I’M OPENING my backyard on Saturday June 8 from 10 AM to 4 PM as a part of a weekend of occasions in my Hudson Valley, N.Y., group, that additionally contains the spectacular backyard of Peter Bevacqua and Stephen King (above) close by, two plant gross sales, and extra. Tickets are on sale now (hyperlinks on the backside of the web page); final yr they bought out, so we’ve upped the numbers a bit however….don’t dally! (Replace 11 AM EST Sunday March 3: My backyard is bought out, however I’ve opened a waitlist and can in all probability open up extra tickets after some rethinking. Please add your title there if .)
At Peter and Stephen’s in Claverack, N.Y., topiary artist Ken Selody of Atlock Farm will probably be on web site together with his potted creations, an ideal providing set in opposition to the backdrop of the backyard’s dramatic topiary hedging. Don’t miss an opportunity to see this 2.5-acre collection of visible experiences, from formal to wildish, that Peter and Stephen have created. Additionally open 10-4 Saturday the eighth.
Right here at my Copake Falls backyard all day with a truckload of irresistible botanical goodies will probably be Damaged Arrow Nursery. They are going to be accepting advance telephone orders, too, till Wednesday, June 5, if there’s something particular you merely will need to have. Their web site; telephone is (203) 288-1026. Common nursery hours resume April 1, if you happen to want a telephone session, or electronic mail meantime to gross sales [at] brokenarrownursery [dot] com.
These are profit occasions: All ticket gross sales from my backyard will probably be donated to 2 native nonprofits I like: the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program in close by Ghent, N.Y., and Turtle Tree Seed in Copake. Proceeds from the Bevacqua-King backyard tickets will profit the Claverack Free Library, and Columbia County Restoration Kitchen
Ours are simply a few the occasions which are a part of The Workshop Expertise Weekend, June 8-9, 2024.