Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden


Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden is a small botanical garden less than 100 square feet specialized in cactus and succulents, in Middlebury, Vermont, United States.

Location and access

It is located in a private residence in a bioclimatic zone in far north in New England.
Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden, Halladay Road, Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont VT 05753 United States of America
It is open to the public after a phone call to arrange the visit.

History

The botanical garden arose from a happy idea of the couple formed by Louis and Marilyn Varricchio, who also make acclimatization attempts of cold resistant plants in this bioclimatic zone.

Collections

Her collections include several opuntias, agaves, yuccas, and sedums and some raised cultivation beds with plantations on a miniature hill.
The garden also performs resistance tests of the Giant Sequoia in Bioclimatic Zones 4-5. Several resistance test seedlings were planted in the year 2000.