Spencertown Academy’s Hidden Gardens Tour and Outdoor Market

Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s 19th annual Hidden Gardens celebration includes a self-guided garden tour to some of the most dazzling private gardens in the region, an outdoor market, and a botanical-themed art exhibition.

This year’s Hidden Gardens Tour showcases the glory of late spring and promise of summer beauty at residential gardens in Austerlitz, Hillsdale, and Copake.

The gardens will be open, rain or shine, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Advance tickets are $35 and day-of tickets are $40. Advance tickets may be purchased via spencertownacademy.org. Day-of tickets will be sold at the Academy and at the Market on The Green from 9:00am to 2:30pm. Tickets and the program guide, with maps and descriptions, will be available for pick up on the day of the tour at the Academy or the Market starting at 9:00am.

The Market on The Green will take place from 9:00am to 2:30pm at the Spencertown Village Green, which is located at the intersection of Rte 203 and Rte 7. More than 20 vendors will offer flowers, plants, vintage and new home and garden furnishings, pottery, crafts, and garden books, plus shoppers will find bargains on choice garden items and accessories at the Academy’s White Elephant Booth. Warren Street Oldtime Stringband will serenade visitors with Southern Appalachian fiddle dance music. Food vendors will include the Spencertown Volunteer Firemen, Taco Diablo Food Truck, and Frankie’s Coffee Truck.  A percentage of all sales benefit the Academy. Admission is free.