By joenesgarden, 4 months and 28 days ago

Gardens to See: Naumkeag

Gardeners and others seeking to witness ways to optimize the particulars of a landscape with simple, striking design should add a visit to Naumkeag to their list of gardens to see.  Naumkeag, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, was the summer retreat of Joseph Choate and family.  The 44-room 'cottage' and surrounding gardens sit high on a hill overlooking Monument Mountain.  The gardens were designed by famed landscape architect, Fletcher Steele, though history hints that Choate's daughter, Mabel, helped.

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