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The Garden Conservancy Open Days, Spencertown Garden, Sep 14

The Garden Conservancy invites you to visit a private garden in Spencertown on Saturday, September 14.

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The Garden Conservancy invites you to visit the private garden of Linda B. Horn, in Spencertown on Saturday, September 14.

“The restoration of my landscape has been the goal for the fifteen years of living here after a move from Chicago. There are four restored ecosystems: wetlands, waterfall, domestic area of native grasses, and woodland. The last section of restoration was started last fall with eliminating dead trees and then new seeding. This year goldenrod was weed-wacked and new trees planted. The landscape was featured in the September 2017 issue of New York Cottages & Gardens with a five-page spread (images are available). Native restoration workshops have been held here through the Columbia Land Conservancy, Spencertown Academy, and Berkshire Botanical Garden”.

GARDEN EXTRA: Linda will be exhibiting a collection of her own prints of native insects, which includes nearly 80 prints created over a 20 year period.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, September 14, 2019 / 10am – 4pm

LOCATION:
Landscape of Linda B. Horn
5015 Crow Hill Road
Spencertown, NY 12037

ADMISSION:
$10 per person
Children 12 and under are free

MORE:
gardenconservancy.org
gardenconservancy.org/open-days/garden-directory/landscape-of-linda-b-horn

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Afternoon on a Hill: Actors Read Millay at Steepletop, Jul 13

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s historic home, Steepletop, will be open to visitors for self-guided tours of the house, gardens, and grounds.

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s historic home, Steepletop, will be open to visitors for self-guided tours of the house, gardens, and grounds; docents will provide information and answer questions about Millay’s colorful life, her work, and the history of Steepletop.

At 2pm actors Tyne Daly, Roberta Maxwell, and Amanda Nichols will present a reading of Millay’s work, accompanied by musician Wendy Eisenberg, followed by a wine and cheese reception.

For those who wish to take a tour of Millay’s home afterwards, a 12:30pm tour will be offered for the price of $12.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, July 13, 2019 / 10am – 4pm

LOCATION:
Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Steepletop
440 East Hill Road
Austerlitz, NY

ADMISSION:
$50 per person, which includes all tours, poetry reading, and the wine reception. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.millay.org/eventscalendar.php, or at the door.

MORE:
www.millay.org
info@millay.org
518-392-3362

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Spencertown Academy 2019 Hidden Gardens Tour & Garden Market, Jun 15

Spencertown Academy’s annual summer celebration of the art of the garden is Saturday, June 15th

Spencertown Academy’s annual summer celebration of the art of the garden happens tomorrow (Saturday, June 15th). This year the self-guided garden tour showcases six private gardens in the hamlets of Spencertown and Old Chatham, NY.

A variety of garden styles will be on display on the tour: the perennial, herb, and pool gardens of a 1770s center hall colonial home ornamented with rustic fencing, pergolas, and arbors; a recently installed meadow with 1000 native plants; a cloistered rose garden and formal courtyard parterre; a productive kitchen and cutting garden; a charming retreat featuring an award-winning design; a two hundred-acre former horse farm with an English courtyard garden, multiple ponds, sweeping views, and massive islands of perennials, specimen trees, shrubs, and more.

Also happening on Saturday is the Garden Market on The Green at the Spencertown Village Green. This year’s market will showcase more than 20 vendors offering plants, home and garden furnishings, birdhouses, antiques, garden books, and expert garden advice, plus shoppers will find bargains on choice garden items and accessories at the Academy’s White Elephant Booth. A percentage of all sales benefit the Academy. Food trucks will be on hand offering breakfast and lunch choices including Arturo’s at Micosta with crepes, coffee, fruit salad, organic juices, and vegetarian quesadillas, and Larry’s Food will be serving breakfast sandwiches and jerk chicken with rice and veggies, as well as an ice cream sundae booth staffed by Academy members.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Tour: 10am – 4pm. Maps available from 9am to 2pm.
Market: 9am – 3pm
The tour will take place rain or shine

LOCATION:
Day-of garden tickets and garden maps will be available at the Academy.
The Garden Market will take place at the Spencertown Village Green across the street from the Academy.
Spencertown Academy
790 NY-203
Spencertown, NY

ADMISSION:
Tour: $35 in advance, $40 day of.
Market: Free
Visit https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=2a0e7f to purchase tickets.
Various package rates involving multiple events are also available.

MORE:
For more info on additional Hidden Garden Events, plus a list of the Market vendors, visit https://spencertownacademy.org/annual-events/hidden-gardens/

SpencertownAcademy.org
facebook.com/SpencertownAcademy
Phone: (518) 392-3693

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Exhibition Opening at Olana, ‘In Frederic Church’s Ombra’, May 12

“In Frederic Church’s Ombra: Design in Conversation with Nature” showcases multimedia design concepts and installations, developed by leading architects and select artists.

“In Frederic Church’s Ombra: Design in Conversation with Nature” showcases multimedia design concepts and installations, developed by leading architects and select artists. As Guest Curator, Barry Bergdoll (of Columbia University and the Museum of Modern Art) invited a group of today’s most exploratory architects to respond to the transitional outdoor rooms at Olana that are so essential to the original 19th century design of Olana’s Main House. These architects were asked to examine assumptions about the relationship of architecture and landscape at Olana, as well as to explore the Main House’s transition to the surrounding natural environment, particularly in our time of climactic and environmental change. The resulting exhibition combines hand-drawn sketches, painted renderings, three-dimensional models, and video and computer animations.

DATE/TIME:
Sunday, May 12, – November 3, 2019

LOCATION:
Olana
5720 New York 9G
Hudson, NY 12534

MORE:
www.olana.org/exhibitions/in-frederic-churchs-ombra/
Olana.org
facebook.com/OlanaSHS
twitter.com/OlanaSHS

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The 2018 Fall Foliage Prediction Map

Want to know when the peak leaf-peeping time is in your area? Check out the 2018 Fall Foliage Map.

Want to know when the peak leaf-peeping time is in your area? Check out the 2018 Fall Foliage Map. It’s an interactive, online map that bills itself as the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progressive changing of the leaves. Just use the slider under the map of the US to see when the leaves will be at their peak across the country.

Check out the map now, at smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map

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