Vibe Check: Yaddo Gardens Opening Day
From flower super-fans to hapless tourists clueless to its years-long shutdown, the fabled artists' retreat welcomed the general public back to its historic grounds.
When I called Discover Saratoga’s Gail Stein yesterday afternoon, the first day Yaddo’s gardens were open to the public since March of 2020, I cut right to the chase: “I hear you love the Yaddo gardens.” (Gail runs the Frozen Moments In and Around Saratoga Facebook page, on which she frequently posted photos from the gardens pre-pandemic.) “I just got back from the Yaddo gardens!” she replied, fully living up to her Yaddo garden super-fan reputation.
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