Open Days

July 11 Ithaca Area Open Day

Hillman Garden

One of the many interesting features in this thirteen-acre estate is a 100-foot perennial border with garden ornaments, fronted by a stone wall and backed by a board fence that divides the lawn, old brick paths, house, Lord & Burnham greenhouse, and pergola from stunning open vistas of horse pasture and horses. A one-acre fish pond with raft and dock nestle between two vegetable gardens, an apple orchard, and a riding ring. The koi pool made from two pallets of river washed stone, a meandering stream, and a path with four bridges takes the lower route through the shade garden of hostas and ligularia. The property also boasts more than 100 dahlias, and more than seventy labeled potentially poisonous plants. The old board fence and forty-five-year-old spruce trees make this a special private retreat.