Planting Fields State Historic Park
1395 Planting Fields Rd.,
Oyster Bay
516-922-9200
Their web site
(other LI parks: Theodore Roosevelt‘s home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay)
The Planting Fields’ golden shrimp plants (left) as the one (right) at Kew Gardens in London
A chilly and windy day. More pix on FB flowers and others
Chinese Redbud
The garden has 400 acres, belonged to W.R. Coe family.
The Camellia Greenhouse displays the largest collection of camellias in the northeast, and the Main Greenhouse has extensive collections of hibiscus, orchids, succulents, and seasonal displays. Coe Hall is the Tudor Revival residence of the Coe family and is open for guided tours from April to September.
It’s a NYS park (deeded to the state in 1949).
