"Planting Fields", estate of William R. Coe, Oyster Bay, New York photo from U.S. Library of Congress collection.

Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park is an arboretum and state park covering over 400 acres (c. 1.6 square kilometres) located in Oyster Bay, New York. It lies between Oyster Bay and Locust Valley on New York, USA's Long Island. Image File history File links 3b34890rloc. ... Image File history File links 3b34890rloc. ... William Robertson Coe (June 8, 1869-March 15, 1955) was an insurance company, railroad, and business executive, and philanthropist. ... Oyster Bay is the name of a hamlet and census-designated place on the North Shore of Long Island in Nassau County in the state of New York, USA. The hamlet is also the site of a station on the Long Island Rail Road and the eastern termination point of... An arboretum is a botanical garden primarily devoted to trees and other woody plants, forming a living collection of trees intended at least partly for scientific study. ... Oyster Bay is the name of a hamlet and census-designated place on the North Shore of Long Island in Nassau County in the state of New York, USA. The hamlet is also the site of a station on the Long Island Rail Road and the eastern termination point of... Oyster Bay is the name of a hamlet and census-designated place on the North Shore of Long Island in Nassau County in the state of New York, USA. The hamlet is also the site of a station on the Long Island Rail Road and the eastern termination point of... Locust Valley is a census-designated place located in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 3,521. ... NY redirects here. ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ...

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 sixty-five-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 Breakers, a gilded-age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. ... William Robertson Coe (June 8, 1869-March 15, 1955) was an insurance company, railroad, and business executive, and philanthropist. ... Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Abbie Gifford Rogers, 1841-1894 photo from Millicent Library, Fairhaven, Massachusetts Abbie (née Gifford) Rogers (January 20, 1841 – May 21, 1894), was the first wife of Henry Huttleston Rogers, (1840-1909), a United States capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist. ... For other uses, see Millionaire (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Business magnate. ... Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29, 1840 – May 19, 1909) was a United States capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist. ... Standard Oil (Esso) was a predominant integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. ... Guy Lowell (August 6, 1870-February 4, 1927) was an American architect and landscape architect. ... The Olmsted Brothers company was an extremely influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. ... In Botany, a herbarium is a collection of preserved plants or plant parts, mainly in a dried form. ...

The name "Planting Fields" comes from the Matinecock Indians who cultivated the rich soil in the clearings high above Long Island Sound. Matinecock is a village in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 836 at the 2000 census. ... New York City waterways: 1. ...

History

The history of the present-day property on the famous Gold Coast of Long Island began between 1904 and 1912, when Helen MacGregor Byrne – wife of New York City lawyer James Byrne – purchased six properties collectively referred to as "Upper Planting Fields Farm". The Byrnes hired landscape architect James Greenleaf between 1904 and 1910 to create hedges, perennial borders, and espaliered fruit trees. Notable features from this period are the Rose Arbor, the Circular Pool and the Green Garden Court. Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ... Espaliered pear tree in the garden of the Cloisters in upper Manhattan Espalier is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal two-dimensional or single plane patterns by the branches of the tree. ...

one of the old entrances to Coe Hall.

In 1913, William Robertson Coe purchased the house and 353-acre (c. 1.4 square kilometres) estate, and began today's plantings and landscaping under the guidance of the Boston landscaping firm of Guy Lowell and A. R. Sargent. In 1915, Lowell and Sargent oversaw transport of the Fairhaven beech from Fairhaven, Massachusetts, the childhood home of Mary "Mai" Huttleston (née Rogers) Coe (who was the daughter of Henry H. Rogers of Standard Oil). Two gigantic beeches, with root balls thirty feet (nine metres) in diameter, were ferried across Long Island sound in mid-winter. Roads were widened and utility wires temporarily removed to make way. Only one of the two trees survived the journey. Unfortunately, the second beech tree has died, and was taken down in February 2006. However, the “Fairhaven Beech” will live on. Seedlings were collected from the tree from 2000-2005. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 310 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) One of Coe Hall entrances is remeninscent of British Architecture. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 310 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) One of Coe Hall entrances is remeninscent of British Architecture. ... William Robertson Coe (June 8, 1869-March 15, 1955) was an insurance company, railroad, and business executive, and philanthropist. ... Guy Lowell (August 6, 1870-February 4, 1927) was an American architect and landscape architect. ... Species Fagus crenata - Japanese Beech Fagus engleriana - Chinese Beech Fagus grandifolia - American Beech Fagus hayatae - Taiwan Beech Fagus japonica - Japanese Blue Beech Fagus longipetiolata - South Chinese Beech Fagus lucida - Shining Beech Fagus mexicana - Mexican Beech or Haya Fagus orientalis - Oriental Beech Fagus sylvatica - European Beech Beech (Fagus) is a genus... Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Abbie Gifford Rogers, 1841-1894 photo from Millicent Library, Fairhaven, Massachusetts Abbie (née Gifford) Rogers (January 20, 1841 – May 21, 1894), was the first wife of Henry Huttleston Rogers, (1840-1909), a United States capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist. ... Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29, 1840 – May 19, 1909) was a United States capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist. ... Standard Oil (Esso) was a predominant integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. ...

The property's first mansion burned to the ground on March 19, 1918; its replacement, the present Coe Hall, was constructed between 1918 and 1921 in the Tudor Revival style and faced in Indiana limestone. It was designed by the firm of Walker and Gillette and was completed in 1921. Images from a book of English country houses and inspired its architecture, especially those of Moyns Park, Athelhampton, and St. Catherine's Court. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Ascott House, Buckinghamshire. ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  Ranked 38th  - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 270 miles (435 km)  - % water 1. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... A country house is a large dwelling, such as a mansion, located on a country estate. ... Engraving of Moyns Park, Essex, by Thomas Wright, in his History of Essex, published 1831. ... Athelhampton is one of the finest 15th-century manor houses in England, and is set in superb gardens. ... St Catherines Court is a Tudor manor house in a secluded valley north of Bath, England. ...

William and Mai Coe's interest in rare species of trees and plant collections made the estate a botanical marvel. Mai, who was chronically ill for the last decade of her life, died on December 28, 1924 at the age of forty-nine and is buried nearby. The 353 acre (1.4 km²) estate was deeded to the State of New York in 1949 (during Mr. Coe's lifetime) to become a state park. NY redirects here. ... State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ...

The main gardens

A.R. Sargent created The Italian Blue Pool Garden between 1914 and 1918, with the Tea House built in 1915 to designs by Guy Lowell. Historically this garden was planted with spring-blooming perennials such as delphiniums, irises, peonies, and poppies. It is currently being restored to this original form. Species See text Delphinium is a genus of about 250 species of annual, biennial or perennial flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. ... Species See text Iris is a genus of between 200-300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers which takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. ... Species See text The peony or paeony (Paeonia) is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. ... A wild field of poppies, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran A poppy is any of a number of showy flowers, born one per stem, belonging to the poppy family. ...

After the death of A.R. Sargent in 1918, the Coes appointed the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts, with James Frederick Dawson as chief landscape architect, who brought their signature "naturalistic" look to the north side of the property. They completed additions to the Main Greenhouse and Camellia Greenhouse, as well as the Beech Copse, Main Lawn, West Lawn and Heather Garden. The Olmsted Brothers company was an extremely influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1638 Incorporated 1705 Government  - Type Representative town meeting Area  - Town  6. ... James Frederick Dawson (1874-1941) was a noted American landscape architect. ...

The Green Garden features a circular pool. Nearby Azalea Walks and Vista Path show hundreds of varieties of Azalea and Rhododendron. The Rose Arbor and Rose Garden contain over 680 Tea, shrub, and miniature roses. Species see text Source: The Rhododendron page, and some research. ... Subgenera Azaleastrum Candidastrum Hymenanthes Mumeazalea Pentanthera (Azaleas) Rhododendron Therorhodion Tsutsusi (Azaleas) Vireya Source: RBG, Edinburgh Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, rose, and dendron, tree) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. ... Species Between 100 and 150, see list Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rosa A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa, and the flower of this shrub. ...

The Synoptic Garden displays over 500 types of tree and shrub, arranged in alphabetical order by botanical name.

The Magnolia Collection contains over 80 types of deciduous and evergreen Magnolia. Species See text Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Magnolia Magnolia is a large genus of about 210[1] flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. ...

The Rhododendron Collection shows over 1,000 types of azalea and rhododendron. Species see text Source: The Rhododendron page, and some research. ... Subgenera Azaleastrum Candidastrum Hymenanthes Mumeazalea Pentanthera (Azaleas) Rhododendron Therorhodion Tsutsusi (Azaleas) Vireya Source: RBG, Edinburgh Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, rose, and dendron, tree) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. ...

Beautiful Camelias blossom on the 3rd weekend of February.

The Camellia Greenhouse (Lowell & Sargent/Olmsted Brothers, 1917–1922) was built specifically to house the Camellia collection, which currently consists of over 300 plants. Some come from the Coes' original collection from the island of Guernsey. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 397 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Camelia Japonica blossoms in one of the greenhouses in the MIddle of February I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 397 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Camelia Japonica blossoms in one of the greenhouses in the MIddle of February I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute... The Olmsted Brothers company was an extremely influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. ... Species About 100–250 species, including: Camellia assimilis Camellia brevistyla Camellia caudata Camellia chekiangoleosa Camellia chrysantha – Golden Camellia Camellia connata Camellia crapnelliana Camellia cuspidata Camellia euphlebia Camellia euryoides Camellia forrestii Camellia fraterna Camellia furfuracea Camellia granthamiana Camellia grijsii Camellia hongkongensis - Hong Kong Camellia Camellia irrawadiensis Camellia japonica – Japanese Camellia Camellia...

The Main Greenhouse (Lowell & Sargent/Olmsted Brothers) was constructed between 1914 and 1929, with a Hibiscus House added in 1929 for the Coes' Hibiscus collection. Today, the Main Greenhouse offers large collections of orchids, cacti and succulents, houseplants, ferns and Begonias, as well as seasonal displays of Chrysanthemum, Poinsettia, Hydrangea, Coleus, etc. The Olmsted Brothers company was an extremely influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. ... Species See text. ... Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Genera See Taxonomy of the Cactaceae A cactus (plural cacti, cactuses or cactus) is any member of the succulent plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas. ... Succulent plants, or succulents, are plants that store water in their enlarged fleshy leaves, stems, or roots. ... Classes Psilotopsida Equisetopsida Marattiopsida Pteridopsida (Polypodiopsida) A fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. ... Species About 1500 species; see text Begonia is a genus in the flowering plant family Begoniaceae. ... Species Chrysanthemum aphrodite Chrysanthemum arcticum Chrysanthemum argyrophyllum Chrysanthemum arisanense Chrysanthemum boreale Chrysanthemum chalchingolicum Chrysanthemum chanetii Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium Chrysanthemum coronarium Chrysanthemum crassum Chrysanthemum glabriusculum Chrysanthemum hypargyrum Chrysanthemum indicum Chrysanthemum japonense Chrysanthemum japonicum Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium Chrysanthemum mawii Chrysanthemum maximowiczii Chrysanthemum mongolicum Chrysanthemum morifolium Chrysanthemum morii Chrysanthemum okiense Chrysanthemum oreastrum Chrysanthemum ornatum Chrysanthemum... Binomial name Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ... Species See text Hydrangea (common name also Hydrangea; pronounced haidréindʒiə) is a genus of about 70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (from Japan to China, the Himalaya and Indonesia) and North and South America. ... Species About 60 species, including: Solenostemon scutellarioides Solenostemon shirensis Coleus (Solenostemon) is a genus of perennial plants, native to tropical Africa and Asia. ...

The North Border features the Holly collection, Dwarf Conifer Garden, Conifer Trail, Heather Garden, and Species Rhododendron. The Holly collection includes over 100 different types of evergreen hollies such as English, American, Asian and hybrid forms. The Dwarf Conifer Garden features dozens of varieties of spruce, fir, Chamaecyparis, Juniper, Pine, etc. The nearby full-scale conifers can reach over sixty feet (eighteen metres) tall, and include Sequoia, Dawn Redwood, Larch, Fir, Spruce and Pine, with a large assortment of Rhododendron species under the canopy. The Heather Garden features low growing heaths and heathers, as well as Rhododendron, Azalea, and other flowering plants. Species Ilex ambigua—Sand Holly Ilex amelanchier—Swamp Holly Ilex aquifolium—European Holly Ilex bioritsensis Ilex buergeri Ilex canariensis—Small-leaved Holly Ilex cassine—Dahoon Holly Ilex centrochinensis Ilex ciliospinosa Ilex colchica Ilex collina Ilex corallina Ilex coriacea—Gallberry Ilex cornuta—Chinese Holly Ilex crenata—Japanese Holly Ilex cyrtura Ilex... Orders & Families Cordaitales † Pinales   Pinaceae - Pine family   Araucariaceae - Araucaria family   Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family   Sciadopityaceae - Umbrella-pine family   Cupressaceae - Cypress family   Cephalotaxaceae - Plum-yew family   Taxaceae - Yew family Vojnovskyales † Voltziales † The conifers, division Pinophyta, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. ... Species About 35; see text. ... FIR may stand for: finite impulse response (a property of some digital filters) far infrared, i. ... Species Chamaecyparis formosensis Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Chamaecyparis obtusa Chamaecyparis pisifera Chamaecyparis taiwanensis Chamaecyparis thyoides The genus Chamaecyparis is one of several genera within the family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress (disambiguation). ... Species Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. ... Subgenera Subgenus Strobus Subgenus Ducampopinus Subgenus Pinus See Pinus classification for complete taxonomy to species level. ... Binomial name Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. ... Binomial name Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & Cheng Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood) is a fast growing tree in the conifer family Cupressaceae (Taxaceae or Taxodiaceae by others)native to the Sichuan-Hubei region of China. ... Species About 12; see text Siberian larch Male (above) and female (below right) cones of Japanese Larch emerging in spring Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. ... FIR may stand for: finite impulse response (a property of some digital filters) far infrared, i. ... Species About 35; see text. ... Subgenera Subgenus Strobus Subgenus Ducampopinus Subgenus Pinus See Pinus classification for complete taxonomy to species level. ... Species Over 700 species, including: Erica arborea Erica caffra Erica carnea Erica ciliaris Erica cinerea Erica erigena Erica mackaiana Erica plukenetii Erica scoparia Erica tetralix Erica vagans Erica is a genus of over 700 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae; the English names, both shared with some other... Binomial name Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull “Heather” redirects here. ... Subgenera Azaleastrum Candidastrum Hymenanthes Mumeazalea Pentanthera (Azaleas) Rhododendron Therorhodion Tsutsusi (Azaleas) Vireya Source: RBG, Edinburgh Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, rose, and dendron, tree) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. ... Species see text Source: The Rhododendron page, and some research. ...

The Dahlia Garden offers several hundred varieties of show-quality Dahlias. Species 30 species, 20,000 cultivars Dahlia is a genus of bushy, summer- and autumn-flowering, tuberous perennial plants native to Mexico, where they are the national flower. ...

Finally, there are over 200 acres (c. 0.8 square kilometres) of woodland at Planting Fields, with miles of walking trails through the woods.

College campus period

During an interim period between 1955 and 1964, the land was used as a campus for a State University of New York (SUNY) college of science and engineering, which was known as SUNY Long Island Center. This eventually became the State University of New York at Stony Brook at a new location farther east on Long Island. At first all activities were located inside Coe Hall, but as the college grew, dormitories were moved to the stables and temporary structures were erected on the grounds for classes and laboratories. The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY (IPA pronunciation: ) is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. ... State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB), also known as Stony Brook University (SB) [1] , is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York (on the north side of Long Island, about 65 miles east of Manhattan, New York). ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ...

Planting Fields today

Today it is operated by a foundation, and Planting Fields, with its world-renowned arboretum and the Coe Hall mansion, is a popular attraction. The historic gates, built in 1712 in Sussex, England for Carshalton Park and imported by Coe in 1921, have been used as a setting for numerous motion pictures. Planting Fields also hosts an annual summer concert series, primarily focused on jazz. An arboretum is a botanical garden primarily devoted to trees and other woody plants, forming a living collection of trees intended at least partly for scientific study. ... Sussex as a traditional county. ... The Grotto, now in a state of disrepair and the canal dry Carshalton Park ( ) is a public park in Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...

See also

• List of botanical gardens in the United States
• List of New York state parks
• Virginian Railway

This list of botanical gardens in the United States is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States of America. ... This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of New York. ... The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. ...

External links

• Planting Fields official webpage