Photo/Illustration: Danielle Sherry
FG’s senior editor, Danielle Sherry, came back from a trip recently so excited about a nursery she’d visited that she insisted I share it with you all. After I saw the photos she’d taken I agreed.
Danielle says, “Anyone who loves cool nurseries and/or stunning gardens and has NOT visited Cady’s Falls Nursery better run right out and book a trip to this remote locale. It’s a treasure of a place, just off the beaten path in Morrisville, Vermont.
“Don and Lela Avery pride themselves on offering truly unique plants that you can’t find anywhere else, from a Norway spruce called ‘Perry’s Golden’ that gets blonde “highlights” in spring to a sticky, lizard-looking bog plant that catches its weight in mosquitoes daily. These plants, along with several hundred others, can be seen in all their mature glory throughout their incredible display gardens. I got lost in them for several hours this spring and I still don’t think I saw everything. Check out more photos and their plant lists at the nursery website: www.cadysfallsnursery.com. This place is definitely worth the trip!”
Thanks, Danielle! (And thanks, also, for finding a garden to feature in Vermont, our 40th state to be featured on the GPOD!)
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Comments
Wow,Wow,Wow! I am so inspired! Your website is wonderful... so informative with wonderful pictures that actually show the plants in situ. I will book a vacation soon to see your wonderful nursery. I will be a little sad however that I will be unable to take some of your wonderful plants back to Canada.
Totally AWESOME! Thank you for bringing this Nursery to our attention. Definately on my "to-do" list!
Wished I lived even remotely close to such a wonderful nursery...although my checkbook is probably breathing a sigh of relief since it knows it would be reduced to zero with so much temptation. I really appreciate when a nursery business goes that extra mile to create bona fide gardens for customers to enjoy and be inspired by. Now I'm off to enjoy their website.
Alas, Cady's Falls is no longer one of my big secrets! People may be interested to know they have a few specialties -- dwarf woodies, especially the Genus Larix, and wildflowers. It is nearly a five hour drive for me, but I take a carload of friends and we come home loaded to the gills. It is a mom and pop business, they don't do mail order or credit. So be sure to take your checkbook.
What a fine example of a nursery/display garden. Nurseries of this type are so useful, not to mention wonderful just to walk around in and experience. Being able to see a mature plant, the size and shape and associated plantings, is quite instructive. But then having the material available right there on the spot gives the "looker" a chance buy with the hopes of siting the plant material appropriately so as to achieve maximum effect.
I am certain that the garden centre is great, but the garden is fabulous. Wonderful example of contrast in mass/form, texture and colour. Very inspiring - thanks!
Cady's Falls Nursery is outstanding with its plant selections and displays, I enjoyed their web site immensely, and most especially their conifers in winter... there you will see why I'm forever suggesting folks in the northern climes plant conifers.
So beautiful, who would have thought it was a nursery! I wish it was near us so we could visit it.
Great spot! Look at all of that foliage and what a great backdrop it is for the flowers. Would love to see shots of this nursery garden in fall and winter.
I was just so blown away looking at these photos and their website...so beautiful what they have done! And to know we are in the same growing zone 4 makes up for all the times I see Zone 5 and up gardens with great plants we can't grow here in Minnesota...obviously we have more than enough to choose from. Wish this particular nursery was closer!
Formandfoliage: At the Cady's Falls Nursery web site there are sections with wonderful seasonal pictures. I only wish I lived a bit closer.
we have been going to Cady's Falls for the last 20+ yrs and it has become, along with the display gardens at Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth MA, the most spectacular garden (open to the public)in New England, imo. It is 1/2 hr. north
of Stowe VT; about 1.5 hrs from charming Burlington VT, and about 4-4.5 hrs from boston.
When I was thinking about creating our website,I saw Don and Lela's and found it just perfect. I asked if I could copy its main design elements and, being the open and good hearted people that they are, they said yes! What a relief for non-pc savvy me! Don is as amazing a photographer artist as he is a plant grower, and the hundreds of photos on the Cady's Falls website- are a continual inspiration and spiritual lift for me. There SERIOUSLY needs to be a large color book of his Cady's Falls photos.
best,
mindy
http://www.cottonarboretum.com/
Thank you for sharing. I will visit. My brother has property about 35 miles from there. Beautiful website. Wow.
Okay, this is the 3rd time today that I have revisited the pictures, website (awestruck) and read your comments. We now have a trip planned to include Cady's Falls & Tranquil Lake Nursery. (thanks arboretum) Having recently removed some trees in our yard/gardens I'm looking for new ideas. Thanks tractor1 for putting the plug in for conifers. It motivates me to look at our spaces a bit differently.
I have to go here! As I see so many small local nurseries go out of business around me, it's great to see one so spectacular thriving. It's the kind of nursery that inspires a next generation of gardeners. Wow.
This nursery/garden is absolutely beautiful. I love every photo on the web site and can't wait to visit, since our Grandchildren live in Burlington !!! Thank you for including these amazing gardeners on the blog !
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