Old Westbury Gardens
add photosOpen on Sundays in November and holiday celebrations in December; closed Tuesday. Westbury House and Gardens are open every weekend in April from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm, with the last vehicle allowed onto the property at 4:00 pm. Discounted tickets available in the April.
While guests are invited to tour the house and stroll the gardens at their leisure, Old Westbury Gardens Volunteers provide daily tours of Westbury House on the hour and the half-hour, and of the gardens at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. Guided tours last approximately 45 minutes. House tours meet at the reception desk and garden tours meet at the West Porch Beech Tree.
No sports activities (e.g., ball playing, Frisbee tossing, biking, rollerblading, jogging, kite flying) allowed in the gardens. Strollers, large bags and backpacks are not permitted in Westbury House.
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"Fun with the Family"
Steel magnate John S. Phipps built this palatial country estate as a wedding present for his heiress wife, Margarita Grace, in 1904. The Charles II manor house and surounding gardens were patterned after her childhood home in England, and the results are breathtaking. The mansion is filled with beautiful furniture, art, and family mementos, and the formal English gardens surrounding the house are considered to be the best in the country.
Children will enjoy exploring playhouses, from a miniature thatched cottage complete with a tiny tea party for dolls inside to three rustic kid-size log cabins.
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