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      • Catalyst 2024: Follies: A Botanical Backstory by Processional Arts
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      • Fashioning Desire: The Art of Gerda Wegener
      • Catalyst 2021: Nico Muhly: Pastoral (Indoors/Outdoors)
      • Everett Shinn: Operatics
      • The Electrifying Art and Spaces of Robert Winthrop Chanler
    • UPCOMING
      • Catalyst 2025: Sam Van Aken, The Planting Fields Stand
      • Legacy of Landscape: Innocenti – Webel’s Designs for the Coes

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Playing the Piano at Planting Fields

In the early twentieth century, both Mai Rogers Coe and her daughter, Natalie Mai, achieved.....Read More

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30
Aug
Equestrians at Planting Fields

If you have been watching the Olympics these past few weeks, you may have caught.....Read More

05
Aug
The Heather Garden at Planting Fields

The Heather Garden at Planting Fields, designed by the Olmsted Brothers, is aptly named after.....Read More

27
Jun
Performing the Past for the Future

This Feature is an excerpt from curator Meredith Brown’s essay in the upcoming exhibition catalogue.....Read More

01
Jun
The Olmsted Brothers at Planting Fields

Photo of the original beech tree on the West Lawn. Mattie Edwards Hewitt, c. 1922......Read More

30
Apr
The Beech Copse on the East Lawn

Located on the Planting Fields East Lawn, a copse, or thicket, of beech trees once.....Read More

02
Apr
Modern Art, Modern Women: The Armory Show and Mai Coe

Most art historical accounts credit New York’s legendary 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art—better known.....Read More

01
Mar
Reflections on the Great Bird Blind Debate

The whimsical bird blinds created by David Brooks and Mark Dion in Planting Field’s bird.....Read More

24
Feb
From the Planting Fields Foundation Archives

Although we might think of Planting Fields as a peaceful and quiet respite from the.....Read More

31
Jan
The West Portico Restoration Concludes in Time for Spring

Planting Fields is a triumph of Gilded Age design and a manifestation of a time.....Read More

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Jan
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Oyster Bay, NY 11771

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Closed December 25  

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Closed to the public on Tuesdays for routine maintenance.

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  • ABOUT
    • About Us
    • Board of Trustees and Leadership
    • Staff
    • Institutional Documents
    • The Olmsted Brothers
  • VISIT
    • Hours and Admission
    • Tours
    • Directions and Maps
    • Accessibility
  • SEE + DO
    • Happenings Calendar
    • Annual Events
    • What’s In Bloom
    • Gardens + Greenhouses
  • LEARN
    • Education
      • K-12 Group Visits
      • Youth Leaders
      • Learning Kits
      • Explorer Activities
    • Collections
      • Rooms of Coe Hall
      • Decorators
      • Archives
    • Research
      • Planting Fields Foundation Blog
      • Olmsted 200 at Planting Fields
      • Cultural Landscape Report
      • Olmsted 200 Presentation
  • SUPPORT
    • Donate
      • Annual Fund
      • Donor Acknowledgment
      • Oak Circle
      • Ways to Give
      • Sponsor a Tree
    • Rentals
      • Weddings
      • Meetings and Retreats
      • Photography
    • Collaborate
      • Volunteer with Us
      • Partner with Us
  • SUSTAINABILITY
  • PRESERVATION
    • Buffalo Mural
    • West Portico
    • Heather Garden
    • Main Entrance Drive
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • PRESENT
      • Catalyst 2023: Courtney M. Leonard
      • Decisive Moments at Planting Fields
      • Catalyst 2020: The Great Bird Blind Debate
    • PAST
      • Catalyst 2024: Follies: A Botanical Backstory by Processional Arts
      • Catalyst 2022: The Outside In by Diana Al-Hadid
      • Fashioning Desire: The Art of Gerda Wegener
      • Catalyst 2021: Nico Muhly: Pastoral (Indoors/Outdoors)
      • Everett Shinn: Operatics
      • The Electrifying Art and Spaces of Robert Winthrop Chanler
    • UPCOMING
      • Catalyst 2025: Sam Van Aken, The Planting Fields Stand
      • Legacy of Landscape: Innocenti – Webel’s Designs for the Coes

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