Yesterday we visited Spindletree Gardens near Tamworth Ontario. It’s a little further afield than we would normally go for a daytrip, but it was a bus tour so we didn’t have to drive and that took a bit of the edge off the distance. Spindletree is the name Tom Brown and Susan Meisner gave to their extensive gardens. There are acres of gardens on this property and even after over 20 years of gardening, it’s a work in progress. The ponds and the kitchen gardens in particular were fantastic. The gardens have an architectural, almost formal backbone, but within the structure there is room for plenty of relaxed, less tightly controlled areas. There is a great deal of variety that even includes a cedar maze, a Victorian well cover and a promenade through a line of black locusts. Here are a few photos.