The Gardens at Elm Bank, the headquarters of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, are a collection of beautiful gardens each focused around a theme. Weezie’s Garden is a garden designed for children, the Italianate Garden, designed by the Olmsted Brothers, is an homage to the formal gardens of Italy, and the New England Trial Garden gives gardeners an opportunity to see what growers are planning to release the next season. There is also an Herb Garden, and Azalea and Rhododendron Garden. While each of these gardens is special, for gardeners and homeowners who appreciate the garden style of England, the Bressingham Garden is the one to see and explore.
The Bressingham Garden, at over an acre in size, is by far the largest garden at Elm Bank. It was designed by Adrian Bloom, a renowned English garden designer, and features perennials selected for four-season interest. According to Mass Hort, “plants featured promise to grow to a mature height under 30’ tall and have been selected for four season enjoyment and sustainability.”
A great feature of the garden is all of the plants are labeled, and most of the labels are accompanied with QR codes which, when you point your cell phone at them with the proper application, give you further information about the plants.
We recently paid a visit to the Bressingham Garden and were impressed with its beauty and layout. Take a look at the images below, and see if you agree. It’s definitely one of the best landscape designs in the Dover and Wellesley area.
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Salvia and miscanthus grasses Salvia and miscanthus grasses provide a contrast between the upright forms of the grasses and the mounding form of the purple salvia.
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A collage of colors at Bressingham Garden in Wellesley Rhus typhina "Tiger Eyes" stands out among the various greens in this collage of colors.
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Focal point in design The vertical structure and contrast of colors of the weeping beach is accentuated by the rounded shapes and variegated cream and olive green of the red twig dogwood.
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Spiderwort and red twigged dogwood A nice contrast of color between spiderwort and red twigged dogwood.
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Perennial Plantings at Bressingham Garden at Mass Hort's Gardens at Elm Bank Note the color contrast between the chartreuse of the coreopsis, lavender of the salvias, the burgundy and pinks of the knock-out roses and the purple smoke bush. To the left are blue Eryngium.
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Note the contrast in color and texture between the Coral Bells (heuchera) and false cypress.
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Ground covers and hostas at Bressingham Garden in Wellesley Ground covers and hostas are intertwined over time by natural processes creating a mosaic effect in this area of the Bressingham Garden in Wellesley.