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Events
Greetings from Gary & Sarah Milek
The buzz this year is Edible Landscapes—meaning flowers in the vegetable garden and vegetables in the flower gardens and containers! It’s practical, beautiful and fun. When flowers and edibles are combined you can have beauty and eat it too, while conserving on space and effort. There are many vegetables that are both beautiful and edible, lending themselves to the landscape.
Plants are good for us, and this is not a glib statement. Surrounding ourselves with plants indoors and out, caring for them and being in nature can improve our mood, concentration, attitude, productivity, and overall wellbeing according to a lecture given by Dr. Charlie Hall at Texas A&M University.
Our goal this year at Cider Hill Gardens is to entice you to surround yourself with plants, encourage you to try some edible landscaping by offering unusual edible plants, and help you to garden successfully and happily.
In addition to unusual perennials and
herbs we also carry:
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Products to discourage deer, slugs,
groundhogs, squirrels and voles. |
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Fertilizers, pest management and
non-chemical herbicide. |
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VEGETABLE and HERB SEEDLINGS, on
sale as long as they last. |
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White cedar raised beds in three
sizes—ideal for vegetable gardening! |
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We also accept our pots back to wash
and use again. |
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2011 Gardens & Gallery Hours
May - June: Daily, 10 - 6
July - Sept: Thur - Sun, 10-6
Oct: Fri-Sun, 10-5
Gallery Only
Nov, Fri - Sun, 10 - 5
Dec - April: By appointment |
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BECOME A CIDER HILL
GREEN GARDENER!
Earn plant shopping
credits with every plant purchase and be
eligible for special promotions and member
events. Sign up for a free membership card on
your next visit to the gardens.
Details here. |
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FRI
April 29 |
THE WAIT IS OVER: GARDENS & GALLERY OPEN FOR THE SEASON!
Choose from a wide selection of potted herbs, vegetable starts and unusual perennials in
addition to our very large collections of Primroses, Wildflowers and Woodlanders, Peonies, Daylilies and Hostas. For inspiration,
meander through well-established display gardens nestled within our
wild apple orchard, woodlands and fields. |
SAT - SUN
May 14 - 15 |
CELEBRATING SPRING'S TENACIOUS & FLEETING FLOWERS: WOODLAND, WILDFLOWER & PRIMROSE DAYS
Daily 10:30-11:30 am, TALK & TOUR:
We show you many diverse spring-time plants and share our
knowledge of growing and protecting spring’s tenacious and
fleeting flowers. Look over our extensive collection of
potted primroses and wildflowers for sale. |
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SAT-SUN
May 20 - 22
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ANNUAL PUT-IN-YOUR GARDEN SALE: HERBS, VEGETABLE PLANT SALE &
RAISED BEDS:
Our annual celebration of herbs and vegetable sale!
FREE Culinary Herbs Print with $200 purchase.
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MAY 27 - SEPT 11 |
CORNISH COLONY ARTIST'S GUILD ART SHOW
See Gary’s paintings, among other artists, in the Gallery. |
FRI-SUN
June 10 - 12 |
OH SO MANY VARIETIES: PEONY DAYS
Daily 10:30 - 11:30 am, TALK & TOUR:
Come celebrate the voluptuous beauty and fragrance of ancient peonies. Learn how to grow
herbaceous and tree peonies, when to dig and divide, and the
differences of the many varieties. As we tour the gardens, view
singles semi-doubles, doubles, and anemone, Japanese, and tree
peonies from our large collection of more than 100 varieties. Look over our extensive collection of potted peonies for
sale.
*** Look for DAILY CHANGING SPECIALS—Pick up our “Growing
Peonies” tip sheets and enjoy light refreshments. |
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June 25, 12-1 PM |
MANAGE THOSE PESKY PESTS & WEEDS: TALK & LUNCH IN THE GARDEN WITH SARAH:
Enjoy your bag lunch in the garden while Sarah leads a discussion on conscientious pest management. Learn how to deter deer, ground hogs and bugs from eating your plants. Beverages provided. |
FRI - SUN
July 8 - 10 |
FROM MINIATURE TO HUGE: HOSTA DAYS
Daily 10:30-11:30- TALK & TOUR: As we tour our hosta
collection of more than 100 varieties, view mature specimens, from
miniature to huge. Observe many leaf forms ranging from variegated
to quilted, cupped, puckered, or even frilly pie-crust edges. Learn
how to grow hostas, when to dig and divide them, and the differences
between the many varieties. Look over our extensive collection of
potted hostas for sale.
*** Look for DAILY CHANGING SPECIALS—Pick up our “Growing Hostas” tip sheets and enjoy light refreshments. |
FRI - SUN
July 22 - 24 |
A SUMPTUOUS CELEBRATION OF SUMMER: DAYLILY DAYS
Enjoy the display. Walk our daylily fields and gardens. Ask questions. See more than 100 varieties in a wide range of shapes
from trumpet, recurved, triangular, circular, star, spider, double,
hose-in-hose, or ruffled in vast arrays of colors and patterns
(called bands, halos, eyes or watermarks). Let us help you find just the right daylilies for your garden. Plants are available sale, potted or field dug.
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Look for DAILY CHANGING SPECIALS—Pick up our “Growing
Daylilies” tip sheets and enjoy light refreshments. |
To view Gary Milek’s work, visit
www.garymilek.com |
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We’re easy
to find! Cider Hill is 2-1/2 miles from the traffic light in the center of
Windsor, where
you turn onto State Street. At the end of State Street, continue up the
hill to Hunt Road—do not
bear right toward the hospital.
When you think you’ve gone too far, you’re almost there! Look for our sign
on the left.
802-674-6825 |
