Plan Your Weekend: Tours of Historic Stone Mill
Posted in Exhibitions, Programs and Events, The Edible Garden on September 10 2010, by Plant Talk
The Edible Garden Cooking Demos, Ballet Among the Blooms, and More!
Be among the first to take an inside look at the newly restored Lillian and Amy Goldman Stone Mill, a New York City Landmark and National Historic Landmark built in 1840. In collaboration with The New York Landmarks Conservancy, the Garden is offering guided tours of the restored Stone Mill and surrounding landscape. Take a Tram tour of gardens and collections in the 100-acre Stone Mill Precinct, walk along the Bronx River with guides from the Bronx River Alliance, and visit the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden in fall bloom. Enjoy live music on the terrace above the picturesque Bronx River gorge. Don’t miss this first of two weekend opportunities to view the beautifully restored space.
Stone Mill Ongoing Tours
Saturday, September 11, & Sunday, September 12
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Lillian and Amy Goldman Stone Mill
This weekend visitors also can delight in cooking demos from chefs Peter Hoffman and Gillian Duffy, dance with New York City Ballet educators, and discover new fall classes for adults. Here are the details of some of the exciting events taking place:
Cooking Demos
Conservatory Kitchen Tent
Saturday, September 11, 1 & 3 p.m.
Gillian Duffy
Culinary editor, New York Magazine
Sunday, September 12, 1 & 3 p.m.
Peter Hoffman
Chef and owner of Manhattan’s Savoy and Back Forty restaurants
Ballet Among the Blooms
Sunday, September 12, 12, 2–5 p.m.
Everett Children’s Adventure Garden
Children learn ballet jumps and turns from New York City Ballet educators, watch School of American Ballet Dancers, and create wearable works of art inspired by the surrounding nature in an afternoon of fun and exploration.
Adult Education Free Open House
Saturday, September 11, 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Watson Building
Come be a student for the day and find out what’s new for fall in Gardening, Floral Design, Landscape Design, and more!
