Virginia's Garden

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Virginia's Garden is "Gardening On A Slope"- with the lower level at Dyer's Bay road and the uppermost garden at the base of a section of the Niagara Escarpment. The lower level includes rock gardens that have paths to allow visitors to explore and get close enough to see and smell the individual plants. On the steepest areas of the slope the beds are terraced and are planted with a variety of bulbs and perennials.


Roses are included within most of the flowerbeds, and an herb garden enjoys the sunniest spot at the top of the slope. There are several types of Lavender, Dianthus, and Phlox that either perch on or cascade from the rocks that surround each bed.

 

The highest level of the garden is in the shade of the cliff by 5:00 pm in mid-summer, and most of the other gardens get full sun. There are also a few gardens that are shaded; these are planted with ferns and other shade loving species.

Virginia's Garden can be best described as "Cottage " gardening in both form and style. The raised beds were built over several years with local stone and trucked in soil. Some of the beds are thirteen years old and a few have been rebuilt and renovated over this last year. A few years ago half barrels became a feature of the top garden. These are planted with Cannas, annuals, and Dahlias in very bright shades of red and orange that delights both gardeners and many of the visitors to my garden. 

 

Children are welcome and enjoy checking out the sundial to see if it really can tell the time, walking the paths to see where they lead, patting plants such as bronze fennel, and following butterflies and humming birds in season.

Perennial plants offered for sale are grown on site and photos of any not currently blooming are available for viewing.

 

Access: There are two entrances to the garden: to the left are stairs with a secure railing; to the right is a fairly steep slope which has been navigated with mechanized wheelchairs and those propelled manually with the assistance of fellow garden visitors.

Virginia's Garden
1015 Dyer's Bay Road on the Bruce Peninsula

OPEN  

Mother's Day to Thanksgiving Day

Daily 9 - 4 
(except Tue and Thurs.)

Phone: (519) 795-7101
E-Mail:  virginiasgarden@amtelecom.net

Entrance Fee  -   $3.00 
Large groups - please contact me in advance. 


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