Donna's Farmette

About

I like to think of my garden as a lady's garden that let itself go a while back, yet in its abandon, still manages to be quite ravishing at times. As an organic farmette–or small farm–it can be a bit fussy at time but only because it produces a little bit of so much–vegetables, dahlias and berries, roses, fruits, herbs. Its natives (1/2), tropicals, vegetables, fruit, and herbs are often planted together.

The rose garden (organically intoxicated by a special brew), for example, is bordered by a Clerodendrum tree and a raspberry patch and underplanted with strawberries. Over time, the birds have spread the word, and plants have reseeded—boneset, lespedeza, lobelia, ageratum—so there are many family relations among the gardens.

These include a perennial bed terraced up a hill, a potager, and a meadow of daffodils, tulips, and alliums, which by June becomes a woodland under the leafy canopy of an ancient white mulberry.

Here, architectural elements—rustic fencing, a barn, a small circular pond—give structure to the wildness that is at the heart of the garden.

This garden's estimated size is 1/3 acre.

This Garden Host reports the following Terrain Notes about the garden: Some of the garden areas are sited up a small hill. The walkways are grass.

2026 Open Day Date: Saturday, September 19

Open Day Hours: 10am–4pm