Tickets are on sale now for the Croton Arboretum and Sanctuary's 18th annual garden tour to be held on Sunday, July 13 from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
This popular event will feature a self-guided tour of six beautiful, lush gardens in the Croton-on-Hudson and Ossining areas. Tour maps will be available to ticket holders on Sunday, July 13, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 6 Old Post Road North, Croton-on-Hudson. Visitors should dress appropriately because the tour takes place rain or shine.
Tickets are $20 each or $35 for two if purchased in advance. Space is limited so order your tickets today by calling (914) 487-3830.
All tour proceeds benefit the Croton Arboretum and Sanctuary, Inc. a volunteer-run, non-profit organization that provides environmental stewardship for more than 20 acres of wetlands and woods at the Jane E. Lytle Arboretum in Croton-on-Hudson.
The sites on the self-guided garden tour are as follows (information provided by the Croton Arboretum and Sanctuary):
- A private preserve with a vegetable garden, orchard, perennial beds, lawn and woods that has been maintained without the use of pesticides by a New York Botanical Garden instructor.
- An 1840s farmhouse surrounded by perennial beds and large old maple trees.
- A quarter-acre plot that’s been transformed into a self-sufficient farm.
- A small garden on a terraced hillside set in an urban neighborhood.
- A working farm that has been in the same family for a hundred years, managed by a descendant who boards horses, raises bees and grows heritage crops.
- A 23-acre historic estate, originally part of the much larger homestead of a family that settled in Cortlandt in 1735.
For more information about this and future events, please visit www.crotonarboretum.org
About Croton Arboretum
Incorporated in 1994, the Croton Arboretum and Sanctuary, Inc. is a volunteer, non-profit organization that provides environmental stewardship for 20+ acres of wetlands and woods at the Jane E. Lytle Arboretum in New York State's beautiful mid-Hudson River Valley. The Arboretum is open 365 days a year from dawn to dusk.
Working in collaborative partnership with local schools, businesses and other civic organizations, the Arboretum promotes ecological literacy and environmental education programs in wetland restoration, wildlife habitat enhancement and water quality monitoring
