This is a two day event. Saturday September 30 and Sunday October 1, 2023. ASLA members must register for the event to receive continuing education (PDH) for attending expert lead site tours at (14) of the sites. As a benefit to our members, PDHs for this event will be FREE! Please make sure your membership is up to date.
A special thanks to Victor Stanley for sponsoring TCLF and the PDH for the event.
PDH credits are available to non-members for $20 per tour for (1) PDH. Non-members who want PDH's must bring a separate check to each tour payable to NYU ASLA (there will be no online registration/payment option and payment must be made at the time of each tour). Please plan accordingly.
For more information on the sites and register for the event at https://www.tclf.org/whats-out-there-weekend-rhinebeck-mid-hudson-valley. Tour size is limited so register early!
Sites for which PDH will be offered:
SATURDAY - September 30
Blithewood Garden | 10:00 – 11:00 AM | led by Bridget Maple (Bard College Formal Gardener)
Wilderstein Historic Site | 10:00 – 11:00 AM | led by TBD
Hackett Hill Park (New Guinea Community) | 12:00 – 12:45 PM | led Susan McIntosh (Research Committee Chair, Celebrating the African Spirit) and Jackie Harper (Research Committee, Celebrating the African Spirit)
Locust Grove Estate | 12:30 – 1:30 PM | led by Kenneth Snodgrass (Director and Curator, The Locust Grove Estate & Locust Lawn Farm)
Springside | 1:00 – 2:30 PM | led by Harvey Flad (Professor Emeritus of Geography, Vassar College)
Vassar College | 3:00 - 4:30 PM | led by Yvonne Elet (Professor of Art, Vassar College)
SUNDAY – October 1
Innisfree Garden | 9:30 – 11:00 AM | led by Kate Kerin (Landscape Curator, Innisfree Garden)
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | led by Walkway Ambassadors (TBD)
Wethersfield Estate & Garden | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | led by Toshi Yano (Landscape & Horticulture Advisor and Former Director of Horticulture, Wethersfield Estate & Garden)
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | led by Michael Autenrieth (National Park Service Interpretative Ranger)
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site Formal Garden | 12:00 – 12:45 PM | led by Frederick W. Vanderbilt Garden Association Tour Guides
Bellefield | 1:15 – 2:00 PM | led by Karen Waltuch (Horticulturist, Beatrix Farrand Garden Association)
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site | 2:15 – 3:00 PM | led by Anna de Cordova (National Park Service Horticulturalist)
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site | 3:30 – 4:00 PM | led by Anna de Cordova (National Park Service Horticulturalist)