Wethersfield Estate & Garden

Sharon Historical Society & Museum Exhibit on Evelyn Poehler and Wethersfield
2024-06-14 - 2024-10-12 | The Sharon Historical Society, 18 Main Street, Sharon, CT, 06069, United States
This exhibition on Evelyn Poehler, the pioneering 20th c. landscape architect who created the masterpiece garden at Wethersfield, features original renderings, correspondence, and notations from Wethersfield’s archives. Poehler’s landscape design is considered among the finest classical gardens in America.

2024 Wethersfield Adventurers Club
2024-07-19 09:00 - 2024-08-30 12:00 (America/New_York) | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
Wethersfield is pleased to offer an interactive children and family program designed for ages 3-8 (but all ages are welcome) at the historic Wethersfield Estate and Garden. Each week children, accompanied by a caregiver (this is not a drop off program), will explore a different part of the Wethersfield Estate, followed by a hands-on activity, led by educate Allison Toepp.
Week 1 is all about investigation! Wethersfield has pastures for grazing, plants that feed animals, plants that feed people, and plants that feed each other. Our trees act as homes to plants, insects, animals and fungi. Our wetlands and ponds are home to plants and animals too! Students will learn to see the “big picture” and end the session by making by a colorful map to take home.

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2024 Wethersfield Adventurers Club
2024-08-09 09:30 - 12:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
Wethersfield is pleased to offer an interactive children and family program designed for ages 3-8 (but all ages are welcome) at the historic Wethersfield Estate and Garden. Each week children, accompanied by a caregiver (this is not a drop off program), will explore a different part of the Wethersfield Estate, followed by a hands-on activity, led by educate Allison Toepp.
Week 4 is all about trees! Some are small and some are big. Some are old and some are young. What can we learn from looking at the trees? Does anyone live in the trees? Trees give us a gift everyday- do you know what it is? Students will end the session with a surprise craft made from harvested branches.

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2024 Wethersfield Adventurers Club
2024-08-16 09:30 - 12:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
Wethersfield is pleased to offer an interactive children and family program designed for ages 3-8 (but all ages are welcome) at the historic Wethersfield Estate and Garden. Each week children, accompanied by a caregiver (this is not a drop off program), will explore a different part of the Wethersfield Estate, followed by a hands-on activity, led by educate Allison Toepp.
Week 5 is all about wetlands and ponds! Wethersfield is full of water- what can we find living beneath the surface or along the water’s edge? Students will study water lilies and other aquatic plants, comparing them to plants that grow in much drier soil. We will also search for insects and amphibians to study. Students will end the session by sitting down and making their own mini water terrariums to take home.

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2024 Wethersfield Adventurers Club
2024-08-23 09:30 - 12:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
Wethersfield is pleased to offer an interactive children and family program designed for ages 3-8 (but all ages are welcome) at the historic Wethersfield Estate and Garden. Each week children, accompanied by a caregiver (this is not a drop off program), will explore a different part of the Wethersfield Estate, followed by a hands-on activity, led by educate Allison Toepp.
Week 6 details coming soon.

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2024 Wethersfield Adventurers Club
2024-08-30 09:30 - 12:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
Wethersfield is pleased to offer an interactive children and family program designed for ages 3-8 (but all ages are welcome) at the historic Wethersfield Estate and Garden. Each week children, accompanied by a caregiver (this is not a drop off program), will explore a different part of the Wethersfield Estate, followed by a hands-on activity, led by educate Allison Toepp.
Week 7 is all about art at Wethersfield! Many artists have been inspired by this land. Let’s look at examples- there are crafts, fine art. theater, and dance to explore. Each student will receive a child-sized notebook and drawing utensil before departing on a artistic adventure. Together, we will channel our inner artists as we will walk around the property searching for inspiration and drawing opportunities!

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The Garden Conservancy- Open Days
2024-09-21 10:00 - 17:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
On Saturday, September 21, Wethersfield Estate & Garden is participating in The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days. Since 1995, this revered event has welcomed over 1.4 million visitors into the heart of inspired private landscapes. We’re honored to showcase our cherished sanctuary alongside others in the program.

Metropolis Ensemble and Timo Andres Recital
2024-09-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
Celebrating a 20+ year artistic collaboration, Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble and composer/pianist Timo Andres present an intimate evening of solo piano works inspired by Andres’ recent Carnegie Hall debut of quintessentially varied American music including delicate piano masterpieces by Duke Ellington, the last of Philip Glass’s 20 piano etudes, and Frederic Rzewski’s boisterous Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues.
Also featured will be Andres new work Fiddlehead (2024 Carnegie Hall commission), highlighting Andres’s “textural imagination and ear for piquant harmony” (The Guardian), and a New York premiere by the inventive Gabriella Smith.
“The question of what constitutes ‘Americanness’ in art has long interested me. It was little more than 100 years ago that composers started writing music that sounded ‘American,’ transcending the Eurocentric pastiches of earlier efforts. It’s a recent enough occurrence that one can still imagine different paths composers could’ve taken, could still take. These works represent, to me, the best qualities in American music.” -Timo Andres
This program was generously underwritten by an Anonymous Donor and the Soo & Carolina Kim Foundation.
Receptions begins at 4:00 PM
Doors close at 4:45 PM, recital begins promptly at 5:00 PM

Fall Family Festival
2024-09-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
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"La Foce: Paradise in Tuscany" by Katia Lysy, Presentation & Book Signing
2024-10-06 16:00 - 18:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
Join us for a presentation and book signing of La Foce: Paradise in Tuscany, a stunning journey through the history and transformation of the La Foce estate. Authored by Katia Lysy, with a prologue by Benedetta Origo and breathtaking photographs by Simon Upton and Matteo Carassale, this beautiful book by Rizzoli unveils the captivating story of Iris and Antonio Origo’s vision. Gregory Long (President Emeritus, New York Botanical Garden) will offer an introduction. Discover how they transformed a barren Tuscan landscape into a thriving paradise, featuring a Renaissance villa and classically inspired gardens. Celebrate the dawn of La Foce’s hundredth anniversary with insights into its rich history, brought to life through letters, diaries, and newly commissioned images.
Books will be available for purchase at this event, courtesy of Merritt Books.
Attendance is limited to 50. Reservations are required.

Terra String Quartet and Oskar Espina Ruiz- Saturday Performance
2024-11-23 14:30 - 17:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
In partnership with Music Mountain, Wethersfield is pleased to invite you to join us for an afternoon of Mozart with the Terra String Quartet and Oskar Espina Ruiz.
Prizewinners at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Terra String Quartet is a vibrant young international ensemble based in New York City. They are composed of graduates of The Juilliard School, The New England Conservatory, Harvard University, and the Curtis Institute of Music. They have performed at numerous festivals and venues across the world, with recent concerts at Guarneri Hall, Chamber Music Raleigh, Randolph College, Music for a Great Space, and the Emilia-Romagna Festival in Italy.
Music Mountain artistic director Oskar Espina Ruiz, praised by El Nuevo Día for his “masterful virtuosity,” is a “phenomenal clarinetist– a subtle and discreet virtuoso whose dynamic control matched that of the string quartet” (CVNC).
Reception begins at 2:30 PM
Doors close at 2:45 PM, concert begins promptly at 3:00 PM
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Terra String Quartet and Oskar Espina Ruiz- Sunday Performance
2024-11-24 14:30 - 17:00 | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States

Spring Conditioning Ride
2025-05-10 08:30 - 12:00 | Wethersfield Trailhead, 207 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY, 12501, United States
Registration coming soon.

Educational Bird Walk
2025-05-23 09:00 - 10:30

The Garden Conservancy- Open Days
2025-06-08 10:00 - 17:00
On Sunday, June 8, Wethersfield Estate & Garden is participating in The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days.

Shared Voices Reception & Recital
2025-06-08 14:00 - 16:00

Garden Tales: An Evening for Families
2025-06-13 17:00 - 19:00

Movement Class in the Garden- For Adults
2025-07-18 09:30 - 11:00
Registration Coming Soon

Adventurers Club
2025-07-18 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-07-25 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-08-01 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-08-08 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-08-15 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-08-22 09:30 - 11:30

Movement Class in the Garden - For Children
2025-07-19 09:30 - 11:00

The Garden Conservancy- Open Days
2025-07-20 10:00 - 17:00
On Sunday, July 20, Wethersfield Estate & Garden is participating in The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days.

The Garden Conservancy- Digging Deeper
2025-07-20 10:00 - 23:00

DLC Walk at Wethersfield
2025-08-25 10:00 - 12:00

Conversations at Wethersfield, Speaker Series with Richard Armstrong featuring Peter Pennoyer
2025-09-20 16:00 - 18:00

The Garden Conservancy- Open Days
2025-09-27 10:00 - 17:00
On Saturday, September 27, Wethersfield Estate & Garden is participating in The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days.
