Text Box:   Hudson Valley Grand Gardens & Estates 
				  May 15- 16, 2008
	   A Tour Sponsored by Syracuse Garden Club

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come!  Invite friends & join our club for a glorious adventure through the Hudson Valley – together we’ll revel in fine horticulture, art, architecture, fabulous views, history & dining

Kykuit, hilltop paradise of the Rockefeller family features a Beaux Arts mansion and magnificent early 20th century gardens designed by William Welles Bosworth.   Stunning world-class art includes masterpieces by Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso.  

Boscobel, a Federal period mansion with dramatic vistas of the Hudson features sweeping lawns, formal gardens, orchards, herb gardens & orangery; one of the finest collections of antiques & decorative arts.  Locust Grove, Samuel Morse’s historic home features lush gardens of heritage plantings and an extensive peony collection.  The museum includes Morse’s scientific inventions and paintings.  

Culinary Institute of America and Plum Bush Innwe’ll dine at some of the finest restaurants in the Hudson Valley.

Vanderbilt Estatefeatures a masterpiece landscape design -- with 3-acres of formal gardens on 3 levels.  The Italian Garden features wisteria pergola, reflecting pool antique statuary, creek overlook, Japanese teahouse, extensive perennial and annual beds. 

Beatrix Ferrand’s Bellefield was created by the famous American woman designer in 1912 and is known for perfectly composed borders of white, pink, blush, cream, gray, mauve and purple. 

$329 (double occupancy) includes deluxe coach bus transportation, fully escorted tour with all entrance fees, 1 night lodging, breakfast and 2 mid-day meals.  Bus leaves from Wegmans, Dewitt, NY  at 7 a.m. on Thursday and returns by 9:30 p.m. Friday.  Mail check to Vistas Unlimited, 12 E. Lake St., Skaneateles, NY  13152  Questions regarding the trip? Call Joyce at 315-372-5068.

 

 

Enjoy a world class mail at the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, NY

TRAVEL TO ENRICH YOUR LIFE!

VISTAS UNLIMITED

 

VISTAS UNLIMITED

Travel  to Enrich Your Life

12 East Lake Street

Skaneateles, NY  13152

Phone:  315-372-5068 or

315-636-9111

Info@vistasunlimited.net