HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - Two private gardens will open to the public for one day only this weekend as part of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program.

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On Saturday, August 16, visitors can explore Rock Valley Paradise in Holyoke and Thayer Garden in Hadley, offering a rare look at two distinctly different approaches to gardening and the opportunity to meet the gardeners behind them.

Rock Valley Paradise in Holyoke serves as both a sanctuary and a working homestead for its owner, with the primary focus on growing food for the family. The quarter-acre garden includes a small orchard with 15 fruit trees—apples, peaches, plums, pears, apricots, and cherries—as well as berries, grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash, eggplant, and other veg

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