Carol and Bill have been Tri-State members for many years and are two of the most enthusiastic hostaphiles and plant collectors around. Their garden features over 1,000 of the newest hosta cultivars along with a wide range of other rare plants, including some that can be seen nowhere else. Bill is a hybridizer who has several plants coming onto the market in the next few years and you can get an advance look at those and see his other seedlings as well. Carol is well known for her collecting and her battles for the rarest plants at hosta auctions. The garden has more than doubled in size since the last time Tri-State toured there. Come see their newly combined collections of rhodies, rare trees and shrubs, conifers, semps and sedums, hellebores, variegated annuals and perennials , and of course….hostas. Bring your notepads and cameras!
There will be an auction in this garden so in addition to your lunch, a chair, and a dessert to share, please bring a plant or two for the auction.
If you choose to go directly to the Brashear-Meyer Garden, see the directions below. Otherwise, if you are leaving from the Sandford's garden to come to this garden, please see the directions at the bottom of the Sandford Garden page.
From the North & East: Take I-84 West to Exit #17 Take Exit # 17 (CT- Route 64 exit) toward CT- Middlebury/Woodbury Turn slight Right onto Chase Pkwy/CT-64 Continue to follow CT-64 for 7.6 miles Turn Right onto Main Street South/US-6 at the traffic light and travel 1.0 mile Turn Left onto CT-317 at the traffic light Continue to follow CT-317 for 1.9 miles Turn Right onto Mackay Farm Road #16 is the second house on the right Park on either side of Mackay Farm Road.