On Saturday, June 18, two private Greenwich estates will be featured in Garden Dialogues, part of series of exclusive tours of private gardens in Connecticut, New York and San Francisco. The events are benefit fundraisers for The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Attendees will hear directly from the designers and their clients about the secrets to creating great gardens. Light refreshments will be served.
Garden Dialogues provides unique opportunities for small groups to visit some of today’s most beautiful gardens created by some of the most accomplished designers currently in practice. Learn how clients and designers work together, and what makes for a great, enduring collaboration.
Thanks to the generosity of hosts and sponsors, tickets for Garden Dialogues are tax deductible and proceeds benefit the educational programs of The Cultural Landscape Foundation.
The tours will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Langhorne Lodge and Steeple Chase Farms.
Langhorne Lodge, the private residence of John R. Conte and his wife Kimberly, is located on a wooded glen nestled in backcountry Greenwich. The home features more than a dozen, unique spaces to explore. John used fallen branches from the property to design and build an operational chicken coop and gazebo. There are birdhouses scattered around the property as well as a meadow. The rose/vegetable garden provides the family with fresh, organic produce throughout the summer. The most recent addition is the party barn with attached covered terrace with outdoor fireplace.
Steeple Chase Farms, a thirteen-acre private residential horse farm also in Greenwich, includes a 7,000 sq. ft. home, stables, indoor riding arena, grazing paddocks, run-in sheds and an equipment garage with groom’s quarters.
These are private residences. The addresses will only be provided to registrants. The price for the tours is $200.
Registration is available at tclf.org/event/garden-dialogues-connecticut-2016 or by calling 202-483-0553.
