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Visitors will learn about the garden's origins, evolution, and notable gardeners, including Mary Anna Verplanck, who as a precocious eleven-year-old, designed the original 1804 garden, and James F. Brown, a fugitive enslaved man who fled Maryland and worked as Mount Gulian’s master gardener. Visitors will receive a complimentary copy of the garden’s 1912 map and a short film about Mr. Brown, “Cultivating Freedom: From Slave to Citizen”, will be shown. Today, notable plantings in the garden include antique peonies, roses and yuccas that were returned to Mount Gulian in 1995 by a Verplanck descendant who removed them from the site in the 1960’s. After carefully tending to them for thirty years at her home’s garden, she learned of our plans to restore the garden and happily brought them home. Admission to this special tour is: $18 adults; $15 seniors; $9 youngsters (6-18 years). Children under 6 and Mount Gulian members are free. Membership is open to the public. Reservations are preferred but walk-ins will be accepted if space allows. For reservations call 845.831.8172 or email at info@mountgulian.org. Payment may be made day of visit. For further information see https://destinationdutchess.com/spotlights/great-estates-garden-landscape-tour