PLANTING FIELDS FOUNDATION/PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM, OYSTER BAY, NY SPRING/SUMMER 2017 NEWSLETTER
SPORTING LIFE ON LONG ISLAND THE GREAT ESTATES ERA BOARd Of TRusTEEs Officers Michael D. Coe Chairman hal Davidson President sarah Coe Vice President Peter Tilles Vice President Peter Tiberio Treasurer John Casaly Secretary
Trustees hannah Burns Carol M. Canter Mary Ciullo ronald F. Foley robert Foschi Margaret Frere Thomas J. Golon Constance haydock David r. holmes, Jr. Mary MacDonald Jeffrey lee Moore andrew F. Nevin stephen h. Watters Julia Weidinger Jennifer Wiggins
Ex Officio henry B. Joyce Executive Director, Planting Fields Foundation
Vincent a. simeone Director, Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Bill Barash (ABOVE) South Entrance to the Camellia House flowering in summer. (ON THE COVER) W.R. Coe portrait by Frank Salisbury, 1930.
2 SPORTING LIFE ON 6 LONG ISLAND: THE GREAT ESTATES ERA After the Civil War, horse racing, foxhunting, shooting, fishing, and polo developed as major recreational pursuits on Long Island. FEATURED STORIES 1917 AT 32 PLANTING FIELDS In the midst of World War I, before the u.s. declared war on Germany, William wrote a letter to Mr. Coe.
GUEST ROOMS 38 REFURBISHED AT COE HALL Newly re-interpreted guest rooms with carpet, window drapes and bed curtains evoking the 1920s.
3 Camellia Greenhouse Festival 100th Birthday Celebration. 4 MEssaGE FrOM ThE ExECuTiVE DirECTOr DEAR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
Summer time is here and Coe Hall is open every day presentations about Camellias and their history. On until the end of September. Three bedrooms in the March 4th we co-hosted the second Lunar New Year house have been re-interpreted with furniture and festival with the Long Island Chinese-American reproduction textiles made to approximate the way Association with many dance and music the interiors might have appeared in the 1920’s. We performances, and craft activities. Shave a splendid new exhibition at Coe Hall, Sporting Life on Long Island; the Great Estate Era which On behalf of the trustees I would like to thank Liz documents the ways in which foxhunting, game Walker Swenson and her co-chairs, Allison Aston and shooting, horse racing, and fishing developed as major Kate Doerge for the very successfull Deck the Halls recreational pursuits for wealthy gentlemen on Long benefit last December 3rd. It was the largest and most Island, beginning at the end of the Civil War. profitable benefit in ten years. Thank you to everyone who supported the occasion. On Sunday, February 19th we celebrated the one- hundredth birthday of the Camellia Greenhouse. Lastly please visit soon and see our summer calendar There were performances of special music and singing in this newsletter. There are many events which I hope inside, and at Coe Hall, we held a Mad Hatter’s Tea will draw you here. Party with the Queen of Hearts. The highlight of the day was a huge birthday cake in the shape of the Camellia Greenhouse (see photo left) made by La With best wishes for a lovely summer. Bonne Boulangerie in East Norwich. Vincent Simeone and I served 1,000 pieces of cake to visitors. During the day overall there were more than 3,000 visitors. We handed out special booklets about the history of the Henry B. Joyce Camellia Greenhouse and Vinnie, and I did short Executive Director, Planting Fields Foundation
5 W.R. Coe at Planting Fields in riding attire. 6 SPORTING LIFE ON LONG ISLAND ThE GrEaT EsTaTEs Era
By hENry B. JOyCE
An introduction to the Exhibition on view April 21st through September 30th, 2017
The exhibition explores the ways in well- to-do friends he belonged to but is now the Connetquot State which, after the Civil War, horse several Long Island country clubs, Park Preserve. The Meadow Brook racing, foxhunting, shooting, including the Piping Rock Club, the was originally a foxhunting club and fishing, and polo developed as major Meadow Brook Club, and the was later famous as a center for polo. recreational pursuits on Long Island Southside Sportsman’s Club. Mr. Coe did not participate in either for wealthy gentlemen, including sport, but he was part of the TWilliam R. Coe. Owners of large Mr. Coe’s chief passion, horse racing, sportsman’s world of gentlemen country houses escaped New York meant that he ran his club members. His portrait on the City on weekends to relax, socialize thoroughbreds at Belmont Park, and cover by Frank Salisbury shows him and participate in various sports. For Aqueduct Racetrack where he had in fashionable riding clothes, boots, William R. Coe, at Planting Fields, many successes. He hunted game and a crop, as though he was about this meant mainly horse racing, and fished at the exclusive Southside to mount a horse. shooting, fishing and golf. Like his Sportsman’s Club, which has closed, Continued on next page
7 8 William R. Coe, born in England, was Chairman of the marine insurance company Johnson & Higgins. His wife, Mai Coe, was the daughter of Standard Oil partner Henry Huttleston Rogers. They bought Planting Fields in 1913. Their combined annual income at that time was about $500,000 or about $13million in today’s dollars. The Coes and their four children, William, Robert, Henry, and Natalie, lived at Planting Fields mainly on spring, fall and winter weekends. In the summer they were usually on their ranch outside of Cody, Wyoming.
The Coes entertained friends at Planting Fields and spent time at their clubs, including Piping Rock in Matinecock, where the family took part in sporting events, including golf and riding contests. The club house was designed by Guy Lowell who also worked for the Coes at Planting Fields where he and his partner Andrew Sargent designed several buildings including the Camellia House (1917) and the Hay Barn. It was in this barn where the horses for informal riding and some of Mr. Coe’s race horses were stabled.
With their tremendous incomes, Mr. and Mrs. Coe lived at a terrific pace. Coe Hall, newly finished in 1921—in (OPPOSITE) The Den, Coe Hall, original the English style—was a very sporting paintings displayed, about 1925. expensive house with a large indoor (TOP) Caroline Coe on horseback in front of and outdoor staff. The Coes had a Coe Hall. residence in New York City; they (MIDDLE) Irma Lake ranch in Cody, Wyoming. (BOTTOM) W.R. Coe on horseback in Continued on next page Wyoming.
9 traveled in Europe and the Caribbean, their children were away at boarding school and had tutors. One of Mr. Coe’s largest expenses was his large stable of race horses.
Although Mr. Coe did not himself foxhunt, in his time on Long Island, the hunt played an important role in the life of many of his peers. In England, it has always been valued as a gentlemanly exercise – noble, healthy, and uplifting, and even until the First World War it was thought to be useful training for cavalry officers. As a sport with gentlemanly associations paintings and prints representing foxhunting became ubiquitous in English and American country house interiors. Artists were commissioned to produce images to immortalize famous masters of the hunt in their red coats, other hunt members and humorous episodes in the field. Sporting prints by the English artist, Henry Thomas Alken are included in the exhibition. Several art galleries in London and New York City specialized in hunting scenes; the most well-known were Ackerman’s and Frost & Reed. Mr. Coe prominently hung foxhunting images in the den at Coe Hall.
Foxhunting in America began in the seventeenth century but unlike England where forests had been cleared for over a thousand years, here clearing land was a slow process and so the sport was not firmly (TOP) The Prospect of Hunting by Henry T. Alken (1785-1851). established here until the end of the
(BOTTOM) The Reality of Hunting by Henry T. Alken (1785-1851). 18th century. Even so, Admiral Lord Cochrane visiting the Chesapeake Bay area in 1797 wrote,
10 “the place contrived to muster a tolerable pack of hounds which, if not brought under the perfect discipline of their British progenitors, often led us into more danger than is encountered in an English field, in consequence of our runs frequently taking us among thick forests, the overhanging branches of which compelled us to lay flat on the horses’ backs, in order to avoid the fate intended for the object of the chase”.
The oldest hunt in the U.S. is the Piedmont Hunt, established in Virginia in 1840. However, the upkeep of horses, country houses and estates makes foxhunting very expensive and so it was not until after the Civil War, with the creation of vast new wealth, that increasing numbers of hunt clubs were founded, particularly in the northeast where with their sporting pursuits. Thomas Allison, Huntsman to the there were both fox and drag hunts. Members included famous names like Meadow Brook Hounds 1932, signed Today in the U.S. and Canada there print by Richard Newton, Jr. the Whitney’s, and many others. The are still about 150 active hunt clubs; club’s golf course was built in 1894, of several in New York State, the and Mr. Coe was a member in the Millbrook and Old Chatham hunts early years of the twentieth century, are probably the most well-known. mainly to play golf. After about 1900 On Long Island, the Smithtown Hunt the club became internationally Club is the only surviving club. It was famous for its polo games, where the founded in 1900, but is now a drag Americans beat the British. hunt with a scent artificially laid. Foxhunting continued until 1971 but There are sometimes as many as by that time New York State had thirty mounted followers at a meet. appropriated the club’s property, The hunt is based in Hampton Bays, including its golf course and the and they sometimes meet in Old famous polo fields to make way for Westbury. the Meadowbrook State Parkway and other roads to enable the spread of The most prominent foxhunting club suburbs. Today, the Meadow Brook in Mr. Coe’s day on Long Island was Club continues as a golf club in the Meadow Brook Hunt Club which Jericho, and the Meadowbrook Polo was founded in 1881 with its own Club continues as a separate pack of hounds. Long Island became organization with its own location in a countryside haven for the wealthy Old Westbury. Continued on next page
11 (ABOVE) Pompey, being held by William R. William R. Coe’s major sporting son of Cleopatra, was a champion by Coe, after he won the Futurity Stakes, at passion was horse racing. In the 1920s age two. He was the winner of the 1925 Belmont, fall 1925. he regularly raced his Thoroughbreds Futurity Stakes at Belmont, ridden by (OPPOSITE TOP) Polo at Bethpage State Park. at the Belmont, Aqueduct and Jamaica Laverne Fator, winning Mr. Coe a (OPPOSITE BOTTOM) Astoria Cup from race tracks and had many wins. He $75,000 prize (in today’s money over Belmont Park, won by Mr. Coe’s Terentia in 1918. kept up to forty racehorses stabled at $1m). The following year Coe’s Black Planting Fields. He owned three very Maria won the Aqueduct Handicap, successful racehorses. His filly, ridden by American Hall Of Fame Cleopatra (descended from Polmelius, jockey, Frank Coltiletti. Trophies from a famous racehorse in England), won Mr. Coe’s racing successes are in the the 1920 Belmont Champagne Stakes, exhibition, including the Astoria Cup and six other major states and was from Belmont in 1918, won by named American Champion Three Terentia another of the great winners Year Old Filly. Mr. Coe’s Pompey, a of Coe’s racing career. To celebrate his
12 wins, Coe commissioned a very fine set of Lenox dinner plates with portraits of each of the three horses. The plates have green polka dot borders which were his racing colors. The set of plates survives at Coe Hall and is included in the exhibit.
Horse racing on Long Island has a very long history, beginning in 1665 when the newly appointed governor of the newly won and newly named New York, Col. Sir Robert Nicolls, introduced flat racing at Hempstead Plains, where later Roosevelt Field was located. It was the first horse racing track in North America. A silver porringer at Yale University Art Gallery is inscribed: “1668 wunn att. Hampsted, planes. March 25”. From this time on racing was a sport for gentlemen only. Nicolls had been at the court of Charles II, who was a passionate owner of race horses. English royalty has supported horse racing since the Middle Ages, and they still do. Hence it is sometimes known as “the Sport of Kings”. In America horse racing flourished until the War of Independence when it fell out of favor in the north and was seen as fostering immoral behavior, as in gambling. In New York State, in 1802, it was made illegal until repeal came in 1820; this brought the new Union Course in Woodhaven, Queens. Aqueduct Race Track, where Mr. Coe had many wins, opened in 1894 and Belmont Park, also a site of Coe wins, opened in 1904. Continued on next page
13 W.R. Coe entertaining in the Buffalo Room with the commissioned Lenox plates. (INSET) One of the commissioned lenox plates portraying W.R. Coe’s horse, Pompey. 14 The exhibition explores the history from about 1920, made by notable of other sports on Long Island, rod maker H.L. Leonard, and reel including sailing, polo, and fishing. made by Hardy, are on view. They The fishing section features the are on loan from W.R. Coe’s history of the South Side grandson, Dr. Michael D. Coe, Sportsman’s Club, where Mr. Coe Chairman of Planting Fields was a member. His fishing rod Foundation.
(TOP, L TO R) William, Henry and Robert with a line of trout.
(BELOW) A split-cane rod made by H.L. Leonard and a Hardy Bros. reel belonging to W.R. Coe loaned to the exhibit by his grandson, Dr. Michael Coe, Chairman of Planting Fields Foundation.
15 CalENDar OF Please visit our website at www.plantingfields.org EVENTS for more information
16 Bill Barash COE HALL OPEN FOR THE SEASON – aPril 1sT – sEPTEMBEr 30Th MAY 2017 11:30aM-3:30PM Daily / WEEKENDs ONly iN OCTOBEr sElF-GuiDED VisiTs - $5.00 FOr NON-MEMBErs/FrEE FOr MEMBErs suNdAy, MAy 7TH & ChilDrEN uNDEr 12 / ParK OPEN Daily 9:00aM-5:00PM David Houston Peforms The Sporting Life 2:00pm – 3:00pm at Coe Hall PLANTING FIELDS FOUNDATION PRESENTS $5 Admission fee/ Members and children under 12 are fREE A NEW EXHIBITION AT COE HALL a reading in the style of radio drama written and directed by David houston. CalENDar OF EVENTs
sATuRdAy, MAy 13TH Concert in the Park Dolce Ensemble Performs SPORTING Classics in the Movies 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall LIFE ON fREE / No Parking fee No Reservations Required LONG Restrooms at Main Greenhouse ISLAND: Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor picnic to enjoy music and the beauty at The Great Planting Fields and exterior of Coe hall! COFFEED iNC, park caterer, will be selling Estates Era snacks, sandwiches, desserts and drinks. Coe hall is closed during the concert. restrooms are available at the Main Greenhouse.
suNdAy, MAy 21sT Peony Garden Walking Tour 3:00pm – 5:00pm / $20 Non-Members fREE for Members Enjoy some tea and cookies before heading out with Vincent simeone, Director of Planting Fields arboretum and henry B. Joyce, Executive Director Planting Fields Foundation to the Peony Garden. Peonies are a classic garden flower and grow quite well with very little effort required. Come along on this On view April 22nd – september 30th unique and fun tour and learn important Open daily 11:30am – 3:30pm facts about these beautiful, fragrant, old $5 Admission fee for Coe Hall fashioned flowers and what’s new in the world of peonies! Tour group will meet The exhibition explores the way in which foxhunting, game shooting, and horse at the front entrance of Coe hall. racing developed as major recreational pursuits for wealthy gentlemen, including W.r. Coe, owner of Planting Fields. PurChasE TiCKETs: go to eventbrite.com and search Planting Visit plantingfields.org for a complete list of the Sporting Life Exhibition Programs. Fields, Oyster Bay, Ny
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17 CalENDar OF suNdAy, JuNE 4TH David Houston Peforms The Sporting Life EVENTS 2:00pm – 3:00pm at Coe Hall Please visit our website at $5 Admission fee/ Members and www.plantingfields.org children under 12 are fREE for more information a reading in the style of radio drama written and directed by David houston. sATuRdAy, JuNE 10TH MAY 2017 Plein Air through the Seasons MONdAy, JuNE 5TH sATuRdAy, MAy 27TH The Rose Garden Concert in the Park Planting Fields Foundation’s 10:00am – 3:00pm Red,White & Blues by Annual Golf Classic fREE with $8 Parking fee Jerome Smith and City Sounds Join us for our 3rd annual Golf Classic at annie shaver-Crandell is a visual artist Entertainment the Mill river Club in upper Brookville! based in Manhattan whose fondness for We begin at 10:00am with registration 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall fresh air and magnificent colors has and breakfast, followed by a shotgun fREE / No Parking fee brought her repeatedly to Planting Fields start at 12:00pm. lunch will be served No Reservations Required to paint out of doors. as an art historian on the course, followed by cocktails, in her previous profession, she offers Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor dinner buffet and raffle auction at both historical and contemporary picnic to enjoy great upbeat music, the 5:30pm. approaches to the depiction of beauty at Planting Fields, and exterior of landscape and floral themes. Coe hall. COFFEED iNC, will be selling snacks, sandwiches, desserts and drinks. suggested list of materials: some form of Coe hall is closed during the concert. drop cloth, any oil, acrylic, oil or dry For more information contact Jennifer pastels.Please meet at the end of the lavella at (516)922-8678 or email: West Parking lot by the Entrance [email protected]. Welcoming Pavillion. Bring a bag lunch or purchase snacks at COFFEED’s garden JUNE 2017 café inside the hay barn. sATuRdAy, JuNE 3Rd Concert in the Park Southern Voice Band 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall fRIdAy, JuNE 9TH fREE / No Parking fee Music in the Garden No Reservations Required Summer Concert Series southern Voice Band is a popular CT The Bailsmen Bill Barash based Modern Country band. They play Presented by Planting Fields Foundation fRIdAy, JuNE 16TH a wide variety of country covers by artists friday night series includes one Twilight Tour like Tim McGraw, Jason aldean, Carrie complimentary glass of wine or beer 7:00 p.m. / Meet at Coe Hall underwood, Miranda lambert, Blake $30 Non-Member / $20 Members $20 Non Members / fREE for Members shelton and many more. Featuring 7:00pm at Coe Hall Reservations required talented male and female vocalists Purchase tickets: plantingfields.org/events plantingfields.org/events backed-up by a rockin' rhythm section, southern Voice always delivers a highly There will be additional beverages, hors Meet at Coe hall and enjoy wine and entertaining show! Bring a chair, blanket, d’oeuvres, and desserts available for cheese before venturing out for a twilight and an outdoor picnic. Coe hall is purchase, catered by COFFEED iNC. Enjoy tour of the grounds. The twilight tour will closed during the concert. restrooms are jazz, blues and swing, music under the be led by Vincent a. simeone, Director, available at the Main Greenhouse. stars in the historic cloister garden of this Planting Fields arboretum state historic COFFEED iNC, will be selling snacks, Gold Coast mansion, Coe hall, at Park, and henry B. Joyce, Executive sandwiches, desserts and drinks. Planting Fields arboretum. Director, Planting Fields Foundation.
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18 JULY 2017
sATuRdAy, JuLy 1sT Concert in the Park FiveStone Band 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall fREE / No Parking fee No reservations required Restrooms at Main Greenhouse
JUNE 2017 Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor CalENDar OF EVENTs picnic to enjoy music and the beauty at Planting Fields and exterior of Coe hall! sATuRdAy, JuNE 17TH Fivestone is a high energy club and party Concert in the Park – The Hambones band playing the Best of Classic, Pop, 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall Top 40, Dance & Party rock. Coe hall is fREE / No Parking fee / No Reservations Required closed during the concert. COFFEED iNC, will be selling snacks, sandwiches, The hambones play a merry mix of pop, blues, country and rockabilly from the desserts and drinks. Classic american songbook. Dancing is encouraged!!! Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor picnic to enjoy great, upbeat music and the beauty at Planting Fields and exterior of Coe hall! Coe hall is closed during the concert. restrooms are fRIdAy, JuLy 7TH available at the Main Greenhouse. COFFEED iNC will be selling snacks, sandwiches, Music in the Garden desserts and drinks. Summer Concert Series Matt Marshak suNdAy, JuNE 18TH Presented by Planting Fields Foundation David Houston Peforms – The Sporting Life friday night series includes one 2:00pm – 3:00pm at Coe Hall complimentary glass of wine or beer $5 Admission fee/ Members and children under 12 are fREE $30 Non-Member / $20 Members a reading in the style of radio drama written and directed by David houston. 7:00pm at Coe Hall Purchase tickets: plantingfields.org/events New york Guitarist sATuRdAy, JuNE 24TH Matt Marshak Family Fun Night – Strummin’ & Drummin’ brings a unique, 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall one of a kind, fREE / No Parking fee / No Reservations Required handcrafted style of guitar playing. a Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor picnic truly eclectic blend to enjoy great music and the beauty at Planting of jazz, urban Fields and exterior of Coe hall! Come out and groove, pop, funk, enjoy this fun and interactive night! Coe hall is r&B, world beat, and much more. his closed during the concert. restrooms are style and sound have led him across the available at the Main Greenhouse. COFFEED globe performing at some of the worlds iNC will be selling snacks, sandwiches, desserts biggest jazz festivals performing with and drinks. legends such as santana, larry Carlton, George Benson, David sanborn, and fRIdAy, JuNE 30TH Fourplay. he has also headlined and Summer Theater in the Park – Madagascar performed with artists such as alex Bugnon, Nick Colionne, and Four 80 6:00pm / fREE admission / No Parking fee / No Reservations Required East. Beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and Rain or shine at the Hay Barn/Visitor’s Center desserts available for purchase, catered COFFEED iNC, will be selling snacks, sandwiches, desserts and drinks. by COFFEED iNC.
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19 sATuRdAy, JuLy 15TH Jonathan Kruk's Storytelling The Sporting Life & Tales (Children’s Exhibition Program) 12:00PM & 2:00PM at Coe Hall $5 admission fee, members and children under 12 are free CalENDar OF Jonathan Kruk will enchant children of all ages with stories and tales! No EVENTS reservations, just come to Coe hall for one of his performances and enjoy! Please visit our website at www.plantingfields.org for more information
JULY 2017 suNdAy, JuLy 9TH David Houston Peforms – The Sporting Life 2:00pm – 3:00pm at Coe Hall $5 Admission fee/ Members and children under 12 are fREE suNdAy, JuLy 16TH a reading in the style of radio drama Summer Garden Festival written and directed by David houston. 12:00pm – 5:00pm, rain or shine / $20 per vehicle This summer garden festival features live musical performances by the WMD’s and fRIdAy, JuLy 14TH the hambones, kids crafts, dance groups and more! FrEE self-guided visits of Summer Theater in the Park Coe hall. The festival is a collaborative effort between Planting Fields Foundation Hairspray and the New york state Office of Parks, recreation and historic Preservation. 6:00pm / fREE admission / No Parking $20 per car load; once inside the park all activities are FrEE! fee / No Reservations Required Rain or shine at the Hay Barn/Visitor’s Center at Planting fields. fRIdAy, JuLy 28TH COFFEED iNC, park caterer, will be selling Music in the Garden – Summer Concert Series – French Cookin’ snacks, sandwiches, desserts and drinks. Presented by Planting Fields Foundation friday night series includes one complimentary glass of wine or beer sATuRdAy, JuLy 15TH $30 Non-Member / $20 Members / 7:00pm at Coe Hall Concert in the Park Purchase tickets: plantingfields.org/events The Rick Laban Trio French Cookin' is a New york-based Blues 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall band. They play a wide variety of styles, all fREE / No Parking fee firmly rooted in the blues. ranging from No reservations required the Delta to Chicago, back down to Texas Restrooms at Main Greenhouse and louisiana "second line", adding their Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor own unique touch to present a new look at picnic to enjoy music and the beauty at this vital american art form. We also play Planting Fields and exterior of Coe hall! an extensive selection of original titles, Coe hall is closed during the concert. presenting the blues in a more contemporary vein while preserving the essence COFFEED iNC, park caterer, will be selling that is the core of the music. Beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and desserts available for snacks, sandwiches, desserts and drinks. purchase, catered by COFFEED iNC.
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20 AUGUST 2017 sATuRdAy, AuGusT 19TH Summer Theater in the Park My Fair Lady fRIdAy, AuGusT 4TH 6:00pm / fREE admission / No Parking 9th Annual Champagne Party! fee / No Reservations Required / Rain Motown & Masquerade or shine at the Hay Barn/Visitor’s Center Garden Soiree at Planting fields. 7:00pm-10:30pm at Coe Hall COFFEED iNC, park caterer, will be selling $75.00 Members/firefighters/ snacks, sandwiches, desserts and drinks. Military/Police/EMs
$100.00 Non-Member fRIdAy, AuGusT 25TH CalENDar OF EVENTs Purchase tickets: plantingfields.org/events Music in the Garden Celebrate summer in the grandeur of the gardens at Coe hall. Enjoy plentiful hors Summer Concert Series d’oeuvres, savory desserts, champagne, wine, sangria and craft beer. Dance under Mod Society the stars all evening to the energetic and fun Motown music provided by Jerome Presented by Planting Fields Foundation smith & City sounds Entertainment. Choose a mask and wear it well, so your true friday night series includes one identity, no one can tell! Join us to celebrate and bring an air of mystery to this fun complimentary glass of wine or beer masquerade garden soiree! $30 Non-Member / $20 Members 7:00pm at Coe Hall Purchase tickets: plantingfields.org/events sATuRdAy, AuGusT 12TH Mod society configurations are designed Concert in the Park to blend jazz, indie rock, classic rock, Fleetwood Macked and contemporary pop to present a 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall unique performance at every event. fREE / No Parking fee Formerly known as ainslie street Vibes, No reservations required Mod society was founded by Brooklyn Restrooms at Main Greenhouse based musician Claudio Marquez in Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor 2009. Beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and fRIdAy, AuGusT 11TH picnic to enjoy beautiful music and the desserts available for purchase, catered Music In The Garden beauty at Planting Fields and exterior of by COFFEED iNC. Summer Concert Series Coe hall. Coe hall is closed during the The Lowdown Stompers concert. COFFEED iNC, park caterer, will Presented by Planting Fields Foundation be selling snacks, sandwiches, desserts and drinks. friday night series includes one complimentary glass of wine or beer $30 Non-Member / $20 Members fRIdAy, AuGusT 18TH 7:00pm at Coe Hall Twilight Tour sATuRdAy, AuGusT 26TH Purchase tickets: plantingfields.org/events 7:00 p.m. Concert in the Park The lowdown stompers are a NyC Jazz Meet at Coe Hall $20 Non Members Mid Summer Mendelsson Band that specializes in playing music by the Dolce Ensemble spanning from the 1920’s through the fREE for members 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall 1960’s including music from the Big Reservations: plantingfields.org/events fREE / No Parking fee Band Era, New Orleans, Dixieland, Tin Meet at Coe hall and enjoy wine and No reservations required Pan alley, The swing Era and The Great cheese before venturing out for a twilight Restrooms at Main Greenhouse american songbook. The lowdown tour of the grounds. The twilight tour stompers re-create the music and will be led by Vincent a. simeone, Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor excitement of those early days of music! Director, Planting Fields arboretum state picnic. Coe hall is closed during the Beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and desserts historic Park, and henry B. Joyce, concert. COFFEED iNC, park caterer, will available for purchase, catered by Executive Director, Planting Fields be selling snacks, sandwiches, desserts COFFEED iNC. Foundation. and drinks.
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21 CalENDar OF fRIdAy, sEPTEMBER 8TH Music In The Garden Summer Concert Series Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective EVENTS Presented by Planting Fields Foundation Please visit our website at friday night series includes one complimentary glass of wine or beer www.plantingfields.org $30 Non-Member / $20 Members / 7:00pm at Coe Hall for more information Purchase tickets: plantingfields.org/events Zack Bruce and Jason Borisoff formed the Collective as a way to record and showcase the diverse bluegrass community of Brooklyn. With backgrounds in everything from traditional jazz to Klesmer and zydeco, and SEPTEMBER 2017 influences that range from Phish to punk, the musicians you’ll find in this Collective offer an enormous breadth fRIdAy, sEPTEMBER 1sT and depth to bluegrass. Beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and desserts available for purchase, catered by COFFEED iNC. Family Fun Night Strummin’ & Drummin’ sATuRdAy, sEPTEMBER 9TH 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall Plein Air Through the Seasons Late Summer Flowers & Grasses free Admission / No Parking fee No reservations required 10:00am – 3:00pm /fREE with $8 Parking fee / Meet at the end of the west parking Restrooms open at Main Greenhouse lot by the Welcome Pavillion Bring a blanket and picnic dinner to Coe annie shaver-Crandell is a visual artist based in Manhattan whose fondness for fresh hall for a night of family fun. Bring glow air and magnificent colors has brought her repeatedly to Planting Fields to paint out sticks for after dark fun! COFFEED iNC, of doors. as an art historian in her previous profession, she offers both historical and park caterer, will be selling snacks, contemporary approaches to the depiction of landscape and floral themes. sandwiches, desserts and drinks. sATuRdAy, sEPTEMBER 2Nd (LABOR dAy WEEKENd) Concert in the Park Banjo Nickaru & The Western Schooches 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Coe Hall fREE / No Parking fee No reservations required Restrooms at Main Greenhouse Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor
picnic to enjoy great, country music and Bill Barash the beauty at Planting Fields and exterior of Coe hall! restrooms are available at suNdAy, sEPTEMBER 10TH the Main Greenhouse. Coe hall is closed during the concert.COFFEED iNC, park David Houston Performs – Mark Twain Telling Tales caterer, will be selling snacks, 2:00pm – 3:00pm at Coe Hall / $5 admission fee / Members and children sandwiches, desserts and drinks. under 12 are free / Written and directed by david Houston in a lecture on the nature of comedy and wit, with notes on Twain's early development as a writer — taken from the essays and stories of the great american humorist, including: "an Encounter With an interviewer," "My First literary Venture," "how to Tell a story," and "The Turning Point of My Career," with fully dramatized readings of the short stories "The Golden arm," "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," and the famous white washing scene from the adventures of Tom sawyer.
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22 OCTOBER 2017
sATuRdAy, OCTOBER 8TH Fall Family Festival $20 per vehicle 11:00am - 5:00pm, Rain or shine! halloween trick or treat and costume
parade, live music, jumbo garden games, CalENDar OF EVENTs pumpkins for sale, pony rides, potato sack races, face painting, watercolor demonstrations and halloween bounce house. COFFEED iNC. will be open in the café, dahlia garden open and Coe hall open.
fRIdAy, OCTOBER 13TH AT 7:00PM Music At the Mansion – to be announced sponsored by AARP Long Island / $30 Non – Members / $20 Members
sATuRdAy, OCTOBER 14TH Plein Air Through the Seasons – Fall Foliage 10:00am – 3:00pm /fREE with $8 Parking fee Meet at the end of the west parking lot by the Welcome Pavillion annie shaver-Crandell is a visual artist based in Manhattan whose fondness for fresh air and magnificent colors has brought her repeatedly to Planting Fields to paint out of doors. as an art historian in her previous profession, she offers both historical and contemporary approaches to the depiction of landscape and floral themes. suggested list of materials: some form of drop cloth, any oil, acrylic, oil or dry pastels. Bring a bag lunch or purchase snacks at COFFEED’s garden café inside suNdAy, OCTOBER 15TH the hay Barn/Visitors Center. DAVID HOUSTON PERFORMS Murder, Madness & Poe 2:00pm – 3:00pm at Coe Hall free with $5 admission to Coe Hall no reservations necessary $8 parking fee haunting tales and poems from Edgar allen Poe’s best known works with musical interludes, performed by Michael Bertolini as Poe, the 19th century master of the macabre. Written and directed by David houston. Come…if you dare! Bill Barash For more event information: Jennifer Lavella (516) 922-8678 or [email protected]
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25 DECK THE HALLS Bernard Macias, Liz and John Jordan
Bill Parsons, Terry Parsons, Kitty Tilghman, George Tilghman, Hannah Burns, and Jeffery Moore
William Anne Margaret and Margaret frère stephanie Clark, susan Moore
26 dough de Natalie, Laura deNatalie, stephen Canter, Carol Canter Ed swenson, Liz swenson, Kate doerge, Chad doerge
Ellen McMillin, Mary Ciullo, Karen dissinger, denise sutherland - front row - John McMillin, Carol Canter, Laura deNatale, doug deNatalie
Hannah Burns, George Tilghman
Hal davidson, Liz swenson, Kate doerge, Allison Aston
27 THE CAMELLIA GREENHOUSE FESTIVAL aND BirThDay CElEBraTiON
We celebrated the Camellia Greenhouse’s 100th birthday with a cake cutting ceremony, live music throughout the day with Alan & Hugo, Brooklyn Flamenco Guitarists and Quatrain Barbershop Quartet, along with ice carving artist, Rich Daly from Ice Melodies, who carved a sculpture of the Camellia Greenhouse while showcasing the beautiful collection of camellias in full bloom.
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31 1917 AT COE HALL By aNDrEa CriVEllO
In the midst of World War I, and shortly before the United States declared war on Germany, William wrote a letter to Mr. Coe stating, “If war is declared and volunteers are called for I have good reason to think that the school will close down.”
William, Mr. Coe’s eldest son, was war, William wrote to Mr. Coe referring to St. Paul’s School in New saying that in New Hampshire they Hampshire which he and younger had started military drills in earnest brother Robert attended. Mr. Coe and that he had been appointed a stated in response, “As you say corporeal with command over seven things are very tense around here, I men, which Mr. Coe was satisfied about.
William also wrote that same month, he had joined a golf club and had to pay twenty dollars which was more cost effective than paying the fifty cents every time he played prior to his joining the team. He went on to say that he had a “Brassie”, which at the time, was a wooden golf club with a base plate of brass. William underlined in his handwritten letter, “I am going to take it up in earnest and am going to beat you next vacation at Piping Rock”. William also asked for Mr. Coe’s permission to take up drum lessons, and promised to take it up (ABOVE) St. Paul’s School, Concord New Hampshire. suppose it is only a question of time seriously, while simultaneously before war will be declared between mentioning that his hockey team (OPPOSITE LEFT) Photograph of a newspaper clipping from the New York Sun, featuring the U.S. and Germany. I do not had won the Championship Cup. W.R. Coe’s Bet and jockey Freddie Williams, think we will have much trouble on Mr. Coe responded that he would from the Coe family scrapbook archival. this side.” In the beginning of April, pay for William’s drum lessons, and (OPPOSITE RIGHT) Vintage Bellmont Advertisement Courtesy of Arthur John after President Wilson appeared also remarked that there was six Humeke of ARRT’S. ARRCHIVES. before Congress for a declaration of inches of snow on the ground at
32 Planting Fields with temperatures at he needed to stay with his wife. learned to ride on his father’s ranch twenty-four degrees at night, making in Wyoming. He was named a Young him afraid for his crocuses and Later that spring, a local paper Master, having displayed skill in the snowdrops. (Letter dated April 10, reported that Mr. Coe attended the saddle remaining mounted for the 1917) final horse racing meet of the season first twelve occasions his horse at Piping Rock Racing Association in attempted to throw him off. In a While continuing their stay at Locust Valley, where a large sum of letter to Robert, Mr. Coe commented Oyster Bay, Mrs. Coe was scheduled money was raised for various war that bystanders would have thought to have a non-serious operation in relief organizations. Mr. Coe took it was a bucking contest based on the beginning of May; however, his youngest son Henry, ten at the the behavior of Midnight during the correspondence reveals that it had to time, with him. In a letter to Robert, show. be postponed for a month due to Mr. Coe mentioned that he and her being severely ill. Mr. Coe said, Henry both went out on horseback In other racing news, the horse “It has been a kind of general at 6:45 am and went around the shows at Madison Square Garden breakdown with her”. She was upset track three times prior to the races. also opened with Mr. Coe a reported at missing William’s Confirmation Later that day his horse, Neville, attendee, with horses Ronald, Ben on the 17th of that month, and Mr. took Second Place, while Wonderful Dale, Kerry, Kit, and Midnight. Coe was not present either as he felt and Bet took Third Place. Neville and Wonderful won races in
Henry himself competed in a show Jamaica, New York that year along in 1917, where a newspaper reported with Mr. Coe’s Rosa Bon Heur. In a that he was thrown from his sister letter to Robert, Mr. Coe mentioned Natalie Mai’s brown gelding, that the stable at Oyster Bay was all Midnight, at a horse show in New filled up; he had brought six more York City, landing face first, but thoroughbred yearlings from ultimately remaining uninjured and England plus horses Oration and remounting quickly. While this Tarquin. caused him not to be placed, the article went on to assert that Henry Notable construction for the year was a good horseman who had included building the center section Continued on next page
33 of the Camellia Greenhouse for other building plans on his other Governess Miss Williams. Mr. Coe which the prominent Boston properties, most notably work on wrote to William and Robert architect and designer Guy Lowell the swimming pool and new wing at affectionately saying “Natalie Mai was hired by Mr. Coe to work with their Irma Lake house, until the war speaks French like a little Parisian. greenhouse manufacturer William was over. In correspondence to You boys when you come home will H. Lutton of New Jersey. Mr. Coe William, he stated, “The tremendous be surprised that she knows more purchased a large collection of increase in taxes necessitates doing French than either of you. The trip camellias from the English nothing that is not absolutely to Monticello did her a lot of good.” nurserymen, John Waterer & Sons. necessary and practicing the strictest economy. “ Archival ledgers indicate In the fall, cousin Edward, living at Aside from progression of the that in 1917 Mr. Coe spent $5,860 or the Coe’s Hoo-Doo Ranch in Cody Camellia Greenhouse, Mr. Coe built $110,556.04 in today’s money, in Wyoming, played a prank on the Superintendent’s House, which real estate taxes for their New York William by writing him at St. Paul’s was home to Superintendent Joseph City apartments, at 6 and 4 East and claiming there had been an Robinson who, at the time, was in 83rd Street. “Indian raid” on Hoo-Doo. William charge of the grounds and general wrote to Mr. Coe alarmed, to which maintenance at Planting Fields. Natalie, who was seven in 1917, went he replied, “I have a horse named Interestingly, Mr. Coe halted all on a trip to Monticello with her Mr. Mark, I think your name ought
34 to be Mr. Easy Mark. Did you ever hear of a fish swallowing the bait hook and sinker?”
Mr. Coe hunted regularly in the months of October and November. He went duck and quail shooting in Virginia and North Carolina, and wrote Robert that he had shot a large Bull Elk, having passed up 100- 125 Bull Elk, saying he did not want to shoot unless it was a good one. He also passed on 100 Bull Moose and had an encounter with a female grizzly and her cubs. Mr. Coe also made mention of purchasing a cow for $125, approximately $2,400 in today’s money, and a Guernsey Bull, Vinniera Lad for $800, $15,000 today, from Branford Farms.
Also in November, Mr. Coe wrote William and Robert that Henry was sent to Fay School. Located in Massachusetts, the prestigious, Fay School was founded in 1866 and was the first junior boarding school in the United States. Mr. Coe was very pleased about Henry’s attending, as indicated in his correspondence. Henry was having trouble with his writing, but Mr. Coe hoped he soon would be able to send family letters. Letters were one of the primary ways that Mr. and Mrs. Coe communicated with their children throughout their lives; today these letters give significant insight into the Coe's life one hundred years ago.
(OPPOSITE) Camellia Greenhouse, 1917. (INSET) Camellia Japonica cv. Tricolor (Siebold).
(TOP) Superintendent’s House built in 1917.
(BOTTOM) Fay School, Massachusetts where Henry attended in 1917.
35 Rhododendron ‘Michael D. Coe’ SELECTING RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS: CONTiNuiNG ThE COE FaMily lEGaCy
By ViNCENT a. siMEONE
Part of the tradition of Gold Coast estates during the early part of the 20th century was the creation of magnificent, expansive, long-term landscapes that would serve present and ultimately future generations. Trees, shrubs, perennials and other plants were imported from all over the world to build the great estates such as Planting Fields, Old Westbury Gardens, Longwood Gardens and so many others.
36 An important part of the creation of role in the creation of the master garden in Muttontown, NY ever these great landscapes was the need plan in 1993 and has been invaluable since. for wealthy landowners to be unique, in helping to interpret the history of standing out from their friends and the site. The application to officially name neighbors. One of the ways this was this plant has been sent to the accomplished was by selecting and In May, 2016, a local rhododendron American Rhododendron Society producing hybrid plants that had a hybridizer and long time member of and then will be forwarded to the close connection to the estate where the American Rhododendron Royal Horticultural Society in they were created. Rhododendrons Society, Richard Murcott, had England where it will be officially were among the most popular plants graciously agreed to name one of his registered. Once finalized, a to hybridize and it was not many spectacular hybrids after certificate will be sent confirming its uncommon for these select plants to Michael Coe. I was fortunate registration. Mr. Murcott also was be named after family members who enough to walk the garden with Mr. responsible for introducing the lived on the estate. Murcott last spring to participate in ‘Margaret S. Coe’ rhododendron, the selelction process. It was a which is named after Dr. Coe’s Aunt This tradition was certainly difficult task to choose just one Peg from Cody, Wyoming. practiced at Planting Fields where exceptional flower from so many One of the greatest honors several Coe family members have wonderful selections. Once we that can be bestowed upon rhododendrons named for them narrowed the choices down to three including ‘Mr. W.R. Coe’, ‘Mrs. W. R. possibilities, we consulted with Dr. someone is to have a plant Coe’, ‘William Rogers Coe’, ‘Clover Coe himself to help make the final named after them. In the Coe’, ‘Robert Coe’ and more recently selelction. gardening world it is the ‘Margaret S. Coe’. ultimate acknowledgement of The hybrid chosen is a cross between someone’s accomplishments Now Planting Fields is proud to two very hardy and reliable red and positive influence. There include the latest named hybrid, flowering cultivars, ‘Jean Marie De is no doubt that Michael Coe ‘Michael D. Coe’, in honor of the Montague’ and ‘Mars’ crossed back is most deserving of this current Chairman of the board of to ‘Jean Marie De Montague’. Like honor. His leadership and the Planting Fields Foundation and it’s parents, the ‘Michael D. Coe’ guidance over the years has grandson of W. R. Coe. Dr. Coe has hybrid rhododendron has vibrant, made Planting Fields the been an important part of Planting deep red flowers and dark green jewel that it is today. Fields for many years and is foliage. This hybrid is quite unique responsible for shepherding the because it is the first Coe hybrid that We hope to have small plants preservation of the historic is red, while all of the others are available to add to our vast buildings, architectural features, and various shades of pink. Mr. Murcott rhododendron collection by next the landscaped gardens as well as first developed this hybrid in 1995 year. Congratulations Michael and supporting many renovation and it flowered for the first time in thank you Dick Murcott! projects. Dr. Coe also played a key 1999. It has been growing in his
37 (ABOVE) The east guest bedroom newly re-interpreted with carpet, window drapes and bed curtains to evoke the 1920s. The fabric is a reproduction of an early 20th century design.
(LEFT) The east guest bedroom in 2016 before its recent refurnishing project.
38 GUEST ROOMS rEFurBishED aT COE hall
The governesses bedroom before BEFOrE and after its 2017 upgrades.
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39 AN APPRECIATION OF THE PEONY By lilly MCGurK
In 1917, Mrs. Alice Howard Harding’s wrote The Book Of The Peony which is beautifully illustrated and contains information that is of great value to anyone interested in learning about the history of the peony, characteristics, cultivation and propagation techniques. Mrs. Harding was an enthusiastic gardener, both tree and herbaceous peonies were of particular interest to her. We are fortunate to have this book in our rare book collection here at Planting Fields Foundation as it was originally owned by W.R. Coe who also was passionate about peonies.
“The rose, fine, exquisite and fragrant as it is, must yield first rank to the modern peony, which by reason of its sheer wealth of splendor and majesty of presence is now entitled to be called the Queen of Flowers.” –Mrs. Alice Howard Harding Bill Barash
Peonies blooming in the Italian Garden
40 PLANTING fIELds fOuNdATION’s NATURE SUNDAYS fOR CHILdREN
SUNDAYS, JULY 2ND – AUG. 27TH, 12:00 NOON (No Program on July 16th) all Nature sundays events are FrEE admission with $8.00 parking fee. rain or shine. rEGisTraTiON rEQuirED. To register please call (516) 922-8668 or email: [email protected]
PLAYING WITH PLANTS RADIANT RAINFOREST TREMENDOUS TREES BEAUTIFUL July 2ND July 23rD auGusT 6Th BUTTERFLIES Learn all about the life cycle of Explore our Become a Planting Fields tree auGusT 20Th plants with one of our outdoor main detective while exploring the Come learn educators who will lead you on greenhouse vast collection of trees that the about the a multi-sensory adventure where our arboretum has to offer. Learn fascinating exploring colors, textures, environ - about the important world of smells, tastes and sounds. mental relationship that exists between butterflies Listen as The Cat in the Hat educator will take you on an trees and people and how to with one of explains how seeds grow. Later, exciting journey and point out identify trees just by looking at our outdoor educators who will paint a ceramic pot and plant a some neat plants like the their leaves and bark. lead you on a scientific seedling. For children 4 years banana plant and the chocolate Afterwards, stay and practice exploration uncovering the and older. tree. Learn about the animals being a tree detective by helping caterpillars and butterflies that and the layers of the rainforest. the arboretum staff to identify make their home within the Afterwards, stay for a rainforest trees. For children 6 years and sensory garden. Stay and make THE DOUBTFUL craft. For children ages 6 years older. a butterfly craft to take home. SPROUT and older. For children 4 years and older. July 9Th Get ready to MAGNIFICENT explore the LI AARDVARKS world under MANSION OH, VAN GOGH July 30Th auGusT 13Th auGusT 27Th your feet in Join us for a foot stomping, this Visit Coe Hall with one of our Learn about jingle shaking, drum docents to learn about the Coe post- underground drumming hullabaloo that puppet adventure. Tunnel down Family and the mansion. Step impressionist both kids and parents enjoy. back in time and be inspired by painter with Worm and Sprout as they Singing, dancing, musical discover the mysterious life Coe Hall’s historically Vincent Van storytelling, instrumental jam furnished rooms featuring Gogh and found inside soil. Along the way, sessions and more! Stay and kids help figure out the secrets original stained glass windows recreate one of his famous make your own musical imported from Hever Castle in paintings from his sunflower that help Sprout grow. Award- instrument to take home. winning puppeteer, Liz Joyce, England. Stay and create your series. Sip lemonade and relax Geared towards children 4 very own stained glass in the garden while you create brings this ecological months to 4 years old. wonderland to life with multiple masterpiece. For children 6 your own work of art! For puppetry styles, projections and years and older. children ages 6 years and older. song. Best suited for children 3 years and older.
41 TEA & SPLENDOR GrEaT aMEriCaN DEsiGNErs, Fall 2017
Mr. Joyce’s lecture presentations will present the work of nine legendary design firms who created some of the most exciting and innovative interiors of their times.
Great American Interiors: 1880-1980 by Legendary Designers
1880-1920: Ogden Codman, Edith Wharton, Elsie deWolfe THuRsdAy, OCTOBER 19TH, 2:30PM
1920-1940: Dorothy Draper, Rose Cummings, Syrie Maugham THuRsdAy, OCTOBER 26TH, 2:30PM
1940-1980: Thedlow, Hadley Parish, Tony Duquette THuRsdAy, NOVEMBER 2Nd, 2:30PM
Syrie Maugham
Elsie deWolfe Dorothy Draper 42 PLANTING FIELDS FOUNDATION STAFF
Bill Barash Henry B. Joyce Executive Director Tel: 516-922-0479 [email protected]
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Planting Fields Foundation 1395 Planting Fields road P.O. Box 660 MIssION sTATEMENT Oyster Bay, Ny 11771 Planting Fields Foundation collaborates with the New york www.plantingfields.org state Office of Parks, recreation and historic Preservation to Tel: 516-922-9210 preserve and interpret Planting Fields arboretum state historic Fax: 516-922-9226 Park as a premier long island Gold Coast estate and arboretum by providing educational and enriching experiences. 43 NON-PROfIT ORG. u.s. POsTAGE P.O. BOx 660, OysTEr Bay, Ny 11771 PAId HuNTINGTON, N.y. PERMIT NO. 14
Coe Hall in summer Bill Barash