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Landcraft Garden family membership and a Garden Tour for 10

DONATED BY LANDCRAFT GARDEN FOUNDATION and ELEANOR THOMAS

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The Landcraft Garden Foundation is dedicated to inspiring, educating and promoting gardening, horticulture and the preservation of our natural environment. They provide the experience of peace and stability that gardens bring to people throughout the world.

The winner of this wonderful offering will include a family membership for two individuals, plus four guest passes, plus a private tour for 10 which will be upon a mutually agreed time and date, with a weekday preferred during operational hours.

Located in Mattituck, the Landcraft Gardens were established in 1992 by founders Dennis Schrader and Bill Smith when they purchased 17 acres of land surrounding an 1840's-era farmhouse. The Gardens are situated on a narrow spit of land, nestled between the Long Island Sound, Mattituck Creek and the Peconic Bay, the site itself provides an unusually long, moderate growing season – perfectly suited for the development of the Landcraft Gardens.

There are a series of garden rooms hedged by hornbeam and boxwood that feature a variety of themed gardens. Expansive terraces surrounding the residence display hundreds of container plantings and are changed periodically throughout the seasons. The woodland shade garden – resplendent with early season ephemerals – also contains a diversity of shrubs, ferns and ground covers. Throughout the garden, low stone walls, benches and chairs provide opportunities to sit and experience the garden's design and plant diversity. Surrounding the four acres of garden are almost 10 acres of natural but maintained meadows with mowed paths providing access to view native plants and abundant wildlife.

The Landcraft Gardens are a unique resource and living laboratory exhibiting extensive plant collections, celebrating the diversity of horticulture and design, and providing a place to explore human connection with the natural world.