Happenings

Join us for the public opening of a new sound installation at Planting Fields, the Catalyst 2021 commission, Nico Muhly: Pastoral (Indoors/Outdoors). Enjoy light refreshments in the Cloister Garden, meet the composer, Nico Muhly, and pianist Conor Hanick, and experience the new exhibition in a self-guided format. The two-part composition will play in the Gallery of Coe Hall and inside and around the 1915 Tea House in the Italian Garden. Catalyst at Planting Fields invites artists to produce work in dialogue with the site in a transhistorical approach. The program aims to preserve the spirit of the place by continuing a.....Read More

The Oyster Bay Music Festival and Planting Fields are proud to present members of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in a special concert, Friday, July 2nd at 6 pm. Experience Grammy-winning Wynton Marsalis’ composition reinterpreting Stravinsky’s classic, The Soldier’s Tale. Marsalis weaves a harrowing story of an aspiring musician who sells her music to the devil – a record company – in an age-old tale of temptation. The jazz-inspired 7-piece chamber orchestra retells the legendary parable once again with narration. Featuring Danyon Davis, narrator, Laura Frautschi, violin, Donald Palma, double bass, Alan Kay, clarinet, Frank Morelli, bassoon, Carl Albach, trumpet, Weston Sprott, trombone,.....Read More

Enjoy summer at Planting Fields by taking an outdoor, 60-minute, all levels yoga and meditation class in the Cloister Garden. Partnering with Oyster Bay/Glen Cove Yoga, spend your morning at Planting Fields to continue your practice and connect mindfully with the natural landscape. Members: $12 General Admission: $20 Register For The Event

Members are invited to Planting Fields on the third Thursday evening of each month after the park closes to the public for an exclusive experience to go on a highlighted tour and enjoy complimentary refreshments and small bites. The July Member After Hours will include experiencing the 2021 Catalyst exhibition, Nico Muhly: Pastoral: (Indoors/Outdoors) a new sound installation composed by Nico Muhly, that plays inside the Gallery inside Coe Hall and outdoors in the Italian Garden.    Thursday, July 15, 5:30 – 7:00 PM Free for members Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields.....Read More

Explore the Olmsted Brothers designed landscape at Planting Fields by going on a guided tour led by the historic landscape staff, garden guides, and director of Planting Fields Arboretum, Vincent Simeone. Enjoy the summer sunset as well as some light refreshments before the tour begins. Members: $24 General Admission: $30 Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member account profile, please read these instructions. Register Here

Enjoy summertime in bloom at Planting Fields by having a small variety of flavorful teas paired with individually bagged cookies outside in the Cloister Garden and aside the West Portico. Guests will also have the opportunity to encounter one of the site's unique architectural spaces that is part of the exhibition, Everett Shinn: Operatics, the 1915 Tea House in the Italian Garden. The space features murals and furnishings commissioned from Shinn by the Coes, who built a legacy of artistic patronage by supporting the modern artists of their time. American modernist and member of the Ashcan School of painters, Everett.....Read More

Enjoy summer at Planting Fields by taking an outdoor, 60-minute, all levels yoga and meditation class in the Cloister Garden. Partnering with Oyster Bay/Glen Cove Yoga, spend your morning at Planting Fields to continue your practice and connect mindfully with the natural landscape. Members: $12 General Admission: $20 Register For The Event

Come experience the benefits of summer outdoors at Planting Fields.  Studies have shown that forest therapy can help build a strong immune system, boost your ability to fight infection, reduce stress hormones, lower your blood pressure and heart rate, and improve concentration and focus. Certified guide, Linda Lombardo, will lead a 2-hour walk throughout the Olmsted Brothers-designed landscape of Planting Fields that will promote mindfulness and connectivity with your surroundings. Forest Therapy is a research-based framework for supporting healing and wellness through immersion in forests and other natural environments . It originated as Shinrin-Yoku--森林翼 – Japanese characters that translate as “forest and woods and taking them all in.”. It’s not about distance or endurance. It’s about slowing down and noticing.  Members:.....Read More

The East Line Theatre company will perform The Truth outdoors at Planting Fields, a play in four acts written in 1906 by American playwright Clyde Fitch (1865 – 1909) who was best known for plays of social satire and character study.   Friday, August 6 6:00 – 7:30 PM   TICKETS: $32 Members $40 Non-members Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member account profile, please read these instructions. Register Here

Enjoy summer at Planting Fields by taking an outdoor, 60-minute, all levels yoga and meditation class in the Cloister Garden. Partnering with Oyster Bay/Glen Cove Yoga, spend your morning at Planting Fields to continue your practice and connect mindfully with the natural landscape. Members: $12 General Admission: $20 Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member account profile, please read these instructions. Register For The Event

The East Line Theatre company will perform The Truth outdoors at Planting Fields, a play in four acts written in 1906 by American playwright Clyde Fitch (1865 – 1909) who was best known for plays of social satire and character study.   Friday, August 13 (Rain date is August 14) 5:30 – 7:30 PM   TICKETS: $32 Members $40 Non-members Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member account profile, please read these instructions. Register Here

Free with Planting Fields membership. Join Vincent Simeone, Director of Planting Fields Arboretum, as he talks about the current status of Planting Fields’ landscape, upcoming restoration projects, and fall season plantings. Panorama programs are one of the benefits of having a Planting Fields membership. Click HERE to learn more about membership. Register Here

Free with Planting Fields membership. Members are invited to Planting Fields on the third Thursday evening of each month after the park closes to the public to experience a highlighted tour and enjoy complimentary refreshments and bites. The August Member After Hours will feature a highlighted garden tour and enjoying bites and beverages in the Cloister Garden. Click HERE to learn more about membership. Register Here

Explore the Olmsted Brothers designed landscape at Planting Fields by going on a guided tour led by the historic landscape staff, garden guides, and director of Planting Fields Arboretum, Vincent Simeone. Enjoy the summer sunset as well as some light refreshments before the tour begins. Members: $24 General Admission: $30 Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member account profile, please read these instructions. Register Here

Enjoy summer at Planting Fields by taking an outdoor, 60-minute, all levels yoga and meditation class in the Cloister Garden. Partnering with Oyster Bay/Glen Cove Yoga, spend your morning at Planting Fields to continue your practice and connect mindfully with the natural landscape. Members: $12 General Admission: $20 Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member account profile, please read these instructions. Register For The Event

Come experience the benefits of summer outdoors at Planting Fields. Studies have shown that forest therapy can help build a strong immune system, boost your ability to fight infection, reduce stress hormones, lower your blood pressure and heart rate, and improve concentration and focus. Certified guide, Linda Lombardo, will lead a 2-hour walk throughout the Olmsted Brothers-designed landscape of Planting Fields that will promote mindfulness and connectivity with your surroundings. Forest Therapy is a research-based framework for supporting healing and wellness through immersion in forests and other natural environments . It originated as Shinrin-Yoku–森林翼 – Japanese characters that translate as.....Read More

Enjoy summer in bloom at Planting Fields by starting your weekend on Saturday mornings at 8:00AM taking outdoor yoga in the gardens. Enjoy being outdoors and connecting with the natural landscape through continuing your yoga practice at Planting Fields. Members: $12 General Admission: $20 Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member account profile, please read these instructions. Register Here

Stop by the Visitor Center at Coe Hall on Saturday, September 4 and visit our farm stand to learn about the site’s agricultural history. Centuries before the Coes established their estate, indigenous communities and European colonists farmed the loamy soil of Planting Fields. This agricultural tradition continues to this day. Come speak with farmers from Orkestai Farm, the organic farm at Planting Fields, and Planting Fields Foundation staff about produce, cultivation, and historic crops. Be prepared to take some Orkestai Farm vegetables home with you! Free with Park admission No registration required

Come experience the benefits of the outdoors at Planting Fields. Certified guide, Linda Lombardo, will lead a 2-hour walk throughout the Olmsted Brothers-designed landscape of Planting Fields that will promote mindfulness and connectivity with your surroundings. Forest Therapy is a research-based framework for supporting healing and wellness through immersion in forests and other natural environments. Members: $36 General admission: $40 Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member account profile, please read these instructions. Register Here

Enjoy summertime in bloom at Planting Fields by having a small variety of flavorful teas paired with individually bagged cookies outside in the Cloister Garden and aside the West Portico. Guests will also have the opportunity to encounter one of the site’s unique architectural spaces that is part of the exhibition, Everett Shinn: Operatics, the 1915 Tea House in the Italian Garden. The space features murals and furnishings commissioned from Shinn by the Coes, who built a legacy of artistic patronage by supporting the modern artists of their time. American modernist and member of the Ashcan School of painters, Everett.....Read More

Steeped in the tradition of great male and female duets such as Johnny Cash and June Carter, Sasha Papernik and Justin Poindexter, who make up the musical duo Our Band, bring their award-winning songwriting, intimate harmonies, and Eastern-European flair to a rich Americana soundscape. Our Band will perform at Planting Fields a musical repertoire that is inspired by the home, the garden, and natural landscape.   Members: $32  General admission: $40 Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member.....Read More

Shibori is the Japanese word for a variety of manual resist dyeing techniques that involves shaping and securing the fabric before dyeing to create patterns. Explore your creativity and learn more about the art of shibori at Planting Fields in this hands-on workshop instructed by artist Rachel Dove. All registrants will leave with two hand-dyed textiles.   Members: $32  General admission: $40   Planting Fields Foundation members must log in to their account via the Planting Fields website to purchase program tickets at the member price! If you do not already have a member account profile, please read these instructions.  .....Read More

Members of Planting Fields are invited to the park after it closes to the public on the third Thursday evening of each month for an exclusive experience that includes complimentary bites and beverages and a highlighted tour or activity. The September Member After Hours will include featured cocktails by a mixologist served in W.R Coe’s Prohibition bar and a guided house tour led by Planting Fields staff.

Join us on September 17 at Planting Fields to experience an illustrated presentation on the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted, the famed designer of Central Park and founder of the landscape architecture firm that shaped Planting Fields. Writer, public historian, filmmaker, and consulting producer on the nationally broadcast PBS special “Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America,” Laurence Cotton will present an information-rich and entertaining talk about Frederick Law Olmsted’s life, career, and legacy and will present a mini-travelogue of select Olmsted landscapes across North America designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and sites—like Planting Fields—designed by his sons and the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm. Before the presentation, guests will be led across the designed landscape by Gina J. Wouters, Executive Director of Planting Fields Foundation, who will speak about significant landscape areas at Planting Fields and their historical context. Come learn about this extraordinary legacy of a Renaissance man, view an Olmsted Brothers designed landscape, and discover why Olmsted’s philosophy, writings, and designs are still so relevant today.