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Myers Garden

Myers garden contains more than 550 different varieties of perennials.

Myers Garden

The garden spans six acres and features include a working water mill and historic barn

Water feature at Wayne Myers garden
Image by Wayne Myers

A water feature cascades below a stone patio

Garden sculpture
Image by Wayne Myers

One of Wayne's whimsical garden creatures, made from old garden tools and tractor parts

Garden sculpture at Wayne Myers garden
Image by Wayne Myers

Garden sculpture made from old garden tools and tractor parts

Garden sculptures at Wayne Myers
Image by Wayne Myers

Egret sculptures at the pond

Myers' Gardens

Spencer, NY

Six acres of rolling lawn and perennial beds contain more than 550 different varieties of perennials nestled behind and between fieldstone walls and structures. Features include a covered bridge, a working water wheel on a post-and-beam constructed feed mill, a blacksmith shop, and a huge glass sponge fossil rock enclosed in a unique display case. There is also a thirty-foot-diameter stone sundial and a potting shed garden with four raised beds.

NOTE: This garden was featured on an Open Days Garden Tour and is not open to the public at other times.

Last updated October 15, 2022

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