2024 Massachusetts and New York’s Press Release

Rockland Farm, Canaan, NY | Credit: Rich Pomerantz

Massachusetts and New York’s Private Gardens Open to the Public, July 28

Garrison, NY — Three gardens, two in Berkshire County, MA and one in Columbia County, NY, will open for public visitation as part of the Garden Conservancy Open Days Program.™ The gardens will open on Sunday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Descriptions of gardens below:

Kingsmont in West Stockbridge, MA. Situated on a 12-acre site, Kingsmont is surrounded by gardens on all sides. The circular drive-in front of the house is surrounded by borders of flowering trees, shrubs, grasses and perennials. Between the house and barn is a bank with a mixed planting of trees, shrubs, perennials and floral carpet roses.

Walford in West Stockbridge, MA. Situated on 6 acres with a greenhouse and a meadow full of wildflowers, milkweed, and butterflies.

Rockland Farm in Canaan, NY. This garden comprises a variety of areas that flow one from another over about 10 acres of property. A 450-foot-long rock ledge runs parallel to the front drive and is topped by a dry garden. A raised terrace on the west side of the house features exotic and tropical plants, many in containers. Behind the house is a sequence of garden rooms: a formal area contained within a raised hornbeam hedge, a perennial garden around a swimming pool, a fishpond with a fountain, a sundial garden, a rock garden, and a fenced vegetable and cutting garden.

Fueling America’s passion for gardens, the Garden Conservancy Open Days™ program is the only nationwide garden visiting program. Since 1995, Open Days has welcomed more than 1.4 million visitors into thousands of inspired private landscapes—from urban rooftops to organic farms, historic estates, to innovative suburban lots—in 41 states.

Registration is $10 per person, or $5 for members of the Garden Conservancy. Children 12 and under are free when accompanied by a parent or guardian. All registrations must be processed online through The Garden Conservancy's website. Visit gardenconservancy.org/open-days

The Garden Conservancy is the only national nonprofit organization dedicated to saving and sharing outstanding American gardens for the education and inspiration of the public. Since its founding by renowned plantsman Frank Cabot in 1989, the Conservancy has helped preserve more than 80 American gardens in 25 states. Since 1995, Garden Conservancy Open Days have provided access to hundreds of America’s finest private gardens across the country. The Conservancy’s lectures, tours, and symposia offer opportunities for engaged exploration of contemporary ideas in gardening, design, and preservation. www.gardenconservancy.org

For more information, contact: Shaoli Ghosh, Public Programs and Events Coordinator, The Garden Conservancy; 845-424-8500 or sghosh@gardenconservancy.org