If you have not been to the Florence Griswold House and Museum, you are in for a treat. “The Home of American Impressionism” is first a walk back in time though the boarding house that became a gathering place for so many of the giants of this genre. The house tour is …
The date for our much anticipated NYC Outing has been set! Members are encouraged to join us – this year for a trip to the Museum of the City of New York! The Museum was founded in 1923 by Henry Collins Brown, a Scottish-born writer with a vision for a …
Our trip to the Red Bee Apiary in Weston, CT will include a tour by Marina Marchese. Marina is the founder and visionary behind the luxury brand, Red Bee® Honey and a leading authority on single-origin honey. During a former career as an international designer, Marina unexpectedly visited a neighbor’s …
Our trip to the Red Bee Apiary in Weston, CT will include a tour by Marina Marchese. Marina is the founder and visionary behind the luxury brand, Red Bee® Honey and a leading authority on single-origin honey. During a former career as an international designer, Marina unexpectedly visited a neighbor’s …
You won’t want to miss this exciting opportunity to have an insider’s look at one of the most exquisite properties in Fairfield County. Serenely set on over 15 acres, Lake Avenue Farm, is a private oasis of ornamental plantings, two vegetable gardens and greenhouses, orchards, woodland gardens and water features….a …
Enjoy a docent-led tour of the current exhibitions at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, where the recent renovation now offers you an entirely new and invigorated experience, with interactive, immersive creative technologies and more gallery space to explore. Lunch will follow at Lilly Langotsky’s Manhattan apartment. This trip is open to members …
Participants will enjoy a docent-led walking tour of Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, in Yonkers, NY. The stone columns, detailed Grecian mosaics, reflective pools and manicured flora of the Indo-Persian inspired Walled Garden are so idyllic, you’ll forget you’re only a few miles from New York City. Lunch will follow at MP …
Join us for a September 22nd trip to Hillstead-Museum, a 1901 Colonial Revival home and National Historic Landmark on 152 stately acres. The museum has a superb collection of French Impressionists. Two women were responsible for the home of Alfred Pope Riddle. His daughter Theodate Pope Riddle was the architect and Beatrix …
Joyce Gold, recognized expert, educator and 30-year veteran tour guide will show and tell us about the history-making role that Grand Central Station has had in Manhattan’s heritage. During our walking tour we will learn about the tragedy that led to the creation of Grand Central, see the whispering gallery, …
The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will be our first stop for the day. The property, once part of the Rockefeller Estate, is now an eighty acre farm, educational center and home to the award winning restaurant ‘Blue Hill at Stone Barns.’ Our guided Insider’s Tour of the property provides a …
Don’t miss our first outing of the season to KYKUIT, the Landmark National Trust, classical revival home to 4 generations of the Rockefeller family. Our docent-led tour will emphasize the extensive, terraced gardens with classical and contemprorary sculpture and mangificent views of the Hudson in early fall glory. A boxed …
You won’t want to miss the Rowayton Gardeners (members only) January Field Trip to New York City. It’s an annual event and a fun day out from beginning to end. Our day will begin on the east side of Central Park with a self-guided tour of the Arsenal, a historic …
Please join us Tuesday, June 5th, for a special and memorable visit to one of the most beautiful areas in Manhattan. Our tour guide will be Joyce Gold, of Joyce Gold’s History Tours of New York, author of ‘From Trout Stream to Bohemia: A Walking Guide to Greenwich Village History.’ We’ll …
Join the Rowayton Gardeners on September 20th for a trip to CT Landmark’s Bellamy-Ferriday House and Gardens in Bethlehem, CT. Built between 1754 and 1767 by Rev. Joseph Bellamy, the house was bought by Henry Ferriday and bequeathed by his only heir, Caroline, to CT Landmarks. The property is on …
Our Autumn Field Trip for the Rowayton Gardeners on September 19th is one that is not to be missed! Our first stop is The Garden of Ideas, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) in Ridgefield, CT. A visit to this 12-acre property gives one the feeling of being transported to another world. We’ll …
This field trip has been canceled due to the Coronavirus. Don’t miss “Forage and Feast with Hayden Stebbins” at Millstone Farm on Thursday, May 7th, from 10 am to 2 pm! This just might be the most unique field trip we’ve ever offered! We’ll join ethnobiologist and functional herbalist, Hayden …
We will pay a visit to the exquisite gardens of landscape designer, Kathryn Herman. Part of the original Pepperidge Farm estate, this six-acre property surrounds what was once the 1920’s groom’s cottage and chauffeur’s quarters. Ms. Herman will, personally, guide and inform us throughout an in-depth tour. Along the way …
What better way to be inspired than by joining the Rowayton Gardeners for this fabulous early autumn field trip to the New York Botanical Garden, on a docent-led tour of this highly acclaimed exhibition? Contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is one of the most popular artists in the world, drawing …
Please join the Rowayton Gardeners for a fabulous field trip to Wave Hill, a spectacular 28-acre site in the Riverdale section of the Bronx that includes public gardens, a greenhouse, an 8-acre woodland, and two houses on the property. Famous tenants have included Mark Twain, the Theodore Roosevelt family, and …
Join us on Thursday, September 21st for a field trip to Stonegate Farms in Balmville, New York. Please join the Rowayton Gardeners for a spectacular September Field Trip to Stonegate Farm, an 1860s estate farm near Newburgh in Balmville, NY, where Matthew Benson grows and shares the vegetables, fruits and …
Be part of a one-of-a-kind experience. It’s unbelievable. It’s unfamiliar. It’s the New York Botanical Gardens (NYBG) like never before! Head down the rabbit hole as “Wonderland Curious Nature” transforms 250 acres through the classic story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. An exhibition specialist will guide our group on a two-hour private tour …
FIELD TRIP TO SEVEN BRIDGES, GREENWICH, CT Members are invited to join us for a private tour of the Seven Bridges Foundation to view their special collection of fine art as well as the extensive outdoor collection of sculptures located throughout the beautiful 80-acre property. This hidden gem is the brainchild …
