I’VE VISITED a lot of gardens over the years, many of them beautiful and unusual. But I’ve never been so moved and inspired by a designed space as I was during a fall 2022 visit to Innisfree Garden in Millbrook, N.Y. For those who create and tend gardens—or for anyone who loves the natural world—time spent at Innisfree will be affecting and stirring.
“Garden” in the place name seems like a misnomer. The 185-acre space is more of a deeply nourishing sanctuary for the soul.
Arriving at Innisfree, visitors receive a numbered map that marks the locations of certain features, such as
