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Address:1395 Planting Fields Rd
Oyster Bay, New York
Tel:
(516) 922-9200
Our Botanical Gardens Expert Says:
The Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, in Oyster Bay, offers a dazzling display of plants and trees. Located on 409 acres (nature trails and landscaped terrain), Planting Fields boasts a Synoptic Garden of ornamental shrubs, a dwarf conifer garden, an exotic-plants green house, and a greenhouse with February-blooming Camelias. The open-air gardens and arboretum are open April through September, while the green houses are open year-round.
From Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park - Oyster Bay, New York:
Welcome to Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, Long Island's premier public arboretum and historic site located in Oyster Bay. A former Gold Coast estate, the arboretum is comprised of over 409 acres of greenhouses, rolling lawns, formal gardens, woodland paths, and outstanding plant collections. Original historic estate buildings remain including the 65 room Tudor Revival mansion Coe Hall, which is open for tours spring through fall. The grounds, landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts, are spectacularly beautiful year round.