On September 8, 2021 after the morning trip with Linnaean NY to Rockefeller SP ended we went with our friend Kathleen to Croton Point to possibly see birds and eat lunch. There where so many bees we ate in the car. After a brief stop at the Echo Canoe launch we decided to drive to Cold Springs, New York for coffee. After that we drove up to Stonecrop Gardens nearby STONECROP GARDENS – 81 Stonecrop Lane – Cold Spring New York 10516. It is a drop-dead gorgeous garden and well worth a visit. The view from the hills of the Hudson Highlands is magnificent.
Stonecrop, opened in 1992, began as a private garden. In 1958, Garden Conservancy founder Frank Cabot and his wife, Anne, built their home on sixty hilltop acres of fields and woods outside Cold Spring, New York. The land was a gift from Anne’s grandmother, Evelina Ball Perkins (more history at the website).
Baloon Milkweed (Gomphocarpus physocarpus), Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans), Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021 Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021
“Drop-dead gorgeous” is just the right term. The name’s interesting, too. It evoked one of my favorite native stonecrop plants.
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That’s right. 🙂 The place began as a rock garden so it says in the history.
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Another wonderful display. Your editing is really paying off
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Thank you so much Derrick.
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