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Native Plants at the Cobb House Gardens

  • Brewster Historical Society 739 Lower Road Brewster, MA 02631 United States (map)

Native Plants at the Cobb House Gardens
With garden designer and horticulturist, Bob Hoxie

TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE - TICKETS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE SITE

Tickets Members $25, Non-members $30 [Must be purchased in advance at brewsterhistoricalsociety.org]

Native Plants at the Cobb 6/14/25

Experience a hands-on program with garden creator, Bob Hoxie, inspired by the Cobb House heirloom gardens. Featuring native plants based on Caro Dugan’s colorful 1873 – 1878 diary entries, Bob will speak about how he designed the Cobb House gardens and offer professional tips for your own gardens and plantings. A complimentary native plant and informative handout is included in the talk.

Native Plants at the Cobb Museum

Bob Hoxie, owner of Great Hill Horticultural Services, is a garden designer and horticulturist with a diverse background in landscape design, fine gardening, and historic landscape curation, working as horticulturist on the Cape Cod estate of noted garden designer, Bunny Mellon, and as Associate Director of Historic Landscapes at Plimoth-Patuxet where he coordinated “Voice of the Land,” a multi-year environmental history initiative that included the construction of a new pathway system running through the campus and the design, installation and maintenance of extensive historical and ecologically appropriate plantings.

This is a fundraiser for Brewster Historical Society.


Rain or shine unless lightning is expected.

Tours are weather dependent. In case of heavy rain, please check the BHS website prior to the start time for a rescheduled tour time to occur within 24 hours.

Recording of any type is not allowed.
The Brewster Historical Society
is a Section 501 (C)(3) Non-profit organization.
Donations are tax deductible as permitted by law.