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Practice your yoga and connect with nature in the beauty and serenity of Planting Fields. Each class will be held in a different area of the grounds to offer a unique experience each time! Classes are for all levels and led by certified instructors. Please bring your yoga mat, water bottle and plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early.  In the event of rain, the class will be held inside Coe Hall or the Hay Barn. The specific location within the gardens will be shared at check in.

Our Panorama series hosts Sasha Papernik and Justin Poindexter from Our Band for an evening of musical performance and cultural history. Join us to hear the duo perform tunes by female composers of the turn of the century and discuss how genres were blending during the American Modernist movement and the Gilded Age.  Defined by innovation and the inequities that followed, the musical scene of the early twentieth century marked a collision of cultures at a vigorous speed, with a mixing of genres and a rise of new voices. Tickets: FREE This event is part of our Panorama series of virtual gatherings. Your Zoom access link.....Read More

Leave life's stresses behind for an hour and find grounding through yoga on our Olmsted lawns. Bring a mat, a blanket or props, and water bottle and please plan to arrive 10 minutes early.  Masks recommended, social distancing required. All registrants will get an email clarifying where the practice will take place in advance of the session. Open Air Yoga is led by Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga.  Members: $10  Non-Members: $18    Register For The Event

Leave life's stresses behind for an hour and find grounding through yoga on our Olmsted lawns. Bring a mat, a blanket or props, and water bottle and please plan to arrive 10 minutes early.  Masks recommended, social distancing required. All registrants will get an email clarifying where the practice will take place in advance of the session. Open Air Yoga is led by Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga.  Members: $10  Non-Members: $18  Register For The Event

Our Juncture series hosts this Brooklyn-based trio of Sax, Bass and Drums for a LIVE outdoor concert in the gardens. Concert location details to follow!  Lynn Ligammari -Tenor Saxophone - plays with Antibalas, Durand Jones & The Indications, Red Baraat, Holy Hand Grenade, and more. Kells Nollenberger- Bass - Freelance performer and private educator, plays with Stephane Wremble, Mean Greens & more; plays on Broadway Off-Broadway. Kells just finished playing in the international tour of West Side Story. Conor Elmes-Drums - plays in Youngblood Brass Band, the InBetweens, MiwiLaLupa and more. Conor is a freelance performer and private educator. The.....Read More

Join Helen Selsdon, Archivist at the American Foundation for the Blind, in a discussion about Helen Keller’s activism, as we view a copy of one of her speeches and recognize the centennial anniversary of the 19th amendment and women's constitutional right to vote.  To quote Keller, “There are no such things as ‘divine, immutable, inalienable rights.’ Rights are things which we get when we are strong enough to make our claim to them good. Today women are asserting their rights, tomorrow nobody will be foolhardy enough to question them."  Friend of the Coes and beneficiary of Mai Coe’s father, H.H. Rogers, Keller.....Read More

A little slice of the English countryside, right here in Oyster Bay: that was the vision and inspiration of W.R and Mai Coe as they created Coe Hall and Planting Fields. Explore all the ways the Coes, and their neighbors, built English country homes using innovative materials and salvaged artifacts to give their spaces an air of old world authenticity. Join Kurt Hirschberg from Jan Hird Pokorny Associates in a discussion about the allure of English country homes across the Gold Coast in the early twentieth century and the restoration of the West Portico, poised to begin in August.    The West Portico of Coe Hall is one of the.....Read More

Leave life's stresses behind for an hour and find grounding through yoga on our Olmsted lawns. Bring a mat, a blanket or props, and water bottle and please plan to arrive 10 minutes early.  Masks recommended, social distancing required. All registrants will get an email clarifying where the practice will take place in advance of the session. Open Air Yoga is led by Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga.  Members: $10  Non-Members: $18    Register For The Event

Leave life’s stresses behind for an hour and find grounding through yoga on our Olmsted lawns. Bring a mat, a blanket or props, and water bottle and please plan to arrive 10 minutes early.  Masks recommended, social distancing required. All registrants will get an email clarifying where the practice will take place in advance of the session. Open Air Yoga is led by Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga.  Members: $10  Non-Members: $18  Register For The Event

Join this Juncture series LIVE concert in the gardens of Planting Fields. Steeped in the tradition of great male and female duets such as Johnny Cash and June Carter, Sasha Papernik and Justin Poindexter bring their award-winning songwriting, intimate harmonies, and Eastern-European flair to a rich Americana soundscape. Together, they have performed for audiences in some of the world’s greatest venues, from Carnegie Hall to Lincoln Center to the Smithsonian Museum of American art.   The duet will perform 3 sets: 4:00 - 4:20 4:40 - 5:00 5:20 - 5:40 TICKETS: FREE Exact concert location to follow!   Register For The Event

This event is now at maximum capacity.   Enjoy an evening at Planting Field with a friend, family member, or a special someone by joining our first Twilight Tour of the season. Bask in the golden hour while exploring our late summer gardens guided by Vinnie Simeone, Director of Planting Fields Arboretum, and Master Gardener and Planting Field Garden Guide, Pat Oliver. The evening will start with refreshments in the Cloister Garden from 6:00-6:30 followed by a stroll led by the experts that will create a night to remember. There will be 2 tour groups, each capped at approximately 15.....Read More

Our Juncture series of live, outdoor performances welcomes this Brooklyn-based ensemble to play a vast repertoire of traditional jazz music in the Cloister Garden. The Lynn Ligammari Trio is comprised of Conor Elmes on drums, Lynn Ligammari on tenor-saxaphone, and Kells Nollengberger on bass. Come enjoy a late afternoon of live music, outdoors. Bring chairs or a blanket for comfort, masks recommended and social distancing is required. The performance features three 20-minute sets. Tickets: FREE Please RSVP below. Register Here

Leave life’s stresses behind for an hour and find grounding through yoga on our lawns. Bring a mat, a blanket or props, and water bottle and please plan to arrive 10 minutes early.  Masks recommended, social distancing required. All registrants will get an email clarifying where the practice will take place in advance of the session. Open Air Yoga is led by Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga.  Members: $10  Non-Members: $18    Register For The Event

Leave life’s stresses behind for an hour and find grounding through yoga on our lawns. Bring a mat, a blanket or props, and water bottle and please plan to arrive 10 minutes early.  Masks recommended, social distancing required. All registrants will get an email clarifying where the practice will take place in advance of the session. Open Air Yoga is led by Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga.  Members: $10  Non-Members: $18    Register For The Event

Rise and shine! Come to Planting Fields on September 12 for a morning bird walk led by Jennifer Wilson Pines, Conservation Chair and other experienced trip leaders of the North Shore Audubon Society. They will lead you on a bird walk alongside the Carl F. Wedell Bird Sanctuary to enjoy the abundant sights and sounds of bird species that congregate in this area.  The walk will start promptly at 9:00AM and leave from the Visitor Pavilion. Register today for what will be an explorative experience. Maximum capacity is 15 people. Binoculars will be provided, we encourage you to bring your.....Read More

Bird watching is one of the fastest-growing outdoor activities in the US, with millions of people identifying as bird-watchers or "birders". Can you identify the birds that visit your yard and window sills? Join this Panorama series program for a virtual conversation with with Jennifer Wilson Pines, Past President and Conservation Chair of the North Shore Audubon Society and Sheridan Alford, environmental educator on bird identification and the study of ornithology. Peggy and Sheridan will provide helpful tips to make bird identification simple and enjoyable, while sharing insight and expertise on the study of ornithology and its community of explorers......Read More

Leave life’s stresses behind for an hour and find grounding through yoga on our lawns. Bring a mat, a blanket or props, and water bottle and please plan to arrive 10 minutes early.  Masks recommended, social distancing required. All registrants will get an email clarifying where the practice will take place in advance of the session. Open Air Yoga is led by Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga.  Members: $10  Non-Members: $18    Register For The Event

Planting Fields Foundation is pleased to invite you to the opening of The Great Bird Blind Debate exhibition with Mark Dion and David Brooks. Nestled in the bird sanctuary, a habitat within a major migratory corridor, two site-specific installations address the history, culture and growing popularity of bird watching.   Art and nature converge in these opposing and functional bird blinds, inspiring observation and reflection on the character and vulnerability of the natural world.  Stroll through the bird sanctuary and visit a corresponding exhibition on view inside Coe Hall and open only to registrants. Read more about the exhibition here.  Reservations are.....Read More

Come see Yvonne Winborne in collaboration with Heresia Hayes and Kiena Williams; dancers, vocalists, and art educators from Brooklyn, NY. Yvonne, Heresia, and Kiena will be perform and combine acapella vocal music and dance to bring to life the stories of today highlighting the sisterhood of black women and the Black Lives Matter movement. Stroll by the Taxus Field between 3:00 - 5:00PM to see their performance. NY Forward safety protocols are enforced for this program and must be adhered to for the duration. Masks recommended, social distancing required. This program is FREE. Please RSVP below. Register For The Event

Rise and shine! Come to Planting Fields for a morning bird walk led by Jennifer Wilson Pines, Conservation Chair and other experienced trip leaders of the North Shore Audubon Society.  They will lead you on a bird walk alongside the Carl F. Wedell Bird Sanctuary to enjoy the abundant sights and sounds of bird species that congregate in this area. The walk will start promptly at 9:00AM and leave from the Visitor Pavilion. Maximum capacity is 15 people. Binoculars will be provided, we encourage you to bring your own. Masks are required and social distancing is required. TICKETS: Adults- $10 Members.....Read More

The lawns and gardens of Planting Fields offer a serene backdrop for the practice of yoga.  Bring your mat, a blanket or props, and a water bottle, and please plan to arrive 10 minutes early. Masks recommended, social distancing required. All registrants will receive an email with class location in advance of the session. Classes are for all levels and led by certified instructors from Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga. Members: $10 Non-Members: $18 Register For The Event

The lawns and gardens of Planting Fields offer a serene backdrop for the practice of yoga.  Bring your mat, a blanket or props, and a water bottle, and please plan to arrive 10 minutes early. Masks recommended, social distancing required. All registrants will receive an email with class location in advance of the session. Classes are for all levels and led by certified instructors from Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga. Members: $10 Non-Members: $18 Register For The Event