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Discover Putnam County Gardens During Secret Tour

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. – Putnam County’s Secret Garden Tour will take place Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Putnam County’s Secret Garden Tour will be held Saturday.

Putnam County’s Secret Garden Tour will be held Saturday.

Photo Credit: Contributed
Photo Credit: Contributed

The day-long event is a self-guided driving tour to the best and most beautiful gardens in Putnam County. This country driving tour will bring participants to private homes and renowned sites with formal gardens, perennial flowering landscapes, beautiful fields and vistas, water gardens and herb and flowering vegetable gardens throughout the county.

Once at the garden destinations, homeowners will guide visitors through their landscapes, review the history of the gardens and answer questions about plantings and designs.

In addition to seven private gardens in Cold Spring, Garrison, Kent, Carmel, Mahopac and Brewster, two public gardens in Garrison and Cold Spring will be a part of the tour. Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring returns to the tour this year with its 63 acres of alpine gardens, bog garden, woodland and water gardens, cliff rock garden and an enclosed English-style flower garden.

Boscobel House & Gardens in Garrison is a renowned spot along the Hudson River, complete with blooming daffodils, tulips and cherry trees plus, the herb garden and orangery, the apple orchard and the romantic rose garden.

This is a rain or shine event. Advance ticket prices are $30 for all the gardens. Advance tickets may be purchased online here.

Day of event tickets are $40 and will be sold at two locations: The Butterfield Library, 10 Morris Ave. (Route 9D), Cold Spring; or PARC, 31 International Blvd., Southeast. Day of event tickets will be sold from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. only. 

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