This summer, unearth the boundless beauty of the cutting garden and explore sustainable gardening practices at Hillwood!

Marjorie Merriweather Post loved displaying fresh cut flowers throughout her home. This tradition continues today as the cutting garden produces nearly one thousand stems a week during the height of summer. From sunflowers and zinnias to eucalyptus and lisianthus, a weekly harvest supplies a bounty of flowers which are used in arrangements throughout the property. Learn about sustainability at Hillwood through insider information about our green initiatives and ecological horticultural practices. Tour the garden in all its glory and learn a few tips and secrets from a Hillwood gardener along the way.

Tickets are distributed at the Ellen MacNeille Charles Visitor Center upon opening each day. This thirty-minute tour is limited to fifteen and meets in the visitor center conservatory.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Jessica Bonilla (she/her) became Hillwood’s director of horticulture in 2020 after more than a decade working in the horticulture department. She leads her staff in all aspects of garden and greenhouse upkeep. With over twenty-five years of experience, her career began in commercial landscaping followed by nearly ten years as the head gardener at a private estate in Rochester, NY, where she also ran her own landscaping business. She has a bachelor’s degree in landscape contracting from Penn State.