About Us

Best Garden Visits was created by Bob Kuchta and designed by his daughter, Sarah Kuchta.

Bob Kuchta has been involved with outdoor organizations most of his life, whether it be for work or play, including the American Public Gardens Association, Connecticut Horticulture Society, Connecticut Botanical Society and Madison and Guilford Land Trusts. Bob is Madison's Inland Wetland Officer and Tree Warden. He loves traveling, and has visited over 500 botanical sites in the past 30 years, in about 30 states and 3 foreign countries. He particularly loves visiting gardens (wild and cultivated) and walking anywhere he is free to explore. Bob and his wife have camped in the wilds of Alaska and traveled by foot, ferry, airplane, canoe, motorhome, van and bicycle. As a landscape designer and ecologist/educator, Bob is always reading the story of the land and loves to share it with any type of audience, large or small. He has guided many Connecticut Audubon groups, over the past 5 years, mostly on daytrips to NY, RI, CT, MA, PA and NJ. With his horticulturist wife and two children, Bob lives within camera shot of an active osprey nest on the Neck River in Madison, in a post and beam, solar home that he designed and built.

Here is some information on how the gardens are chosen and ranked.
Star Rankings

Dovetail Designs Landscapes- Bob's landscape business

Dovetail Tours- Bob's garden tour business

Sarah Kuchta- Bob's daughter



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