Congratulations to the 2018 Preserve NY Grant Recipients
We are pleased to report that two gardens with whom our Preservation department has partnered, the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden (now owned by the North Shore Land Alliance) and Madoo, have received grants from the Preservation League of New York. The grants were awarded to support cultural landscape reports for these two important cultural resources.
Left to right: John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, photo by Marion Brenner; Madoo Conservancy
The John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, in Mill Neck, NY, is an exceptional example of Japanese garden design combined with the woodland terrain of the Northeast. One of the garden’s most special elements is the winding stepping-stone path which represents the spiritual journey to enlightenment through immersion in nature. The Garden Conservancy was instrumental in saving the Humes garden from closing in 1993 and managed the garden on behalf of the Humes Japanese Garden Foundation for twenty years. Its sale last year to the North Shore Land Alliance means that the garden will be protected and the public can continue to explore its winding paths. The North Shore Land Alliance will receive $9,750 for their cultural landscape report on the Humes property.
Madoo, in Sagaponack, NY, was the home and studio of artist and writer Robert Dash (1931 – 2013), who used a remarkable array of plants and gardening styles on his two acres of land featuring Tudor, High Renaissance, early Greek, and Oriental garden influences. In the early 1990s, the Garden Conservancy helped launch the Madoo Conservancy, which now operates a wide variety of public education and community programs from this entirely organic garden oasis. The Madoo Conservancy will receive $8,000 from the Preservation League of New York.