Sakonnet is a secret garden embedded within a native coastal fields landscape. At the diminutive scale of a cottage garden, it is conceived as an intimate place to explore, with multiple paths leading one onward to unexpected experiences. 

Sakonnet began in the mid-1970s as a small clearing deep within a natural tangle of Autumn Olives, Oriental Bittersweet, and local Arrowwood Viburnums. Now larger than an acre, its labyrinth of spaces is carved organically out of the original thicket. Each outdoor room reflects the owner’s ongoing experiments with lighting, space, color mixing, collecting, and growing wonderful plants.

 It is a long-term project of John Gwynne (JAG) and Mikel Folcarelli (MF), abetted by Addie Kurz (energetic sister) and Ed Bowen of nearby Opus Nursery. 

Sakonnet is a private house and garden.  Paid reservations are required for a garden visit.  Only one booking at a time is available.