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Address:362 Tyrrel Road
Millbrook, New York
Tel:
(845) 677-8000
Our Botanical Gardens Expert Says:
The particular focus of Innisfree Garden, located around Tyrrel Lake off U.S. Highway 44 from Taconic State Parkway, is to meld the water and stone environment so ubiquitous to the region, into a tasteful garden in the Chinese tradition. Tyrrel Lake, 40 acres in size, is surrounded by cliffs, low hills, waterfalls, and streams. Throughout, stones including sandstone, limestone, granite, and quartz, have been strategically placed. The lotus flower is the most characteristic of the Garden's flora. Innisfree is open from May 7th-October 20th, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
From Innisfree Garden - Millbrook, New York:
Innisfree is a 150-acre public garden in which the ancient art of Chinese landscape design has been reinterpreted to create, without recourse to imitation, a unique American garden. At Innisfree the visitor strolls from one three-dimensional picture to another. Streams, waterfalls, terraces, retaining walls, rocks, and plants are used not only to define areas but also to establish tension or motion. The 40-acre lake is glacial, most of the plant material is native, and the rocks have come from the immediate forest.