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Homes and Gardens, Open for Gawking
Homes and Gardens, Open for Gawking
BROOKLYN The May 31 Prospect-Lefferts Gardens tour includes yards with lush landscaping and waterfalls, above.
SHELLY FREIERMAN
THE season of house tours, garden tours and show houses is here, when visitors are invited into skinny row houses, sprawling apartments and vast estates to study their gleaming kitchens, burnished woodwork, antiques and artworks and city or country views. Gardens from urban town-house yards in Wilmington, Del., to acres of working farmland in the Hudson Valley of New York offer greenery, specimens, fragrance and flowers. Unless otherwise noted, tours are self-guided; some details may change, so check with a tour’s organizer before making plans.
New York City
UPPER EAST SIDE, THROUGH MAY 17 The 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House is at a 1927 limestone mansion at 22 East 71st Street. The hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday; (until 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday); Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Participating designers will include Charlotte Moss, Juan Montoya, Christopher Corcoran, Christopher Maya, Eileen Kathryn Boyd and Joe Nye. No children under 6. Tickets, to benefit the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club, $30. More information: (212) 755-5733 and kipsbay.org.
MANHATTAN, MAY 2 Eight residences will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., including the Greenwich Village triplex apartment belonging to Todd Merrill, an interior designer, which is decorated with American and European antiques; and the studio of Hunt Slonem, a painter and sculptor, which houses art, antiques and several of his parrots. The event includes a buffet brunch, a silent auction and a reception. Proceeds will benefit the Junior League of New York. Tickets, $95, at the league, 130 East 80th Street. Advance tickets by April 29, $85. Information: (212) 288-6220 and nyjl.org.
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN, MAY 3 Thirteen sites, including several brownstones and apartments, the Kelso Brewery, the Charles Pratt mansion at St. Joseph’s College and the gothic Queen of All Saints Catholic Church, will be open noon to 5 p.m. Tickets, $25, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 259 Washington Avenue, between DeKalb & Willoughby Avenues. Advance tickets, $20, at (917) 292-8042 or societyforclintonhill.org.
GREENWICH VILLAGE, MAY 3 The former home and studio of the painter Edward Hopper, which overlooks Washington Square; the 1804 Federal style row house that was built for newlyweds from New York’s powerful Stuyvesant and Fish families; and a three-floor penthouse decorated with art from Latin America are three of seven residences that will be open from 1:30 to 6 p.m. The tour, to benefit the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, will be followed by a reception. Advance tickets, $150 for the tour and $300 for the tour and the reception, at (212) 475-9585, extension 39, andgvshp.org/benefit. Same-day tickets, if available, $175 for the tour and $350 for the tour and reception, will be sold starting at 1 p.m. at New York Studio School, 8 West Eighth Street (between Fifth Avenue and Macdougal Street).
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, MAY 9 Five houses and their gardens will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. for the 24th annual tour of the Brooklyn Heights Association. There will be an 1842 Greek Revival house on a street once known as Mansion Row, with its original mahogany woodwork and a collection of contemporary art by American and German artists, and an 1846 house on a corner lot with formal-style gardens, interior front and back staircases and a Federal doorway that was salvaged from a neighborhood building. No children under 13 except infants in front packs. Reservations are recommended. Tickets, $30, by calling (718) 858-9193 and brooklynheightsassociation.org. On the day of the tour only, tickets will be sold starting at 12:30 p.m. at 129 Pierrepont Street (near Clinton Street).
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN, MAY 17 The 50th annual tour of the Park Slope Civic Council will begin at Poly Prep Lower School, an 1892 Romanesque Revival mansion built by the architect Montrose W. Morris, at 50 Prospect Park West (First Street). Nine houses will be open on the tour, from noon to 5:30 p.m., including an 1886 three-story house renovated so its rooms look out on a central shaft topped by a large skylight and an 1878 Victorian house with Lincrusta wallpaper and glass tile. An 1880s frame house is decorated with objects from the owners’ travels, including African statues, a copper vase from Mexico, Cambodian textiles and a Venetian chandelier. A lecture about the history of the Slope will take place at 6 p.m. after the tour. No children under 10. Tickets, $25, at Poly Prep Lower School. Advance tickets, $20. Information: (718) 832-8227 andparkslopeciviccouncil.org.
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN, MAY 31 Eleven houses will be open from noon to 5 p.m., including a 1907 limestone house renovated with a mix of pocket doors, antique chandeliers, an exercise room and a contemporary galley kitchen; a 1911 townhouse with original Arts and Crafts interior details and a staircase decorated with vintage maps; and the home of the 2006 Silver Award winner of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, which has a back garden with two waterfalls, charming seating areas and winding paths. Infants in front packs only. Tickets, $25, at K-Dog & Dunebuggy Cafe, 43 Lincoln Road (between Flatbush and Ocean Avenues). Advance tickets, $20. Information: (718) 284-6210 or (718) 462-0024 and at leffertsmanor.org.
JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS, JUNE 13 AND 14 Nine private gardens will be open from noon to 4 p.m. June 13. There will also a display of historic photographs, and a lecture on the history of Jackson Heights at 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
On June 14, there will be a guided walking tour starting at noon. Tickets for the June 14 tour must be reserved or purchased in advance. Tickets for one day, $10; both days, $15. All events start or take place at the Community Church, 35th Avenue at 82nd Street. Information: (718) 565-5344 and jhbg.org.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, FORT GREENE AND CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN, JUNE 14 The Brownstone Brooklyn Garden District’s Garden Walk, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., will feature a dozen private and five community gardens. This year’s sites include two gardens that occupy neighboring yards behind adjacent town houses. One evokes ancient Rome, with shards of masonry, sculptural fragments and embedded plaques set among perennials and tropical plants. The other, centered by a cherry tree planted by the jazz singer Betty Carter, features perennial plantings and flowering trees.
Tickets, $20, at the Forest Floor, 659 Vanderbilt Avenue (Prospect Place) in Prospect Heights; Greene Grape Provisions, 753 Fulton Street (South Portland Avenue) in Fort Greene; and Root Stock and Quade, 471 Myrtle Avenue (Washington Street) in Clinton Hill. Advance tickets, $15, and information: (718) 858-7968, e-mail to[email protected] or bbgd.wordpress.com.
MOUNT MORRIS PARK, HARLEM, JUNE 14 The 20th annual tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. will feature the Ephesus Church, an 1885 Gothic-style church topped by a 37-foot lead-coated steeple, as well as several other apartments and brownstones. A guided tour of the neighborhood at noon and 2 p.m. will include historic sites such as the home of the poet Langston Hughes. Tickets, $25, Pelham Fritz Community Center, West 122nd Street and Mount Morris Park West. Advance tickets, $20, at (212) 369-4241 and mmpcia.org.
FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN, JUNE 14 At least 10 houses will be open from 1 to 6 p.m. for the annual Victorian Flatbush house tour. Shuttle buses will be available. Flatbush is home to four historic districts, with Craftsman, Victorian, Colonial Revival, Tudor and Queen Anne houses. Tickets, $25, at Temple Beth Emeth, 83 Marlborough Road (near Church Avenue). Advance tickets, $20, and information: (718) 859-3800 andfdconline.org.
CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH, BROOKLYN OCT. 4 Eight houses, two churches and a community garden will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets, $25, at St. Gregory’s Parish School, 991 St. Johns Place (between Brooklyn and New York Avenues). Advance tickets, $20, and information at (917) 748-4664 and crownheightsnorth.org.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN OCT. 18 Approximately 10 Victorian brownstones, including those in the Neo-Grecian, Neo-Romanesque, Italianate, Eastlake, Queen Anne and Second Empire styles, will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets, $25, at 659 Vanderbilt Avenue (Park Place). Advance tickets, $20, and information at (718) 393-7653 and phndc.org/house-tour.
SEA CLIFF, MAY 17 Ten houses will be open for a tour from noon to 4 p.m., including a Gothic Revival pink gingerbread cottage built as servants’ quarters in 1883; an Arts and Crafts three-story house overlooking the Long Island Sound, and a Victorian house with a wraparound porch, a garden waterfall and a stone patio. No children. Tickets, $25, in advance by check and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Sea Cliff Landmarks Association, 19 Locust Place, Sea Cliff, N.Y. 11579, and on May 17 at the village green at the corner of Sea Cliff and Central Avenues. Information: (888) 475-1049. There is no Web site.
LLOYD HARBOR TO CENTERPORT, MAY 20 Six houses along the North Shore will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to benefit the Family Service League of Long Island. They include an 1897 rambling house that borrows from several architectural styles and has barely changed in some 100 years. It has multiple wings, shingle and clapboard sheathing, and variations in its window design and exterior details. No children under 12. Tickets, $60, on the day of the tour, at the Thatched Cottage, 445 East Main Street (near Washington Avenue) in Centerport. Lunch, by reservation, is available for $25. Advance tickets, $55, and information: (631) 427-3700, extension 255, and fsl-li.org.
SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 13 AND 14 The annual garden symposium and tour sponsored by the Parrish Art Museum starts at 9 a.m. on June 13 with a symposium on color in the garden, at the museum, 25 Jobs Lane. On June 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., six private gardens in Southampton will be open for a tour. Tickets to the symposium and tour are $175 (members, $125); those contributing at a higher level, from $300, are invited to a reception June 13. Tickets and information: (631) 283-2118, extension 42, andparrishart.org.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 26 TO SEPT. 6 The Hampton Designer Showhouse, to benefit Southampton Hospital, will open on July 25 with a preview (tickets, $225). The show house, at 179 David’s Lane in Watermill, will be open daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $30. Information: (631) 745-0004 and hamptondesignershowhouse.com.
DUTCHESS AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES
POUGHKEEPSIE, JUNE 6 Eleven sites will be included on the annual Silver Ribbon Tour sponsored by the Dutchess County Historical Society. The properties, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., include a loft in a converted 19th-century piano factory on Falkill Creek, two Arts and Crafts houses and the Reformed Church, which is the starting point for the tour and features a stained-glass window by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tickets, $50, at the church, 70 Hooker Avenue (near Hanscom Avenue). Advance tickets $45 (members, $40), and information: (845) 471-1630 and dutchesscountyhistoricalsociety.org.
ANCRAM, AUG. 2 The 2009 edition of the Ancram Preservation Group’s Working Landscapes tour features working farms and gardens, including an ornamental garden with vegetables and orchards, a horse farm and a hilltop rock garden. The sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and a picnic lunch of organic produce and grass-fed barbecue will be served at noon. Tickets, $50, at Ancram Town Hall, 1416 County Route 7 (1/4 mile north of the intersection with Route 82). Family discounts are available. Advance tickets, $45, and information: (518) 398-6435 or at ancrampreservationgroup.org.
ORANGE COUNTY
WARWICK, JUNE 6 The garden tour and plant sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sites will include a terraced garden with stone walls; an English country-style landscape with paths connecting small garden areas; and a garden planted with several specimen trees, perennial beds and a variety of grasses. There will be two gardens to see in nearby towns. Rain date is June 7. Tickets, $15, at the Railroad Green, corner of Railroad Avenue and Main Street. Information by e-mail to [email protected] andwarwickvalleygardeners.com.
GOSHEN, JUNE 20 Six private gardens will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to benefit St. James Episcopal Church. They will include a patio garden, a garden planted to attract wildlife and a large formal flower garden around a hilltop home. There will also be a display of blooms from the Mid-Hudson Valley Orchid Society. Tickets, $35, including lunch, at the church, 1 St. James Place (at Church Street). Advance tickets, $30, and information: (845) 294-6225 or stjamesgoshen.org.
NEW JERSEY
RUMSON, THROUGH MAY 31 Sheep’s Run, a 25-room country house with a steeply pitched roof, ornamental metalwork of birds and other animal motifs, 10 bathrooms and a 40-foot living room, will be the site for a show house to benefit the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey. The house was designed in 1915 by Harrie T. Lindeberg, an architect who trained with McKim, Mead and White. No children under 12. Tickets, $35; senior citizen admission is $25. The house, at 99 Rumson Road (Bingham Avenue), will be open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information: (732) 224-6791 andstatelyhomesbythesea.com.
SUMMIT, MAY 7 Five houses, including an Arts and Crafts house and a restored 1912 center-hall Colonial, will be open for a tour 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets, $35, in advance with a check to Women of Calvary and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Calvary Episcopal Church, 31 Woodland Avenue, Summit, N.J. 07901. Information: (908) 522-0656 and calvary-summit.org.
WESTFIELD, MAY 16 Five houses will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on a tour to benefit the Westfield Symphony Orchestra. Music will be performed at one of the houses, and there will be a plant sale. Tickets, $30, at Baron’s Drugs, 243 East Broad Street (Lawrence Avenue). Advance tickets, $25, and information: (908) 232-9400 andwestfieldsymphony.org.
RUMSON AND FAIR HAVEN, MAY 30 AND 31 The Two Rivers Garden Tour will feature six private gardens, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 30, and from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on May 31. They include a 100-year-old garden with many container plantings; the densely planted garden of a couple that owns a nursery; an estate garden with formal beds and statuary; and a garden alongside the Navesink River planted with several varieties of roses. Tickets, $25, may be bought at the garden sites, two of which are on Fair Haven Road between River Road and Clay Street in Fair Haven. Advance tickets, $20, and information: (732) 923-6886 and tworivershow.org.
In addition to the tour, there will be a cocktail party on May 29 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Two Rivers event, which benefits the Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center at Monmouth Medical Center. Reservations are required for the cocktail party. Tickets, $125 in advance ($145 at the door).
HOBOKEN, MAY 31 Ten gardens will be featured on the Hoboken Secret Gardens Tour, a guided tour leaving from the Hoboken Historical Museum every half-hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gardens include one that incorporates a stained-glass window set in a stone wall. Rain date is June 7. Tickets, $25, to benefit the museum, at 1301 Hudson Street (13th Street); children under 12 free. Advance ticket purchase, $20, is recommended: (201) 656-2240 and hobokensecretgardens.com.
MONTCLAIR, JUNE 5 AND 6 The From Roses to Rock Gardens tour will feature six private gardens, open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The tour will begin at Van Vleck House and Gardens, 21 Van Vleck Street (Upper Mountain Avenue). Tickets, $30 ($25, members). Information: (973) 744-4752 and vanvleck.org.
BOONTON, JUNE 6 The Boonton Historical Society and Museum will sponsor a tour of 16 sites from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour will include an 1854 octagonal Italianate-style house, which is topped by a cupola; an 1890s Queen Anne house with its original hardwood floors, banisters and moldings, and the original dining room fireplace; and the Miller-King house, a 1740 frame house that has been owned by only three families. There will be several churches on the tour, including Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, an 1860 Gothic made of rock from nearby quarries, and St. John’s Episcopal Church, an 1863 structure with three stained-glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Boonton Rail Car Restoration Yard, a museum, and the New Jersey Firemen’s Home Museum will be open as well. Tickets, $20, at the museum, 210 Main Street (Route 202). Advance tickets and information: (973) 316-0976 or by e-mail to[email protected].
CAPE MAY, JUNE 26 TO JAN. 3, 2010 Carpenter Cottage, an 1850s house in the Carpenter Gothic style popularized by Alexander Jackson Davis, a prominent architect, will be the site of a show house to benefit the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts. The house, which has eight bedrooms, a large kitchen, a dining room and a wraparound porch, has a steeply pitched roof and gable and gingerbread brackets and railings. The show house will be open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday to Friday. Admission, at 511 Franklin Street (Hughes Street), is $20 ($15, ages 3 to 12). Information: (609) 884-5404 and capemaymac.org.
HOBOKEN, OCT. 25 Eight to 10 residences will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a tour to benefit the Hoboken Historical Museum. Tickets, $30, at the museum, 1301 Hudson Street; children under 12 free. Advance ticket purchase, $25, and information: (201) 656-2240 and hobokenhousetour.com.
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