Old Westbury Garden

The health and safety of our community is a top priority.

Old westbury garden. Phipps and his wife margarita grace phipps. Work on the estate began in 1903 when john shaffer phipps promised his. Top old westbury gardens.

We are tentatively scheduled to reopen on april 1 2021. Old westbury gardens is a long island attraction featuring a historic mansion formal gardens and hosting programs events. After its first season as a public garden in 1959 landscape architect barbara capen was invited to redesign the border plantings of the walled garden for the summer as the.

Discounted or complimentary admissions. See reviews and photos of gardens in old westbury new york on tripadvisor. Old westbury gardens listed on the national register of historic places is the former country estate of john s.

Guests who arrive at old westbury gardens pass through wrought iron gates which were designed by the englishman robert blakewell in the early 1700s. Address phone number old westbury gardens reviews. Old westbury gardens is closed for the season.

Old westbury gardens officially opened as a nonprofit charity in 1959 granting access to the public to explore its 216 acres of gardens rolling fields and woodlands. The best time of year to visit old westbury gardens is in the spring when all the flowers and roses are in full blossom. Rsvp for your ticket.

However anytime of the year will still do as the green fields the spectacular manor house and the 18th century english vibe is not to be missed. Phipps purchased these gates from an english antique dealer and had them sent to westbury for installation at the estate. In the early 1910s john s.