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Support Wethersfield

Wethersfield Estate & Garden relies on the generosity of the community to preserve and restore the grounds, including the formal gardens, woodland trails, main house and carriage museum, and to offer unique programming in the arts, conservation and horticulture.

DONATE

How to Help

Become a Member or Gift a Membership to Wethersfield

For information about membership levels and benefits, click here. 

Make a donation

Wethersfield Estate & Garden welcomes donations. 

  • If you would like to make a gift of securities, or an electronic funds transfer, please contact hillaryhenderson@wethersfield.org for instructions.
  • Checks can be made payable to Wethersfield Foundation, Inc. and mailed to 257 Pugsley Hill Road, Amenia, NY 12501

Planned Giving

Wethersfield Estate & Garden is honored to be thought of as estate plans are considered. Anyone wishing to incorporate such a gift is encouraged to contact Hillary Henderson, Director of Development at hillaryhenderson@wethersfield.org. 

Making a donation in honor of someone

If you are looking for a fitting way to pay tribute to someone either in life or in death, please consider a gift to Wethersfield Estate & Garden. Tribute gifts enable us to flourish – as we live out our vibrant mission to safeguard public gardens/green spaces, the promotion of iconoclastic classical and neoclassical artists, and to lift up visionaries in horticulture and conservation.

Your recipient receives a tribute certificate that informs them of your kindness. The amount of the gift is not revealed – only the spirit in which it is presented.

Friend: $500 and above

  • Open visit passes to Wethersfield Garden for 6

  • Wethersfield’s bi-annual newsletters

  • Special e-updates

Fully tax deductible

Steward: $1,000 and above

  • Unlimited open visit pass to Wethersfield Garden for the season (immediate family or Member with 3 adult guests)

  • Equestrian Trail Pass for the season (Single Pass)

  • Wethersfield’s bi-annual newsletters

  • Special e-updates and invitations to special events including the annual Community Day Celebration.

  • Recognition in Wethersfield publications

  • Invitation to an exclusive Friends of Wethersfield appreciation event.

$175.00 of this donation level is not tax deductible. You may opt out of receiving any benefits by including a note with your donation.

Gatekeeper: $5,000 and above
  • Unlimited open visit pass to Wethersfield Garden for the season (for immediate family or Member and 3 adult guests)

  • A Guided Tour of the Gardens, Main House and Carriage House Museum (for member and 3 guests)

  • Equestrian Trail Pass for the season (Family Pass)

  • Wethersfield’s bi-annual newsletters

  • Special e-updates and invitations to special events including the annual Community Day Celebration.

  • Recognition in Wethersfield publications and an invitation to an exclusive Friends of Wethersfield appreciation event.

$330.00 of this donation level is not tax deductible. You may opt out of receiving any benefits by including a note with your donation.

Benefactor: $10,000 and above
  • Unlimited open visit pass to Wethersfield Garden for the season (for immediate family or Member and 4 adult guests)
  • A Guided Tour of the Gardens, Main House and Carriage House Museum (member and 4 guests)
  • Equestrian Trail Pass for the season (Family Pass)
  • Wethersfield’s bi-annual newsletters
  • Special e-updates and invitations to special events including the annual Community Day Celebration.
  • Recognition in Wethersfield publications and an invitation to an exclusive Friends of Wethersfield appreciation event.
  • An opportunity to host a private event for up to twelve guests in the Main House, Carriage House or Garden.

$350.00 of this donation level is not tax deductible. 

You may opt out of receiving any benefits by including a note with your donation.

Conservator: $25,000 and above

  • Unlimited open visit pass to Wethersfield Garden for the season (for immediate family or Member and 4 adult guests)

  • A Guided Tour of the Gardens, Main House and Carriage House Museum (member and 4 guests)

  • Equestrian Trail Pass for the season (Family Pass)

  • Wethersfield’s bi-annual newsletters

  • Special e-updates and invitations to special events including the annual Community Day Celebration.

  • Recognition in Wethersfield publications and an invitation to an exclusive Friends of Wethersfield appreciation event.

  • An opportunity to host a private event for up to twelve guests in the Main House, Carriage House or Garden.

  • Recognition on a special plaque at Wethersfield.

$400.00 of this donation level is not tax deductible.

You may opt out of receiving any benefits by including a note with your donation

The Friends of Wethersfield is ever mindful of your sustaining friendship. We wish to offer profound thanks for your consideration and generosity. The beating heart of Wethersfield is the lived and expressed desire that the property remain a refuge for all who seek wonder in green space.

Wethersfield Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 entity and all donations made are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.