Madoo, Long Island, NY Created over 40 years by the painter Robert Dash, Madoo is a uniquely personal expression. The planting is especially skilled - Long Island is subject to cold, severe winters and hot dry summers. Plants must be tough to survive here and Dash has selected those that flourish. There are no clichés here, although many elements have been copied and used elsewhere.
See Review Address: 618 Main St, Sagaponack, Long Island, NY.
Open- 1.00pm to 5.00pm Wednesday and Saturday from May to September
Closed- Sunday to Tuesday and Thursday-Friday all year, everyday from October to April
Entrance fee - USD10.00 (2002)
Owner - Madoo Conservancy
Tel +1 631 537-8200; Website www.madoo.org
Madoo, Long Island, NY
Winterthur, Delaware 70 acre garden created by the DuPont family. Spring gardens, a huge childrens fantasy garden, formal gardens and still they go on. Beautifully maintained and absolutely marvellous in spring when sheets of scillas, snowdrops and narcissi flower under the trees.
Address: Route 52, Winterthur, Delaware
Open- 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Saturday, Sunday 12 noon to 5.00pm from May to September
Closed- Christmas Day, New Years Day, Thanksgiving
Entrance fee - Admittance fee includes house and galleries
Facilties - gift shop, restaurant, WC
Owner - Madoo Conservancy
Tel +1 302 888-4600
Brooklyn Botanic, New York Deservedly famous Botanic Garden covers 23.5 hecatres (52 acres) and includes many specialist areas such as the impressive Cranford Rose garden, Japanese garden, Herb gardens and more.
Address: 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11225, USA
Open- From 1 October to end March 8.00am to 4.30pm Tuesday to Friday and 10.00am to 4.30pm Weekends and holidays and from 1 April to end September 8.00am to 6.00pm Tuesday to Friday and 10.00am to 6.00pm Weekends and holidays
Entrance fee- US$3.00 per adult, children under 16 free (also free on Saturdays until 12.00 noon and Tuesdays except holiday Tuesdays)
Directions- By subway D train to Prospect Park station; 2 or 3 train to Eastern Parkway. By bus B41, B48 and B71 , there are entrances on either Flatbush Avenue or Eastern Parkway
Tel: +1 (718) 623 7200
Central Park, New York Opened in 1876, Central Park is the work of landscape architects Fredrick Olmsted, who was repsonsible for other impressive large scale projects in the nineteenth century, and Calvert Vaux. Green spaces and gardens in 'New York's backyard' are often crowded.
Hillwood, Washington DC Formal gardens surround a neo-Georgian home, leading to woodland walks and naturally-styled gardens. Extremely tasteful and simply gorgeous.
Address: 4155 Linnean Avenue, Washington DC
Open- Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens is open from 10am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday from February through December.
Closed- Hillwood is closed Mondays, most federal holidays and for the entire month of January.
Reservations are not required.
Entrance fee- Admittance fee.
Directions- Directions by Car or Taxi From the Capital Beltway (I-495) take the Connecticut Ave (MD 185) exit south. Proceed about five miles on Connecticut and turn left onto Tilden St. Take the second left, onto Linnean Ave. The entrance to the estate will be on the right.
From downtown Washington, D.C. Take Connecticut Ave north and turn right onto Tilden St. Take the second left, onto Linnean Ave. The entrance to the estate will be on the right.
Directions by Metro Hillwood is a 20-minute walk from the Van Ness/UDC Metro station on the Red Line. From the Metro exit on the east side of Connecticut Ave. walk south on Connecticut toward Van Ness Auto Care and turn left onto Upton St. Turn right onto Linnean Ave. The entrance to the estate will be on the left.
Directions by Metrobus Take the L1 or L2 bus to the corner of Connecticut Ave and Tilden St. Walk east toward Rock Creek Park on Tilden. Turn left onto Linnean Ave. The entrance to the estate will be on the right.
Facilities- Shop in the nuseum as books, slides etc on the gardens.
Tel- +1 (202) 686 5807
Website- www.HillwoodMuseum.org
The New York Botanical Garden Celebrated botanic garden of 250 acres. 48 gardens, plant collections and a 40 acre forest showing you original New York forest cover. The Enid A Haupt conservatory has ecological displays from South Amercian rainforests and African deserts. There is much more to see. The library, herbarium and scientific research mark this as an important botanic garden.
Address: 200th St. and Kazimiroff Blvd, Bronx, New York 10458, USA
Open- 10.00am -6.00.00pm Tuesday to Sunday and holiday Mondays from April to October, 10.00am to 4.00pm Tuesday to Sunday and holiday Mondays between November and March except 10.00am to 4.00pm from November 24 to January 7th.
Closed- Mondays (except holiday Mondays), Thanksgiving and Christmas Day
Entrance fee- US$3.00 per dault, US$1.00 children 2-12 years
Directions- Metro North railroad from grand Central terminal, 20 minutes to the botanic Garden's main gate
Facilities- WC, cafe, children's garden, picnics, gift shop, plants for sale, Visitor Centre, Tours by prioir arrangement Tel +1 (718) 817 8687
Tel +1 (718) 817-8700, Website: www.nybg.org
US Botanic Garden, Washington DC 1933 conservatory with a variety of tropical and desert plants reopened in 2002 after major renoovations.
Address: 245 First Street, Washington, DC
Open - Daily
Entrance fee - Free admittance
Tel +1 202 255-8333, Website:
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC Formerly the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Bliss, the (4 hectare (10 acre) gardens were designed by Beatrix Farrand and are considered to be her tour de force, although others worked on them after her death. Bequeathed in 1940 to Harvard University. Terraced gardens, fountains, an orangery, and flowers. If you are interestde in the development of landscape styles and architecture, this garden is a 'must see'.
Address: 1703 32nd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007, USA
Open- Open daily from April to October between 2.00 to 6.00 pm, and from November to March between 2.00pm and 5.00 pm. Gates are locked at closing time
Closed- during inclement weather, national holidays, and Christmas eve (December 24th).
Entrance fee- $5.00 per adult, children and senior citizens $3.00 and from November to March free admission.
Directions- one block east of Wisconsin Avenue between R and S Streets in Georgetown, Washington DC, the garden entrance is on R and 31st Streets, N.W.. By Bus- Metrobus routes 30, 32, 34, 36, D2, D4, M12 come within two blocks of the garden entrance. Parking- On-street parking is available for up to two hours on weekdays and is unlimited on weekends.
Facilities- Shop in the nuseum as books, slides etc on the gardens.
Owner- Hrvard University
Tel- For access enquiries +1 (202) 339 6410, General enquiries +1 (202) 339 6410 , Fax- +1 (202) 339 6419, Email: dumbartonoaks@doaks.org
