We visited a couple of days ago, on a cold wintry day. Not surprisingly we had these small gardens to ourselves, and it was truly ethereal. An uneven skim of ice reflected shimmering light off the frozen pond. A slight breeze sometimes rifted the red berries on the barren bush branches edging the pond, creating a bright contrast to the lonely gray bench and empty stone pathways lining the shimmering pond, barely reflecting the berries within its shadowy ice borders. Bright sunlight streamed through leafless trees, layering meandering tree branch patterns across the entire pond garden. It was a brief moment of peaceful bliss in our otherwise hectic lives, and though we wanted to linger, our chilled fingers and toes engouraged us to do otherwise.See the review below for good directions.
Thought we'd take a bike ride from Edgartown over to see Dike Bridge & the beach. It was a pleasant surprise to find Mytoi gardens. Peaceful & free.
A trip to Chappaquiddick should definitely take in My Toi Gardens on the Dyke Road. The gardens have beautiful Japanese style plantings.
This is a small and quaint Japanese garden. Quiet, pond, bridges, turtles, and TICKS. There are bathrooms and picnic tables. It is also where tours to the lighthouse begins. A truck with seating that has an awning gets you over the sand with interesting facts on birds, environment and history.
We took the Trustees of the Reservation Pogue Lighthouse Tour and this garden was part of the package. It is a lovely, tranquil spot to sit and relax. There are also some great turtles in the pond, which can be summoned by knocking on the bridge (so our guide told us). We got three giant ones to swim up to the bridge, looking for some special food that is provided by the staff (do not feed them anything else). Our family enjoyed the tranquility (and especially the turtles), but since we had just finished a 2 hour island tour we were in a hurry to get some lunch in Edgartown, so we skipped most of the grounds. Wish our timing had been better so we could have stayed a bit longer.
From the entrance through the birches, around the water features, over the little bridge, My Toi offers a real sense of peace and serenity. It must take a lot of hard work to maintain such simplicity. Its huge rhododendrons are a major attraction, but there are subtler plantings as well. Not sure, but I doubt if young children would appreciate My Toi.
Very surprising to find this place of serene quiet in Chappaquiddick. The garden has mature plantings intermixed with newer plants. Very much worth the visit for a few moments of appreciation for the cultured beauty in this garden.
Went in April last year, Easter, just starting to get ready, daughter went at New Years Eve just to show fiancé. Now it is open for business which is FREE!!!!, beautiful peaceful spot, sit , read, meditate, flowers, pond, goldfish, everything beautiful. If you want to visit Chappy's Lighthouse you can pay as member or not in Trust and get on a pickup. Guides of our tour before was great. Purchase a really nice t-shirt or hat, the long sleeve is nice and well worth the $. You can also purchase a plant, you might run into a celebrity. Lots of bikes on roads some are dirt, SUV's needed to go over the bridge, remember to bring food or drinks, the one sm. store was closed even in summer.
We just happened to talked with a local person while sitting on a bench. He told us about the gardens which are very nice and away from a lot of the traffic noise. They also offer a trip on the sand for less than$180.00 take it
Mytoi Garden is a great place to go for a walk on Chappaquiddik. It is very pretty to walk around. I would definitely go here if you are on Chappaquiddik.