CANCELED: Sketching and Water Coloring for Adults

Explore your creativity in this hands-on adult education program with our Education Manager! Participants will use a sketch pad, pencil, watercolor set, and brush provided during class while learning techniques for sketching from observation. At the end, take home your finished artwork to display—supplies are for use during class only. This is a rain or […]

Members-Only Extended Evening Hours

Enjoy the Gardens a little later this summer. From June 10 through July 1, Old Westbury Gardens will offer extended evening hours exclusively for its members every Wednesday. The Gardens will remain open until 8:00pm, with last entry at 7:00pm. It's a wonderful opportunity to experience the landscape in the softer light of the evening […]

Secrets of the Service Wing Tour

Tickets for this tour include access to Westbury House and the gardens. All tickets are non-refundable. For many years visitors to Westbury House asked what was beyond the first-floor corridor. Now they can go beyond the door and discover “secrets of the service wing.” In this 60-minute guided tour you’ll be introduced to the intensive […]

Secrets of the Service Wing Tour

Tickets for this tour include access to Westbury House and the gardens. All tickets are non-refundable. For many years visitors to Westbury House asked what was beyond the first-floor corridor. Now they can go beyond the door and discover “secrets of the service wing.” In this 60-minute guided tour you’ll be introduced to the intensive […]

Brick Builders: Build Something Wild

Spend an afternoon exploring, building, and creating together! Brick Builders invites children and their grown-ups to enjoy building a LEGO® Creator 3-in-1 Tropical Toucan.  The program begins at the beech tree, and includes a guided walk through some of the featured exhibit; Sean Kenney’s Nature Connects®, an exhibit made with LEGO bricks. After the tour, head to […]

SOLD OUT: Midsummer Jazz

Monk for President has redefined the art of the jazz trio. Featuring Glafkos Kontemeniotis (piano), Fred Berman (bass), and Vince 'Kazi' McCoy (drums), the group delivers a high-wire act of musical conversation. From timeless standards to deep-cut favorites, and originals from Glafkos. Their improvisation has graced iconic stages like Bryant Park, Central Park Summer Stage and […]

Secrets of the Service Wing Tour

Tickets for this tour include access to Westbury House and the gardens. All tickets are non-refundable. For many years visitors to Westbury House asked what was beyond the first-floor corridor. Now they can go beyond the door and discover “secrets of the service wing.” In this 60-minute guided tour you’ll be introduced to the intensive […]

Midsummer Nights

Guests of all ages are invited to picnic, stroll, and relax on one of the longest nights of the year. The Gardens will be illuminated with lanterns and decorated with wreaths and floral arrangements. Bring a picnic dinner or purchase food and beverages on site from Café in the Woods, operated by Polka Dot Poundcake […]

Midsummer Nights

Guests of all ages are invited to picnic, stroll, and relax on one of the longest nights of the year. The Gardens will be illuminated with lanterns and decorated with wreaths and floral arrangements. Bring a picnic dinner or purchase food and beverages on site from Café in the Woods, operated by Polka Dot Poundcake […]

Secrets of the Service Wing Tour

Tickets for this tour include access to Westbury House and the gardens. All tickets are non-refundable. For many years visitors to Westbury House asked what was beyond the first-floor corridor. Now they can go beyond the door and discover “secrets of the service wing.” In this 60-minute guided tour you’ll be introduced to the intensive […]