Old Germantown Gardens

Tucked away on a wooded parcel near Forest Park, Old Germantown Gardens is a nearly 2-acre hillside garden that is a wealth of garden diversity, including ponds, bog gardens, perennial beds and borders, woodland plantings, rock garden, dry hillside garden, and a greenhouse full of unusual tropical plants. Each garden habitat is stuffed full of plants – rare, unusual and common ones too. Parts of the garden are now almost 33 years old; the process of renovation and serious editing has begun (while still procuring new plants like there is no tomorrow)! Adjacent to the house is a French/Italian-style patio-terrace with small decorative pools, a fountain, rill, and waterfall, all contained within hand-chiseled stone walls. We have recently restored woodland trails in the back 3 acres of our forest area. Take a stroll through the native woods. You might even spot the local herd of elk! After exploring the extensive hillside trails (both in and outside the garden), visitors are welcome to refreshments on the terrace or upstairs deck while taking in a birds-eye view of Old Germantown Gardens.