The Stony Kill Foundation is looking for volunteers to help maintain the Verplanck Memorial Perennial Garden at Stony Kill on Route 9D. The plantings in the Garden were chosen to attract butterflies and birds (it is the main attraction at the annual Butterfly Festival, being held on August 13 this year). Simple regular maintenance is required. You can work in the Garden whenever it is convenient for you. The Garden is open seven days a week from dawn to dusk.
In 1997, three descendents, Elizabeth, Suzanna and Wilhelmina Andrews, who were sisters, provided funds for the creation of the Garden. The Andrews sisters spend their childhood years living in the Manor House at Stony Kill in the early 1900's in the care of their Uncle and Aunt, John Bayard Rodgers Verplanck and his wife Susan Van Wyck Andrews Verplanck.
Help us keep their legacy going! Call us or email us if you are willing to help, 845-831-1617 or foundation@stonykill.org.
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