Volunteers helped Springside celebrate Arbor Day by planting new trees in Evergreen Park, Willow Spring, and near the main entrance. A large white oak tree was planted in honor of former Board Member Virginia Hancock.
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Rain Date: September 21, 2024, 10:00AM
Recent excavation of the Gardener's Cottage unearthed a poem that local scholars believe contains the clues to Matthew Vassar's hidden treasure at Springside. Join volunteers of Springside Landscape Restoration for a guided tour of Andrew Jackson Downing's historic landscape and receive a copy of the treasure hunt poem and site map for further exploration and amusement.
Learn more about the Hudson River Valley Ramble here.
Volunteers helped clear around the remains of the Gardener's Cottage and prepare for the installation of new benches.
The annual event was back this year! Thank you to all of the community members who came out to support Springside by purchasing plants for their yards and gardens.
Volunteers helped Springside celebrate Arbor Day by planting new trees in Evergreen Park, Willow Spring, and near the main entrance. A large white oak tree was planted in honor of former Board Member Virginia Hancock.
Spring into the New Year with a fresh start and a hike through Springside! Springside is always open dawn to dusk — enjoy the trails at your own pace, or pick up a map at the entry kiosk and complete the full Walking Tour.
Harvey Flad (Professor Emeritus of Geography, Vassar College) will guide a tour of Springside as one of three tours of historic landscapes associated with Matthew Vassar — Vassar College Campus, Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, and Springside.
As part of a nationwide program that reveals the stories of places that are part of our daily lives, discover the design history of places you may pass every day but don’t necessarily know about. This special tour of Springide will be led by Harvey Flad (Professor Emeritus of Geography, Vassar College).
(Attendance is limited, and registration is required).
Rain Date: Saturday, September 30, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Recent archeological excavation of the Gardener's Cottage unearthed a poem that local scholars believe contains clues to Matthew Vassar's hidden treasure at Springside. As part of the Hudson River Valley Ramble, join volunteers of Springside Landscape Restoration for a guided tour of Andrew Jackson Downing's historic landscape and receive a copy of the treasure hunt poem for further exploration and amusement. Springside is a 20-acre designed, landscape and historic site that was once the county estate of Matthew Vassar and is the only landscape of Andrew Jackson Downing to survive largely intact. Today, the National Historic Landmark is a historic site on the Hudson River Valley Greenway Trail.
Thank you to the volunteers who planted three new trees in Evergreen Park.
SITE LOCATION:
185 Academy Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845.454.2060
HOURS:
Dawn Until Dusk
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The Springside Walking Tour is funded, in part, by a grant from the Hudson River Valley Greenway.
The land that now comprises Springside is part of the homelands of the Munsee Lenape, Indigenous peoples who have an enduring connection to this place.
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Mail to: P.0. Box 4915, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602