Open Garden of Marilyn & Peter Zaret
346 North Mountain Avenue, Montclair
This Thursday, August 15, 2024
5:00 to 9:00
Our quest to live near a train station led us to a circa 1750 house where we learned that our sliver of land was once part of a 500-acre Dutch farm which explained this unusual wild streak tucked among our pristine neighbors.
For the past 25 years we have planted dozens of shrubs and trees while violent storms removed others. Chuck Baum, our amazing garden designer, came on board five years ago and relocated most of our plantings to areas where space and sunlight (or shade) made them thrive. Deer sensitive shrubs and perennials were protected inside the pool fence and deer resistant ones filled the front property along with a growing collection of charming trees that Chuck titled “The Arboretum.”
His masterpiece, a 25-foot-high rustic arch, hovers over this old farmland. On your way up the path, try out the swing it supports. Friends are welcome.
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