OPEN DAYS PROGRAM 2015
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OPEN DAYS PROGRAM Eastern Long Island Open Day EASTERN LONG ISLAND ALEXANDRA MUNROE & ROBERT ROSENKRANZ GARDENS 19 West End Road, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This garden, around a 1928 beach-front house, combines formal and naturalistic landscaping. An exuberant meadow with many varieties of perennials, self-seeding annuals, and native and miscanthus grass is adjacent to a cutting garden, a cottage garden and rose bed enclosed by a yew exedra. Nearby, a visitor may stroll through a woodland walk with cryptomeria, cypress, and rhododendron underplanted with a collection of Asian woodland plants including rare arisaema. The trail ends near the dunes with ornamental grasses. The house overlooks a parterre and croquet lawn where lead urns planted informally with various annuals serve as focal points. The kitchen terrace leads to a large vegetable and cutting garden, called “The Farm." 2013
Ü From Montauk Highway/Route 27,
proceed to East Hampton. At traffic light at head of pond, turn right off Ocean Avenue. Take third right onto Lily Pond Lane and drive to end. At stop sign, turn left onto West End Road. House is fifth on left (ocean side), marked with cedar gate and privet hedge. Please park along West End Road or at Georgica Beach.
BECKER GARDEN 42 Jesse Way, Mt. Sinai  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Becker garden resembles a painting—each year a new canvas begins. The many paths within the gardens create an opportunity to view seasonal changes up close or from a distance. Shade and full-sun flower beds, with plants packed closely together to enhance their color and texture, add to the ambiance and enjoyment for visitors. A variety of seating areas are available in the garden, and water features, hundreds of shrubs, trees, and perennials, as well as container plantings and landscape art further enhance the ever-changing experience and add to the seasonal enjoyment of this garden. 2014 | u | I
2015 Sunday, June 21 of rare and unusual flowering trees, shrubs, and groundcovers. Hellebores, camellias, and minor bulbs hold sway through April and are succeeded by daphnes, epimedium, fragrant early rhododendrons, and other woodland plants in May. During the summer, color comes from a progression of hydrangeas and other flowering shrubs and trees, including crape myrtles and a collection of Asiatic and American clethra. 2014 | I
Ü From Route 27/Montauk Highway,
Ü Take the Long Island Expressway
turn left at traffic light in East Hampton. Pass town pond, go through village, and turn left at windmill. Pass under railroad bridge and turn right at fork to Springs Fireplace Road. In about 3 miles, turn left onto Woodbine and take an immediate right onto Glade Road. Please park along road, not on grass.
GARDEN OF ABBY JANE BRODY 44 Glade Road, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tranquility and serenity are the main reactions to a half-acre niche carved from the native woodland. The overall impression is one of green textures, but hiding in plain sight is a collection
GARDEN OF ARLENE BUJESE 40 Whooping Hollow Road, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Situated on a sloping half-acre, the landscape comprises four rooms. A flower garden bordered by evergreens surrounds a goldfish pond in the rear of the house. Brick walkways weave throughout. The front property is terraced into three levels, each with evergreen backdrops to create a “green” environment in winter. Twenty or so sculptures are strategically placed
to Exit 63/Route 83. Go north to Canal Road. Turn left and then take the first right onto Autumn Road. Go to end. Turn right onto Wheat Path and then take the first left onto Jesse Way. Number 42 is on left.
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Parts of garden are handicapped accessible
NEW
Gardens opening for first time
2014
Most recent year garden was open
I
Photographs permitted
around the property. Favored trees are flowering fruit specimens, conifers, and deciduous trees and shrubs including a variety of hydrangeas. The garden has been personally created and maintained by the curator/art dealer over a period of twenty years, with the aim of offering a meditative “walk-around—sit here and there” environment for all seasons. 2014 | I
Ü Take Route 114 from Sag Harbor or
East Hampton, about 4 miles. Turn right onto Whooping Hollow Road. Please park along street. GARDEN OF DIANNE B. 86 Davids Lane, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dianne labels herself a “garden stylist” to suit her modus operandi—weaving texture, color, layers and accessories into a small garden with big ideas that echos her former career in fashion. She is a bulb and tuber fanatic no matter the season. In June she favors allium, the stranger the better, and lilies of all W kind are on the2.33" rise especially eucomis, callas and species types. Peonies and iris embrace her cool X color palette, as do a frenzy of clematis hanging on the new leaves of specimen maples and 2.5" dwarf dogwoods. Just H making their fabulous moody display are many of her most exotic late blooming arisaema. Look under trees, delve among the many varieties of ferns and peek around corners—you never know
Eastern Long Island Open Day what you might find there are treasures tucked everywhere. This is an ever-evolving, layer-upon-layer garden where tiers of variegated plants, big circular leaves, unexpected sculptures, twisted trees, weepers, and odd woodland plants provide much more drama than what is actually in flower. Her garden sets the stage for her website www.diannebbest. com, where you can find all the tools you see in her garden, which provides the grit for her well-read blog Dirtier, which is the progeny of her cult gardening book, Dirt. 2014 | u | I Ü On Route 27/ Main Street going east, pass East Hampton Town Pond and Guild Hall. Turn right onto Davids Lane just past the big white columned church. The garden is three-quarters of the way down the street on left—just before the East Hampton Duck Pond. Enter through the garden gate. Please park in the direction of traffic. GARDEN OF MARSHALL WATSON 253 Kings Point Road, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Set on a bluff overlooking Gardiner’s Bay, this home maintains two gardens. One that is a thoroughfare for a large herd of hungry deer that faces punishing ocean winds and salt, and one that is partially fenced and partially walled. The entire property is transitioning to fully organic. The Charlestonian gates welcome you to the interior designer’s garden. A gravel forecourt bordered by a holly stilt hedge, rhododendron bed, and gated potager features a wisteriadraped carriage house/potting shed and a neoclassic gazebo which overlooks the walled garden. Note the log-rounds
walkway built from cherry and oak trees felled by Hurricane Sandy. A gentle fountain greets you as you circle around the organic vegetable garden and ascend the Italian inspired-circular stairs. The gazebo is surrounded by cascading maples and a unique euonymus groundcover where variegated irises and allium pop through. As you proceed along the formal gravel entrance, flanked by boxwood and agapanthus, the first of many pear and apple espaliers appears. A Chinese persimmon tree, Chionanthus virginicus bush, and golden climbing rose are set amongst topiary lilacs. The reflecting pool is flanked by two Hakuro-nishiki willow standards which frame the federal doorway of the Greek revivalstyle house. Versailles boxes are filled with crepe myrtles and variegated holly. A shade garden beneath a magnolia draws your eye up the hydrangea allée interspersed with pink, white, and blue hydrangea (almost patriotic.) Beyond the Chippendale gates lies the sea garden where boxwood, sarcococca, Sargenti cherries, and osmanthus shelter peonies, asters, irises, tamarix, lambs-ear, and other deer-resistant varieties. A sea pebble-walk leads to a large marble table around which comfortable chairs are placed to enjoy the expansive water views. Though Italian influenced in the clipped evergreens and statuary, French influenced in the potager and espaliered trees, English influenced in the blowsy borders and variety of plants, and colonial influenced by its symmetry and formality, it is essentially a new American garden in its eclectic unity. And with many places to sit, lounge, rest, eat and relax, it is
Sunday, June 21 ultimately a comfortable garden. NEW | u
Ü Drive east on 27/Montauk Highway
through East Hampton. Before the windmill and righ after Newtown Lane, bear left onto North Main Street. Go under the train trestle. Continue on North Main, through the traffic light, until the road forks. Bear left at the fork onto Three-Mile Harbor Road. Travel several miles past East Hampton Point, past the Bay Kitchen Bar, until you come to a very sharp right turn, or dogleg, at the bottom of the hill. After this dogleg, turn left onto Kings Point Road. Follow this to #253, on the right. The house is on the water. Please park alongside the road next to the garden and gates. PREVITI/GUMPEL GARDEN 230 Old Stone Highway, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The outdoor environment was developed over the last twenty-five years as a series of exterior rooms. The formal, on-axis games lawn ends in an outdoor sitting room surrounding a copper fire pit. A fabric-shaded pergola creates a shady haven at the west end of the pool patio (note the carved fox and cardinal heads on the ends of the beams). Outdoor sculptures created by the owners are scattered through-out the property. There is a sun garden with stone terraces and fountain. A stone path featuring hydrangea, andromeda, rhododendron, and a cedar grove winds along the east side of the house. Casual lawn and plantings with a tree house featuring dragon and hawks’ heads make up the east lawn. The shade garden is a cool, quiet, and restful glade. A woodland
walk along the edge of the property brings you into the heart of the fire pit area and leads to a hidden clearing with a tented ping-pong pavilion. For the more daring visitor, there is a walking path off the fire pit area through one acre of wetland woods. This is our newest project and we are just beginning to develop its potential (close-toed shoes preferred for this walk). The arbor at the base of the artist’s studio is in a tranquil area with a peaceful glider. The studio, accessed by an exterior spiral stair tower, will be open for visitors. 2014 | I
Ü From center of East Hampton, take
Montauk Highway/Route 27 to first traffic light past windmill. Turn left onto Accabonac Highway. Drive 4 miles to stop sign at forked intersection. Cross main road and turn right onto north-most fork, Old Stone Highway. Drive 0.25 mile to #230 (mailbox on tree). Please park on main road and walk up drive to first house on right.
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OPEN DAYS PROGRAM Eastern Long Island Open Day EASTERN LONG ISLAND ALEXANDRA MUNROE & ROBERT ROSENKRANZ GARDENS 19 West End Road, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This garden, around a 1928 beach-front house, combines formal and naturalistic landscaping. An exuberant meadow with many varieties of perennials, self-seeding annuals, and native and miscanthus grass is adjacent to a cutting garden, a cottage garden and rose bed enclosed by a yew exedra. Nearby, a visitor may stroll through a woodland walk with cryptomeria, cypress, and rhododendron underplanted with a collection of Asian woodland plants including rare arisaema. The trail ends near the dunes with ornamental grasses. The house overlooks a parterre and croquet lawn where lead urns planted informally with various annuals serve as focal points. The kitchen terrace leads to a large vegetable and cutting garden, called “The Farm." 2013
Ü From Montauk Highway/Route 27,
proceed to East Hampton. At traffic light at head of pond, turn right off Ocean Avenue. Take third right onto Lily Pond Lane and drive to end. At stop sign, turn left onto West End Road. House is fifth on left (ocean side), marked with cedar gate and privet hedge. Please park along West End Road or at Georgica Beach.
BECKER GARDEN 42 Jesse Way, Mt. Sinai  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Becker garden resembles a painting—each year a new canvas begins. The many paths within the gardens create an opportunity to view seasonal changes up close or from a distance. Shade and full-sun flower beds, with plants packed closely together to enhance their color and texture, add to the ambiance and enjoyment for visitors. A variety of seating areas are available in the garden, and water features, hundreds of shrubs, trees, and perennials, as well as container plantings and landscape art further enhance the ever-changing experience and add to the seasonal enjoyment of this garden. 2014 | u | I
2015 Sunday, June 21 of rare and unusual flowering trees, shrubs, and groundcovers. Hellebores, camellias, and minor bulbs hold sway through April and are succeeded by daphnes, epimedium, fragrant early rhododendrons, and other woodland plants in May. During the summer, color comes from a progression of hydrangeas and other flowering shrubs and trees, including crape myrtles and a collection of Asiatic and American clethra. 2014 | I
Ü From Route 27/Montauk Highway,
Ü Take the Long Island Expressway
turn left at traffic light in East Hampton. Pass town pond, go through village, and turn left at windmill. Pass under railroad bridge and turn right at fork to Springs Fireplace Road. In about 3 miles, turn left onto Woodbine and take an immediate right onto Glade Road. Please park along road, not on grass.
GARDEN OF ABBY JANE BRODY 44 Glade Road, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tranquility and serenity are the main reactions to a half-acre niche carved from the native woodland. The overall impression is one of green textures, but hiding in plain sight is a collection
GARDEN OF ARLENE BUJESE 40 Whooping Hollow Road, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Situated on a sloping half-acre, the landscape comprises four rooms. A flower garden bordered by evergreens surrounds a goldfish pond in the rear of the house. Brick walkways weave throughout. The front property is terraced into three levels, each with evergreen backdrops to create a “green” environment in winter. Twenty or so sculptures are strategically placed
to Exit 63/Route 83. Go north to Canal Road. Turn left and then take the first right onto Autumn Road. Go to end. Turn right onto Wheat Path and then take the first left onto Jesse Way. Number 42 is on left.
u
Parts of garden are handicapped accessible
NEW
Gardens opening for first time
2014
Most recent year garden was open
I
Photographs permitted
around the property. Favored trees are flowering fruit specimens, conifers, and deciduous trees and shrubs including a variety of hydrangeas. The garden has been personally created and maintained by the curator/art dealer over a period of twenty years, with the aim of offering a meditative “walk-around—sit here and there” environment for all seasons. 2014 | I
Ü Take Route 114 from Sag Harbor or
East Hampton, about 4 miles. Turn right onto Whooping Hollow Road. Please park along street. GARDEN OF DIANNE B. 86 Davids Lane, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dianne labels herself a “garden stylist” to suit her modus operandi—weaving texture, color, layers and accessories into a small garden with big ideas that echos her former career in fashion. She is a bulb and tuber fanatic no matter the season. In June she favors allium, the stranger the better, and lilies of all W kind are on the2.33" rise especially eucomis, callas and species types. Peonies and iris embrace her cool X color palette, as do a frenzy of clematis hanging on the new leaves of specimen maples and 2.5" dwarf dogwoods. Just H making their fabulous moody display are many of her most exotic late blooming arisaema. Look under trees, delve among the many varieties of ferns and peek around corners—you never know
Eastern Long Island Open Day what you might find there are treasures tucked everywhere. This is an ever-evolving, layer-upon-layer garden where tiers of variegated plants, big circular leaves, unexpected sculptures, twisted trees, weepers, and odd woodland plants provide much more drama than what is actually in flower. Her garden sets the stage for her website www.diannebbest. com, where you can find all the tools you see in her garden, which provides the grit for her well-read blog Dirtier, which is the progeny of her cult gardening book, Dirt. 2014 | u | I Ü On Route 27/ Main Street going east, pass East Hampton Town Pond and Guild Hall. Turn right onto Davids Lane just past the big white columned church. The garden is three-quarters of the way down the street on left—just before the East Hampton Duck Pond. Enter through the garden gate. Please park in the direction of traffic. GARDEN OF MARSHALL WATSON 253 Kings Point Road, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Set on a bluff overlooking Gardiner’s Bay, this home maintains two gardens. One that is a thoroughfare for a large herd of hungry deer that faces punishing ocean winds and salt, and one that is partially fenced and partially walled. The entire property is transitioning to fully organic. The Charlestonian gates welcome you to the interior designer’s garden. A gravel forecourt bordered by a holly stilt hedge, rhododendron bed, and gated potager features a wisteriadraped carriage house/potting shed and a neoclassic gazebo which overlooks the walled garden. Note the log-rounds
walkway built from cherry and oak trees felled by Hurricane Sandy. A gentle fountain greets you as you circle around the organic vegetable garden and ascend the Italian inspired-circular stairs. The gazebo is surrounded by cascading maples and a unique euonymus groundcover where variegated irises and allium pop through. As you proceed along the formal gravel entrance, flanked by boxwood and agapanthus, the first of many pear and apple espaliers appears. A Chinese persimmon tree, Chionanthus virginicus bush, and golden climbing rose are set amongst topiary lilacs. The reflecting pool is flanked by two Hakuro-nishiki willow standards which frame the federal doorway of the Greek revivalstyle house. Versailles boxes are filled with crepe myrtles and variegated holly. A shade garden beneath a magnolia draws your eye up the hydrangea allée interspersed with pink, white, and blue hydrangea (almost patriotic.) Beyond the Chippendale gates lies the sea garden where boxwood, sarcococca, Sargenti cherries, and osmanthus shelter peonies, asters, irises, tamarix, lambs-ear, and other deer-resistant varieties. A sea pebble-walk leads to a large marble table around which comfortable chairs are placed to enjoy the expansive water views. Though Italian influenced in the clipped evergreens and statuary, French influenced in the potager and espaliered trees, English influenced in the blowsy borders and variety of plants, and colonial influenced by its symmetry and formality, it is essentially a new American garden in its eclectic unity. And with many places to sit, lounge, rest, eat and relax, it is
Sunday, June 21 ultimately a comfortable garden. NEW | u
Ü Drive east on 27/Montauk Highway
through East Hampton. Before the windmill and righ after Newtown Lane, bear left onto North Main Street. Go under the train trestle. Continue on North Main, through the traffic light, until the road forks. Bear left at the fork onto Three-Mile Harbor Road. Travel several miles past East Hampton Point, past the Bay Kitchen Bar, until you come to a very sharp right turn, or dogleg, at the bottom of the hill. After this dogleg, turn left onto Kings Point Road. Follow this to #253, on the right. The house is on the water. Please park alongside the road next to the garden and gates. PREVITI/GUMPEL GARDEN 230 Old Stone Highway, East Hampton  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The outdoor environment was developed over the last twenty-five years as a series of exterior rooms. The formal, on-axis games lawn ends in an outdoor sitting room surrounding a copper fire pit. A fabric-shaded pergola creates a shady haven at the west end of the pool patio (note the carved fox and cardinal heads on the ends of the beams). Outdoor sculptures created by the owners are scattered through-out the property. There is a sun garden with stone terraces and fountain. A stone path featuring hydrangea, andromeda, rhododendron, and a cedar grove winds along the east side of the house. Casual lawn and plantings with a tree house featuring dragon and hawks’ heads make up the east lawn. The shade garden is a cool, quiet, and restful glade. A woodland
walk along the edge of the property brings you into the heart of the fire pit area and leads to a hidden clearing with a tented ping-pong pavilion. For the more daring visitor, there is a walking path off the fire pit area through one acre of wetland woods. This is our newest project and we are just beginning to develop its potential (close-toed shoes preferred for this walk). The arbor at the base of the artist’s studio is in a tranquil area with a peaceful glider. The studio, accessed by an exterior spiral stair tower, will be open for visitors. 2014 | I
Ü From center of East Hampton, take
Montauk Highway/Route 27 to first traffic light past windmill. Turn left onto Accabonac Highway. Drive 4 miles to stop sign at forked intersection. Cross main road and turn right onto north-most fork, Old Stone Highway. Drive 0.25 mile to #230 (mailbox on tree). Please park on main road and walk up drive to first house on right.
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The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program www.opendaysprogram.org | P.O. Box 219, Cold Spring, New York, 10516 | T: (845) 424-6502 / F: (845) 424-6501 / Toll-free: 1 (888) 842-2442 | E: [email protected]
