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Breathtaking public gardens open for public tours.
 Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah 10536
Phone: 914-232-1253
www.caramoor.org
The former Rosen estate located on a rustic 100 acres, with eight distinct gardens designed for pleasurable strolling and picnicking. The Sunken Garden, the Butterfly Garden, the Sense Circle for the vision-impaired, the Tapestry Hedge, the Cutting Garden, the Cedar Walk and the Medieval Mount all reflect a Renaissance sensibility. Garden shop on premises.
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 Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens at PepsiCo Headquarters
Anderson Hill Road, Purchase 10577
Phone: 914-253-2001
Walk or drive through 168 acres featuring landscaped and carefully-designed gardens of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. Gardens harmonize with 45 major contemporary sculptures by Moore, Nevelson, Rodin and other 20th-century artists. A map of the grounds is available at the Information Booth (booth open Memorail Day through Labor Day)
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 Greenburgh Nature Center
99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale 10583
Phone: 914-723-3470
www.greenburghnaturecenter.org
A 33-acre preserve with forested walking trails. The botanical exhibit in the greenhouse features African, Asian, and South Amercian Varieties of tropical and desert plants. There are also rock, herb, butterfly and bird gardens on grounds. The Butterfly Garden features abelia, apple, coneflower, and milkweed. The Bird Garden features cotoneaster, nasturtiums, spicebush, straberries and viburnum.
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 Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden
28 Deveau Road, North Salem 10560
Phone: 914-669-5033
www.hammondmuseum.org
Art museum with a 3.5 acre Japanese stroll garden designed with 11 different landscapes with elements designed for the senses of sight, sounds, smell and touch. Some of the features include a Zen garden, bamboo grove and many species of trees and shrubs including ginkgo, katsura, cherry, quince and azalea.
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 John Jay Homestead Herb Garden
400 Route 22 / Jay Street, Katonah 10536
Phone: 914-232-5651
www.johnjayhomestead.org
Four garden sites are beautifully maintained by garden groups on the grounds of a state historic site, the former home of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The formal and terrace gardens use plants popular in the 1920's and 30's, following plans of the Jay family. The traditional herb garden follows a style popular since medieval times. The charming courtyard garden incorporates historic plantings. A 700-foot long Lilac Hedge blooms in April. Potting shed, Farm Buildings and Main House are open from April through November.
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 Kykuit, The Rockefeller Estate
381 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow 10591
Phone: 914-631-9491
www.hudsonvalley.org
Magnificent grounds with Hudson River views surround the palatial estate home of four generations of the Rockefeller dynasty. Guided tour of grounds focuses on garden history and designed, landscape architecture, garden furnishings, and sculpture. Tours depart from Philipsburg Manor on Route 9 in Sleepy Hollow.
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The Lady Bird Johnson Demonstration Garden at the Native Plant Center
Westchester Community College, 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla 10595
Phone: 914-606-7870
www.nativeplantcenter.org
This Center educates people about the importance of low-maintenance native plants which support birds, bees and butterflies. The two-acre demonstration garden contains only native America plants and wildflowers indigenous to the Northeast. Designed for smummer and fall color, no pesticides or fertilizers are used in the garden.
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 Lasdon Park & Arboretum
Route 35, Somers 10589
Phone: 914-864-7260
www.westchestergov.com/parks
A lush, 234-acre property consisting of a 30-acre arboretum that features a formal azalea garden, a magnolia and lilac collection, a rare native American Chestnut tree grove, a dwarf conifer collection of pines, spruces, firs and cypress, a flowering tree grove and the Famous and Historic Tree Trail. The one-acre William and Mildred Lasdon Memorial Garden comprises three distinct areas: an entrance court with a fragrance garden, a formal garden and a synoptic garden that is planted with hundreds of shrubs arranged alphabetically by name, from Abelia to Zenobia.
The arboretum is also home to a Chinese Culture Garden, with plant species native to China, including cherry trees and butterfly bushes.
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 Luquer-Marble Memorial Wildflower Garden, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation
Routes 35 and 121 South, Cross River 10518
Phone: 914-864-7322
www.westchestergov.com/parks
Set within Westchester County's largest reservation (4,700 acres) is a 1/2 acre garden established in 1955 containing over 100 kinds of wildflowers native to Westchester County, including a collection of woodland species such as trilliums and azaleas. Trailside Nature Museum hours very seasonally; call for information.
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 Lyndhurst Rose Garden and Fern Garden
635 South Broadway (Route 9), Tarrytown 10591
Phone: 914-631-4481
www.lyndhurst.org
A grand historic Gothic Revival estate. Lyndhurst's expansive grounds are an oustanding example of the 19th-century landscape design. The Rose Garden includes 100 varieties of roses designed in a circular pattern, with trellises, arbors, and a filigreed center gazebo. The Fern Garden includes 50 varieties of ferns, bordered by rock garden. The steel structure of a conservatory greenhouse remains on site with outdoor plants. Built in 1870 by Lord & Burnham, it was one the largest private greenhouses in the world at the time.
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 Pruyn Sanctuary Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden
275 Millwood Road (Route 133), Chappaqua 10514
Phone: 914-666-6503
www.sawmillriveraudubon.org
A demonstration garden within a six-acre native arboretum surrounded by a 92-acre parcel of protected open space. The garden features over 125 types of annual and perennial flowering plants selected to be food or nectar for butterflies, including asterm iris, lavender, lillies and snapdragon. A drip pool attracts birds. Over 25 species of butterflies and moths, and two dozen species of birds are drawn to the garden. All the plants are labeled.
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September 11th Memorial Garden at Kensico Dam Plaza
Valhalla 10595
Phone: 914-328-1542
www.westchestergov.com/parks
Shrub and perennial garden surrounding The Rising, Westchester's memorial to those who lost their lives in the tragedies of September 11, 2001. The garden was designed for a unique purpose to form a wooded, natural appearance as a back drop to the 9/11 memorial using both native and non-native species.
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 Untermyer Park and Gardens
945 North Broadway, Yonkers 10701
Phone: 914-377-6450
An historic Grand Beaux Arts garden developed in early 1900's by wealthy lawyer Samuel Untermyer. Extensive grounds with breathtaking Hudson River views. Renovated architectural elements such as a Greek-style amphitheater, fountains and canals characterize the ground. The gardens feature annuals, perennials and arge collection of indigengenous trees and shrubs. A former movie and magazine shoot location.
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 Van Cortlandt Manor
South Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson 10520
Phone: 914-271-8981
www.hudsonvalley.org
Once the home of one of New York's most prominent families, the grounds include the gardens, manor house, the tenant farmer's house and tavern. Guided tours of the house and grounds include views of the extensive heritage gardens: medicinal and culinary herb garden, a vegetable garden and an ornamental "long walk" featuring numerous varieties of heritage flowers and plants.
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Wildflower Island at Teatown Lake Reservation
1600 Spring Valley Road, Ossining 10562
Phone: 914-762-2912, ext. 110
www.teatown.org
Teatown is a 733-acre nature preserve and environmental education center. "Wildflower Island" is a two-acre sanctuary that includes an unusually diverse display of 230 species of wildflowers and shrubs. A sampling includes 300 Pink Lady's slippers in May; Azaleas in May and June; Joe-pye weed, Cardinal flower, and bee balm in July and August. Weekly bloom list and map identify plants. All visitors must enter Wildflower Island in guided groups; reservations are required. Children under 14 not permitted.
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