Who We Are
Who We Are
Kate Brittenham
Carolyn's daughter, Kate Brittenham, has her own sucessful landscape design/build service, Front Stoop Gardens.
Independent Contractors and Artisans
Our Mission:
To create and maintain biodiverse gardens and landscaping that demonstrate the beauty, delight and benefits of native plants, especially their critical role as the foundation of local food webs,
To inspire others, through tours of our gardens, education, and community outreach, to use native plants in their own gardens and landscaping, and
To provide protection and stewardship for our preserved areas, as living examples of local native plant communities, as well as our gardens, with perennials, trees and shrubs native to the Catskills, New York State, and the greater Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Flying Trillium Gardens and Preserve, Inc., Sullivan County’s first public garden, is a New York State not-for-profit corporation founded to establish, develop, and steward native plant demonstration gardens, together with the nature preserve and native plant sanctuary.
History of the Gardens
Over twenty years ago, Carolyn Summers and David Brittenham acquired a very special abandoned farm located in the southern Catskill Mountains in Sullivan County, NY.
Carolyn established a series of demonstration gardens with northeastern native trees, shrubs and perennials to complement her work as a writer, teacher and landscape designer.
Flying Trillium, named to honor the lovely red and white trilliums that naturally grace sections of the forest, now manages the beautiful gardens that Carolyn put in place so many years ago. Over time, the lands managed by Flying Trillium have expanded to more than 300 acres of preserved natural areas.
We invite you to come and experience the beauty, diversity and ecological value of our northeastern native flora, and the fauna that depend on them, for yourself. We hope you leave inspired to see how native plants can enhance your landscaping and bring pollinators into your home garden!
