Perhaps you read The Secret Garden as a child, and remember this cover? Or maybe you just know that Tasha Tudor lives in Vermont and has a gorgeous garden, chronicled by Tovah Martin and photographed by Richard Brown? (Joe Eck of North Hill helped her with part of that garden; it’s in the June 1989 issue of Horticulture.)
Well! Did you know you can tour her garden, as well as those of her family members living on the same property? Four tours are offered this year, two each on June 28th and June 29th, for the princely sum of $165 per adult. Tickets go on sale March 4th and are expected to sell out fast.
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Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. •
USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural;
Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian
Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level:
intermediate
• Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY
native plants, gardening with/for children
It is one of the peculiarities of garden-making, the greatest of all the arts, that there are no "great" gardens made by welfare recipients …
Brian Bixley, Essays on Gardening in a Cold Climate
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Twitter: @ZanthanGardens
Tovah Martin’s books of Tasha Tudor’s garden were a couple of my early inspirations when I first started gardening at this house. I’d love to go. Maybe next year.
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Wow, I’d really like to go, but I’m going too many other places this year. My children want a mommy at least some of the time, and I don’t think I can talk them into it for vacation. I can just hear the sneers and snarls now.~~Dee
Love, love, love her. From the time I was a kid. My mom used to buy me her advent calendar every year and I still have them all, about half a dozen. Also, The Secret Garden might be my favorite book of all time (or tied with Confederacy of Dunces).
She creates such lovely illustrations. Her mind must be filled with beauty. There’s a sense of peace whenever I read her books.
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I imagine this secret garden tour would be pretty wonderful …
I wasn’t familar with Tasha Tudor’s artwork b4 I read that book about her garden. (I’m so jealous of her ability to have the common Bleeding Heart not go dormant!) Then I started getting her books for my kids. My daughter’s & my favorite is “Corgiville Christmas.” What a treat it would be to tour her garden.
Oooh, I wish I could go! I’ve been a fan of Tasha Tudor ever since my aunt gave me a copy of “The Secret Garden” when I was 10 years old. I still own and treasure the book. In fact, just this morning I was wondering if there was a book available about her gardens. I’ll have to look this one up! I own the cookbook she published and it’s a real treasure.
I love the book of Tasha Tudor’s Garden. I feel myself relaxing just looking at it. I have checked it out of the library over and over again. Maybe it’s time to finally buy it. I truly wish I could take a garden tour of her place.
She’s one of my heroes and now you’ve got me thinking…
Tasha Tudor is one of my favorite artist. I have been looking for her prints for my guest room. I would pay that much to see her gardens. It is very meaningful that her family still lives there too. What a treat!
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