Old Westbury Gardens

Old Westbury Gardens is a magnificent example of the finest in period landscape design and architecture in America. Completed in 1906 by the English designer George A. Crawley, Old Westbury Gardens is the former home of John S. Phipps and his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps. The Charles II-style mansion is nestled amid 160 acres of formal gardens, landscaped grounds, woodlands, ponds and lakes.

Old Westbury Gardens Guide Book

Edited by Jethro Meriwether Hurt, Old Westbury Gardens, NY, c. 1990. Room by room guide to Westbury House and a tour of the Gardens. Black and white photographs, map. Paper, $4.50.

Halcyon Days: An American Family Through Three Generations
By Peggie Phipps Boegner and Richard Gachot, Henry N. Abrams, New York, 1986.  The history of the Phipps family and their way of life through the memories of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Phipps' only daughter, an account of the unique relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Phipps and the estate's designer, George A. Crawley, and the story of how today's Old Westbury came into being. Illustrated by family photos, architectural drawings, letters, etc. Hardcover, $59.95.

Old Westbury Gardens Book of Days
Text by Joyce Christmas with Laura Carpenter, Photos by Richard Cheek, David Enders Tripp, others, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 1993.  An undated calendar in which to mark the passage of the seasons. Lovely color photographs capture both sweeping views of Westbury House and its formal gardens, landscaped grounds and lakes as well as close-ups of architectural details and garden ornaments.  Hardcover, $10.00.

By Ann Bellah Copeland.  Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, NY, 2005.  A wealth of information that will make your life and home easier and more gracious.  Paper, $8.95.

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