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Muscoot Farm

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Muscoot Farm is an early 20th-century interpretative farm museum in Katonah, New York in the United States. The farm is owned and operated by the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation.

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Lasdon Park and Arboretum
Lasdon Park and Arboretum

Lasdon Park and Arboretum (95 ha / 234 acres) is a public park containing gardens and an arboretum (12 ha / 30 acres). It is located on New York State Route 35, Somers, New York, and open to the public daily without charge. Originally called Cobbling Rock Farm, the property was purchased by William and Mildred Lasdon in 1939. The Lasdon family had a keen interest in horticulture and imported many tree specimens to the estate. In 1986 Westchester County purchased the property. The park contains woodlands, an open grass meadow, and formal gardens with flower and shrub specimens from all over the world. It also contains a Chinese Friendship Pavilion as gift from the People’s Republic of China to the citizens of Westchester. Arboretum (12 ha / 30 acres) - The arboretum consists of woodlands, open grass meadows and formal gardens featuring trees, shrubs, and flowers from around the world. The arboretum includes extensive lilac and pine collections, a large azalea garden, a yellow magnolia grove, and a flowering tree grove. Surrounding the arboretum is a pond and 200 acres (0.81 km2) of woodlands that contain many specimen trees and plantings. Azalea Garden - a large garden with hundreds of red, white, pink, magenta, yellow, and lavender azaleas, with small ponds and waterfalls. Dwarf Conifer Collection - a variety of dwarf pine, spruce, fir, and cypress. Magnolias - various magnolia species, including several rare yellow specimens developed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the 1950s. Famous and Historic Tree Trail - species that commemorate historic events and famous Americans. At each station, one can read about a famous person or event to which the parent tree was witness. William and Mildred Lasdon Memorial Garden (0.4 ha / 1 acre) - an entrance court with a fragrance garden; a formal garden with boxwood hedges, heather, flowering annuals and bulbs, and a central fountain; and a synoptic garden featuring hundreds of shrubs whose names represent every letter in the alphabet, from "A" (Abelia) through "Z" (Zenobia). Mildred D. Lasdon Bird and Nature Sanctuary (22 acres) Chinese Friendship Pavilion and Cultural Garden (1.6 ha / 4 acres) - a pavilion given by Westchester's Sister City, Jingzhou in the People's Republic of China, within a young Chinese-style garden with plantings including bamboo and Kousa dogwood, pond, and a stone dust pathway. American chestnuts (1.2 ha / 3 acres) - Since 1992 when a 3-acre (12,000 m2) grove of rare American chestnut trees was discovered at the arboretum, Westchester County has been working with The American Chestnut Foundation to develop a disease-resistant form of this tree. An additional 5 acres (20,000 m2) collects chestnuts from around the United States for use in ongoing genetic research. Dogwoods - more than 80 dogwood trees from around the world, part of a research project to combat dogwood diseases.