Category Archives: Garden Visits (Road Trips)

A look at the Coaching Weekend in the Berkshires

Posted on October 19, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

One of the visual high-points of the Columbus Day Weekend in Lenox and Stockbridge, which are located in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, other than the gorgeous Fall foliage, is the sighting of road coaches traveling through those towns … Continue reading →

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Visiting Bunny Williams and John Rosselli’s Garden in Falls Village, Connecticut

Posted on July 26, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

One of the high-points of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program is a visit to Bunny Williams and her husband John Rosselli’s estate called “The Manor” in Falls Village, Connecticut. Bunny and John are both famous for being “Taste Makers”.  … Continue reading →

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Shopping the Upscale Stores in New Preston, Connecticut

Posted on September 18, 2017 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

If you are the reader of “shelter magazines” (Veranda, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, etc) as I am, you will have noticed that many of the stylish properties shown in those periodicals are located in north-west Connecticut.  Litchfield County … Continue reading →

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Visiting The Real Housewives of New York (RHONY) Dorinda Medley’s home, Blue Stone Manor, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Posted on July 17, 2017 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

On July 15, 2017 The Lenox Garden Club held its biennial garden tour, and one of the show-stopping properties visited was Blue Stone Manor. Blue Stone Manor is the country home of Dorinda Medley who is a reality TV star … Continue reading →

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Bunny Williams new Studio at her Falls Village, Connecticut estate

Posted on June 30, 2016 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Throughout the year, taste-makers extraordinaire, Bunny Williams and her husband John Rosselli graciously open up their Litchfield County estate to help a number of charities. Recently my friend Marguerite and I visited Bunny and John’s bit of paradise, called the … Continue reading →

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A Way to Garden…A Tour of Margaret Roach’s Columbia County Garden in Copake Falls, NY

Posted on June 6, 2016 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Since 1995 the Garden Conservancy has providing entrée into some of America’s most beautiful gardens with their Open Days Program. One of their most popular east-coast garden hosts is plants-women, author of three books, lecturer, past garden editor for Newsday … Continue reading →

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My visit to the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, NY

Posted on July 30, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Located in central New York, one mile north of the Village of Cooperstown, on the west side of Otsego Lake is the Farmers’ Museum. The museum is sited at 5775 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326, which is on land … Continue reading →

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Martha was there and so was I, TRADE SECRETS CT. Sharon Connecticut

Posted on May 24, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Each May on the Saturday and Sunday following Mother’s Day, plant and garden antiques lovers from everywhere journey to picturesque north-west Connecticut for Trade Secrets. Trade secrets is a two-day event to benefit Women’s Support Services of Sharon, Ct., which … Continue reading →

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A Return Visit to Spencer and Katrina Trask’s YADDO. Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted on August 29, 2012 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

During the Summer months in the 1960’s my Mother and Father, along with my maternal Grandmother, Aunt Anna, Uncle Micky, and my Sister and I would all pack into our family car and drive to Saratoga. We would go from … Continue reading →

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BerkshireBotanical…A visit to the Berkshire Botanical Garden Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Posted on August 10, 2012 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Sited at 5 West Stockbridge Road at the intersections of Routes 102 and 183 on the outskirts of Stockbridge, Massachusetts is the Berkshire Botanical Garden (BBG). Founded in 1934 as the Berkshire Garden Center, its public display gardens are among … Continue reading →

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