Sunflower field at the Woodstock Inn & Resort Sunflower House under blue sky with scattered clouds.

Woodstock Garden Day

Name: Woodstock Garden Day
Start: 2026-05-13T15:33:36
End: 2026-05-14T15:33:36

Explore three stunning gardens in sites across Woodstock. Discover the shared story between Billings Farm & Museum, the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, and the Woodstock Inn & Resort’s Kelly Way Gardens. As part of the Woodstock Foundation, each site will also be honoring the legacy of Laurance S. Rockefeller, a visionary whose passion for conservation, sustainability, and heritage has left a profound and lasting impact on Woodstock.

Enjoy garden tours, live music, crafts, and activities for all ages across these three locations. Experience a diverse array of gardens, each with its own unique purpose.

Garden Day Schedule

Date

August 22, 2026

Community Events

Buffet table with assorted colorful tomatoes. People lining up to serve themselves.

Taste Kelly Way Gardens

Kelly Way Gardens showcases a production garden supplying fresh products to the Woodstock Inn & Resort’s restaurants. Come by for a tour, a leisurely stroll, or to chat with our master gardeners! Special for Garden Day, guests can try a smoothie bike, take a Family Sensory Tour, and taste fresh berry ice cream.

Join in our 11th Annual Great Tomato Tasting, featuring over 50 varieties, followed by a Q&A session and tour of the tomatoes grown in the garden’s high tunnel.

The Tomato Tasting, all programs, and entrance to Kelly Way Gardens are free of charge and open to all.

Sunflower in a field, bright yellow petals, and green leaves.

Stroll Billings Farm & Museum

At Billings Farm & Museum, marvel at the Sunflower House where more than 50 varieties of sunflowers in all colors and sizes will fill you with wonder. Stroll through the Farmstead Garden, which features Heirloom, Victory, Pollinator, Permaculture, Chef’s, Pizza, and Herb gardens, all demonstrating practices you can use in your own home garden. Take a garden tour, play lawn games, enjoy Herbal Tea Happy Hour, and join Children’s Story Time in the Sunflower House.

Victorian house with large porch, surrounded by trees and green lawn.

Discover Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

At the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, the gardens reflect generations of stewardship and Park Rangers will guide tours of the Four Square Garden, Waterfall Garden, and Mary Rockefeller’s Cutting Garden. Additional activities include bouquet making (while supplies last), botanicals crafts, ice cream making, Artists-in-Residence demonstrations, and more! Bring a picnic blanket, snacks, and drinks, and enjoy a beautiful day on the garden lawn. National Park admission and garden programs are all free of charge.