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Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, Oyster Bay

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Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, which includes the Coe Hall Historic House Museum, is an arboretum and state park covering over located in the village of Upper Brookville in the town of Oyster Bay, New York.
Near the end of America's Gilded Age, the estate named Planting Fields was the home of William Robertson Coe, an insurance and railroad executive, and his wife Mary "Mai" Huttleston (née Rogers) Coe, the youngest daughter of millionaire industrialist Henry H. Rogers, who had been a principal of Standard Oil. It includes the 67-room Coe Hall, greenhouses, gardens, woodland paths, and outstanding plant collections. Its grounds were designed by Guy Lowell, A. R. Sargent, the Olmsted Brothers, and others. Planting Fields also features an herbarium of over 10,000 pressed specimens.
The name "Planting Fields" comes from the Matinecock Indians who cultivated the rich soil in the clearings high above Long Island Sound.

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• By Maureen K

  What a beautiful place to visit. Quiet park like atmosphere with herb & flower gardens. .Lots of walking trails & don’t miss the tour of the Coe mansion.  more »

• By len16107

  We went with friends to see the site,someting we all wanted to go to for years.The only negative was that the elevator was not working and I was unable to get to the second floor.  more »

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• By Ashish Satyabhashak

  Simply beautiful garden for only $8 per car. No need to go to over pricey and crowded botanical gardens in NYC anymore. It is easily accessible by long island expressway. It is extremely peaceful inside planting fields Arboretum. You won't find constantly staff walking behind you. You will have freedom to enjoy everything in respectful fashion. No picnic allowed and please keep gardens clean. I would definitely go to planting fields again. This place is awesome for wedding pictures.

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• By Susan Lehecka

  Very nice. The grounds are very well kept. Must be even better during the season when more plants are blooming. Signage could be better to indicate which way to the different gardens and buildings. Loved it. Would go back.

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