East Hampton House & Garden Tour
A November landscape from a previous holiday tour
Lots of people ask me about the best garden tours in my area. Most of them are obviously in summer when the gardens are in their prime, but one house and garden tour is annually the weekend after Thanksgiving. To be honest, the interiors are the primary focus of this tour, but you do get to view some nice surrounding landscapes. And while the gardens are in their early dormancy, many provide some wonderful vistas. In summer one can study the plantings, but this time of year one can truly study the bones of a garden.
The 2013 East Hampton House & Garden "holiday" tour is this Saturday, November 30th from 1:00 pm- 4:30 pm. There will five homes of various architectural and interior styles on the Saturday tour, each revealing a unique coastal lifestyle. There is also a cocktail party on Friday evening before the tour at a grand home in the Georgica section of East Hampton Village. All proceeds from the cocktail party and tour go to the East Hampton Historical Society. (By the way, the EHHS throws some great fundraisers at some fabulous houses. Check out this post on the Woody House by clicking here.)
To buy tickets to tour and/or cocktail party, you can go to the Clinton Academy at 151 Main Street, East Hampton on Friday the 29th or Saturday the 30th between 10:00 am and 3:30 pm. For more information go to easthamptonhistory.org.
I'll share any fantastic gardening ideas that I discover from this year's tour next week.
A tree with as much history as the house on tour