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- Gardenista
- December 25, 2012
- 10:00 am
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Eighty years ago, a cluster of stone barns was built to make John D. Rockefeller’s dairy cows comfortable on his estate a half hour’s drive north of New York City. Eight years ago, $30 million in family money transformed the place into headquarters for a non-profit farm that grows food for partner restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Now, here is a look at the gardens:
Photographs by Michael Moran via SALT Studio except where noted.
Above: Landscape architect Gigi Saltonstall designed an herb garden, a large courtyard, and an area for crop demonstrations at the Rockefeller Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture. The working four-season farm enables restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns to serve what’s in season. Instead of seeing a set menu, diners choose from a daily list of more than 100 ingredients available from the fields and local market.
Above: Set on 80 acres of rolling land, the barns were also used, in the 1970s, for Peggy Rockefeller’s cattle farming project.
Above: The goal of the design by SALT Studio was preserve the historical farm vernacular while adapting the site to 21st century uses.
Above: A farm resident; photograph by Put the Needle on the Record via Flickr.
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Gardenista
Gardenista is a one-stop sourcebook for cultivated living, a guide to outdoor design and gardening. Helmed by former New York Times columnist Michelle Slatalla, Gardenista features inspiration, garden visits, and advice for all things outdoor living, from patios and peonies, to tables and terraces. Gardens matter, and Gardenista celebrates tomatoes on the fire escape as much as rolling acres of green.
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43 comments
+ add your ownThank you.
nice
And only took 30 million dollars. Amazing what money does isn't it?
What a beautiful place.
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So pretty!! Thanks
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great story
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