Original Open Days Hosts Presented with Anne & Frank Cabot Award

Maxine Paetro (center right), of Broccoli Hall, Amenia, NY, is one of our six Cabot Award recipients.

The Garden Conservancy is pleased to honor garden hosts who have shared their gardens each year since the inception of Open Days with the Anne and Frank Cabot Award. Together, this remarkable collection of gardens has contributed over 250 Open Days and provided countless visiting hours for generations of visitors. Hosts’ achievements were honored with a beautifully calligraphed certificate designed by Marion McEvoy—an honor as unique as each of the gardens, and one that recipients can proudly display. Conferred with heartfelt thanks, this award not only recognizes these gardens’ contributions to Open Days but also to the field of American gardening.

Left: (L to R) Robert M. Balentine, Bunny Williams, and James Brayton Hall.

The following were presented with the Anne and Frank Cabot Award: Barbara Paul Robinson Brush Hill Washington, CT Bunny Williams The Garden of Bunny Williams Falls Village, CT George Schoellkopf Hollister House Garden Washington, CT Maxine Paetro Broccoli Hall Amenia, NY The Merrin Family Vivian and Ed Merrin Cortlandt Manor, NY Phillis Warden Garden of Phillis Warden Bedford, NY