Conservancy’s Open Day last Saturday was Surreybrooke in Middletown, MD. Surreybrooke was a working nursery complete with hoop houses…also the home of the owners for the past 4 decades. We walked through the succulent hoop house to get to the more private gardens around the house. I liked the lushness and color of the succulents they had.
Garden art was everywhere in the plantings – a swan gate, miniature houses surrounded by plants, birdhouses, and many kinds of plant containers.
The owners have collected and moved old buildings such as the spring house – I love the ruggedness of the logs and the variety of chinking.
There were benches of a variety of materials, vintage, and design.
The grounds were soggy from the recent rain so stepping stones were much appreciated.
The high point for me at this garden was the Children’s Garden. There was a tree house with stairs not quite wide enough for an adult…and garden art among lush plantings. The toad houses and child-sized benches were functional…
The rest were whimsical.
The hedgehog stepping stones led to an outhouse….that still looked functional!
