Gardens
Faces, places, treasures, and trends that caught our attention.
Foxtrot Farm & Flowers
It’s not easy to reach Kate Farrar during the growing season. Most days she’s out of the house by 6 am, tending to the numerous beds at Foxtrot Farm &
Eileen Naughton’s Garden
Tall and willowy with hair the color of autumn leaves, Eileen Naughton looks like she belongs in a garden, which is fitting because it’s where she spends much of her
Le Jardin Flower Farm
Romane began by selling them under the name Le Jardin Flower Farm at the Saturday market in Millerton (and surprised herself by how well she did), then deepened her knowledge
Stonewood Farm’s Kristen Essig
Sun streams in the large multi-paned windows of Stonewood Farm’s cookhouse. For Kristen Essig, Stonewood Farm’s new culinary director, it’s an oasis of calm, in stark contrast to the usual
Dan Sternberg: Going Wild
If the 18 acres around Dan Sternberg and Debbie Cooper’s Millerton house doesn’t look like a garden, they have achieved their goal. It all started with a simple directive from
Liselotte Vince: Gardening with a Mission
For Liselotte Vince, it was never a question of whether she would be growing when her family bought a 140-acre Verbank property in 2010.
Michael Poulin: Making Millbrook Home
When it comes to setting a stage, Squirrel Hall knows how to entertain. Michael Poulin didn’t have to think twice. He was visiting a friend’s weekend house in Millbrook in
Equinox Farm
A visitor to Equinox Farm knows they’re in horse country long before the winding drive deposits them at the barn door. Fields with inviting cross-country jumps give way to large
Millbrook Tribute Garden
One of the many pleasures of living in Millbrook is walking through the beautiful Millbrook Tribute Garden.
Helen Cook’s Passion for Flowers
Hydrangeas. Tulips. Daffodils. Peonies. Alliums. These are some of Helen Cook’s favorite flowers
Charlotte’s in Millbrook
A gent at Charlotte’s Restaurant outside of Millbrook who wishes to wash his hands before dinner will find just off the left of the tin horse trough converted to a
White Flower Farm Blossoms Under Son’s Leadership
Life has come full circle for Eliot Wadsworth. As a child he lived on the property of White Flower Farm, a family-owned nursery in Morris.
Winter Grows on You
Millbrook’s Little Crystal Palace Turns the Neighborhood Green
Growing the Land
One day Ken Holzberg and Tom Kopfensteiner decided to look for a country house. Holzberg began a six-month cross-country trip and eventually wound up in Dutchess County.
Comfortable Grandeur
While Covid has wreaked havoc for so many, for interior designer Darren Henault it prompted a major decision—to move out of New York City and into his glorious Millbrook home
Community Project
Growing up in Stanfordville is nothing short of the childhood dream, where days are spent adventuring through fields and forests, riding ponies, and playing at SPARC Park. Locals still refer
The Magic of Metal
It takes some effort to find Battle Hill Forge’s workspace but once there, it is another world. Tucked away underneath a building in Millerton it is chock-a-block with metal, machinery,
Wethersfield: A Landscape with Depth
Paradise sits on the crest of Pugsley Hill Road in Amenia. Walls of deftly sheared yew and arborvitae rise to the skies, pillows of clipped topiary flow one into the