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Adult Education Programs
Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America, with a holiday field trip to Sagtikos Manor in West Bay Shore
Date(s)
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Instructor
Price
Time
$150
9:00am - 3:00pm
Tour led by Sagtikos Manor staff
Details
Once over 1200 acres in size, the property we will see is ten acres, with the forty-two-room manor house, the walled garden, the carriage house, the ice house and the Thompson-Gardiner family cemetery. Our tour of the manor house will showcase the evolution of furnishings, accessories and architectural styles through the centuries.
Cost of trip includes coach bus transportation to and from Clark Botanic Garden, 192 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson, NY, entrance fee and guided tour of Sagtikos Manor and luncheon at the Snapper Inn in Oakdale.
Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America, with a field trip to Joseph Lloyd Manor and Raynham Hall
Date(s)
Monday, June 15, 2026
Instructor
Price
Time
$150
9:00am - 3:00pm
Tours led by Staff of both Joseph Lloyd Manor and Raynham Hall
Details
Joseph Lloyd Manor House was completed in 1767 for Joseph Lloyd and was the center of the Manor of Queens Village, a 3,000-acre provisioning plantation established in the late 17th century on the ancestral lands of the Matinecock Nation.
Raynham Hall is a colonial era house, which belonged to the Townsend family of Oyster Bay, dating from 1740, when Samuel Townsend purchased the property.
Cost of trip includes coach bus transportation to and from Clark Botanic Garden, 192 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson, NY, entrance fees and guided tours of the Joseph Lloyd Manor House in Lloyd Harbor and Raynham Hall in Oyster Bay, and lunch at Wild Honey, located in an historic building in downtown Oyster Bay.
Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America, with a holiday field trip to Rock Hall in Lawrence
Date(s)
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Instructor
Price
Time
$150
9:00am - 3:00pm
Details
Rock Hall is one of the finest pre-Revolutionary War homes on Long Island. The home was built in 1767 for Josiah Martin, a wealthy English sugar plantation owner from Antigua in the West Indies. When Martin retired, he chose this site in proximity to the ocean and New York Harbor as his final home.
Cost of trip includes coach bus transportation to and from Clark Botanic Garden, 192 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson, NY, entrance fee and guided tour at Rock Hall, and luncheon at Greenview at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club.
Sunday afternoon lecture series - Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America
Date(s)
Sunday; May 17, June 7, Sept. 20 and Oct 18
Instructor
Price
Time
$15 - $50
1:00 PM
Prof. James Coll, noted Constitutional scholar
Details
Join us at Clark Botanic Garden as we Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America, the Semiquincentennial in 2026 .
This special four-part Sunday afternoon series of discussions to include:
The Road to Revolution
The Declaration of Independence
The Federalist Papers/Concept of Federalism
The U.S. Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The Amendments to the Constitution
