February 10, 2012
by Suzi Novak

Many of us in Chappaqua would like to try vegetable gardening, but have been daunted by too much shade or too many deer.  The solution?  A community garden, made possible by the generosity of the Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the leadership of InterGenerate, a local non-profit established to give more people access to fresh, healthy food.  We are kicking off the 2012 season with a meeting and workshop on starting seeds indoors on Sunday, February 12 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm at the Children’s Program Room in the Chappaqua Library.

Monday, February 13, 2012
by Stephen Coleman, New Castle Environmental Coordinator

Coyotes are an important part of a healthy ecosystem and in our area serve as one of the top predators in the food chain.  They help maintain the health of our environment by controlling rodents, woodchucks, insects and other prolific animals and serve as one of nature’s “clean-up services” by removing dead animals and preventing disease.

October 14, 2011

Autumn

See the trail map in “Read more…”
June 17, 2011
by Susan Carpenter

Eleven volunteers from Ernst and Young and four staff from Westchester Land Trust spent a day at the Burden Preserve on June 10 with the Land Trust’s Helping Hands program bringing corporate volunteers to the preserve to help rebuild trails needing some TLC after the ravages of last winter.

Monday, June 13, 2011
by Steven Wolk

The New Castle Sustainability Advisory Board and the Chappaqua Library are co-sponsoring a panel discussion and audience Q&A tonight, June 13, starting at 7:30 p.m. to inform residents about how alternative energy can save you big money while protecting our environment and supporting the U.S. economy. This free event will take place in the library theatre at 195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, New York, and is open to the public.

More photos in “Read more…”
May 27, 2011
by Christine Yeres

The chance to visit Rocky Hills, at 95 Old Roaring Brook Road, comes only a few times each year.  The 13-acre garden is open this Saturday, May 28, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. There isn’t much at Henriette Suhr’s Rocky Hills that hasn’t been meticulously and artfully planned and executed by her over the last 50 years, but the forget-me-nots are allowed to run free, making seas of blue, more every year.

Blithewood, the riverfront Italianate garden at Bard College; photography by Sue Daley and Steve Gross; for more photos, see “Read more…”
Monday, April 11, 2011
by George Shakespear

The spring 2011 Rocky Hills Lecture by Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner, co-writers of Gardens of the Hudson Valley (Monacelli Press, 2010), will feature photography by Sue Daley and Steve Gross of some of the valley’s iconic and historic gardens, both public and private. The evening lecture will be held at the Chappaqua Public Library, Chappaqua, NY, on Thursday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m.

April 1, 2011
by JoAnn DiRico Trautmann

Tomorrow, come meet two Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County Master Gardeners, Claudia Venet and Kim Lindner, both Chappaqua residents, at a table in the indoor Chappaqua Farmer’s Market this coming Saturday, April 2nd from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., at St. Mary’s next to Bell.

Photos of the show in “Read more…” are by Cherie Sherman.
March 18, 2011
by Christine Yeres

Crazy-busy as she is with getting her gardens at Rocky Hills in order after yet another harsh winter, Henriette Suhr recently allowed herself a visit to the New York Botanical Garden to see “The Orchid Show: On Broadway,” running until April 25.

Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Westchester County, that’s who!

A famous neighbor sought advice from CCE at the Bedford 2020 Environmental Action Day two Saturdays ago.
February 11, 2011
by JoAnn DiRico Trautmann and Anna Snider

Every spring, something slimy and sluggy causes traffic jams on your sidewalks. What are they and how can you reroute them? Your beautiful white pines are looking a tad Charlie Brownish. What happened? 

Monday, January 31, 2011
by Lenore Pott

There’s a new store on the block! Ahead of the “Mad Men” vintage design curve, Kent at 396 King Street has an inventory of mid-century contemporary home furnishings and gifts that brings an uptown chic to uptown Chappaqua (as in up at the top of King Street, next to Lange’s).

January 7, 2011
by Maggie Christ

There once was a cauliflower. There was a need for comfort food. There was cheese on hand. And drifting around in the sea of papers on the dining room table was a recipe from Mark Bittman of The New York Times that called for a whole cauliflower to be puréed to become the sauce for a baked macaroni and cheese.

“Coelogyne mossiae,” photos by Bill Smiles
October 22, 2010
by George Shakespear

The Friends of Rocky Hills will present Life with Orchids, a talk by Bill Smiles, life-long orchid grower, at the Chappaqua Public Library, 195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, N.Y.  His talk will be of particular interest to gardeners growing orchids at home, under lights, or in a greenhouse. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 26, and will be followed by a question-and-answer period. Admission is free and open to the public.

Click “Read more…” for slide show with more photos.
August 6, 2010

Look no further for a fantastic price and move-in ready property. This in-town cottage allows you to walk to shops, restaurants and Metro North. Walk to the train and be in Midtown in 60 minutes.

A world away, in New Castle’s own back yard
May 29, 2010
by Lynn O’Malley

Anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting Rocky Hills will recall its brilliant azaleas, rare magnolias, expansive fern beds and ubiquitous forget-me-nots. The colorful strolling garden on Old Roaring Brook Road in Mount Kisco is the creation of interior designer Henriette Granville Suhr and her late husband, art conservator William “Billy” Suhr. It embodies the couple’s artistic vision and the lessons they learned about gardening over more than fifty years.