Today’s guest returned from a 1979 trip visiting English gardens inspired to do some garden-making of his own. His canvas was a northwestern Connecticut hillside and not the Cotswolds, and the home he’d just purchased wasn’t a grand manor house but a simple 18th century farmhouse. Nevertheless, George Schoellkopf brought the feel of an English garden to life at the place that became Hollister House—which today is a much-visited destination garden and also the site of a rich offering of educational programs throughout the season, including the popular Garden Study Weekend early each September.
In the gardens at Hollister House in Washington, Connecticut, George Schoellkopf has contrasted the formal and informal, made room-like spaces to explore, and experimented with a wide-ranging palette of plants over the years. He will be talking about the making of Hollister House on Saturday, Sept. 6, at the annual Garden Study Weekend there, along with several other noted speakers on a diversity of topics. On the podcast we talked about the making of the garden, and more.
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