As a Senior Master Gardener, Dhanu volunteers at the Cornell Co-Operative Extension Service in Orange County, New York. She is a collector of unusual shade perennials and fragrant tropical plants, primarily from Asia. Her garden has a tropical appearance centered around two Japanese koi fish ponds, and it contains an extensive collection of hellebores, hosta, epimediums, heuchera, tiarellas, Siberian iris, sedum, Japanese maples, clumping bamboo, and other shade-loving plants. On Friday and Saturday during the months of May and June she sells divisions of the plants in her garden to the public, usually at prices under $10. Hopefully she will still have some plants available when we arrive in July. For more information on this garden see Dhanu’s website: wwwsymphonyperennials.com. Bring your chair, your lunch, a dessert to share, and a plant or two for our auction, which will follow the tour of Dhanu’s garden. After the auction we will be travelling on to nearby Manza Family Farm for some extra purchasing opportunities. So come join in the fun!

From I-287 NORTH: Take the exit onto I-87 N/NY-17 N toward Albany Continue to follow I-87 N (Toll road) At Exit 16 merge onto NY-17 W toward US-6/Harriman (Toll road) Continue onto US-6 W towards Middletown (be in left lane) Take Exit 126 towards Chester At the traffic light make Right on NY 94 East towards Chester Pass intersection traffic light of 94 and 17 M (Mobile Gas station on left, McDonald’s on the Right) Continue to follow NY-94 E --1.5 miles Turn left at Johnson Rd (it’s a farm road) - 0.6 miles At the stop sign Turn left at Craigville Road -- 0.9 miles Take the 1st right onto Ridge Road - 0.5 miles Turn left at Ridgeview Terrace - 0.4 miles, come to the dead end (Black fence on the left). #23 is on the left, beige house with beige stone wall on one side of drive way.

From I-84 WEST: Take exit 5A for NY-747 toward Stewart Airport/International Boulevard At the traffic light, turn left at NY-747 S - 2.6 miles At the traffic light, turn right NY-207 W , continue to follow NY-207 W - 4.8 miles Turn left at Shea Road - 1.1 miles At the stop sign, turn right at Sarah Wells Trail- 0.2 miles Take the 1st left onto Ridge Rd - 3.9 miles Turn right at Ridgeview Terrace -0.4 miles, come to the dead end (Black fence on the left) #23 is on the left, beige house with beige stone wall on one side of driveway.