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Sep
11

Manitoga Gardens and Meadows - Tour

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Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
to (Eastern Time)
Manitoga, Philipstown, NY, 10524 Map

Public Welcome Family Friendly Free Event Group Tour Nature Walk/Hike Public Restroom Free Public Parking

Join us for a tour of the gardens and meadows at Manitoga, the former home and 75-acre woodland garden of American industrial designer Russel Wright and a National Historic Landmark.

Our tour guide, Emily Phillips, will lead us on an exploration of the gardens surrounding this historical house along with the adjacent meadows. This will be an opportunity to experience a naturalistic and ecological landscape in the setting of Russel Wright's unconventional vision.

"...Wright's integrating vision changed all the familiar components, blending the built elements and the natural landscape together so that each was enriched, enhanced, and transformed by the other. Just as the house is interwoven with the site, the hillside is connected by views to its larger context of the Hudson River Valley..."

Registration is required with a limit of 15 people. A registration link will be available closer to the tour date. Detailed tour information will be sent to all who register. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to receive program announcements. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

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