Wildflower Farms, Auberge Resorts Collection
Hotel · Gardiner
2702 Main St, Gardiner, NY 12525
Highlights
Luxury farm resort offering hands-on experiences & spa
Luxury farm resort offering hands-on experiences & spa
"Set on a former tree farm below the Shawangunk Ridge, the property comprises 65 freestanding cottages decorated with local mementos and provides direct access to three miles of trails, a working farm that supplies seasonal vegetables (and summer wildflowers) to the on-site fine-dining restaurant Clay, and a Thistle spa offering treatments using locally hand-harvested oils and scrubs. Wellness here extends beyond spa services to activities like forest bathing, collecting eggs from the chicken coop for breakfast, and connecting with the surrounding landscape." - Sophie Friedman
"A luxury and adventure haven in the Hudson Valley, serving as a basecamp for outdoor activities like pro-led hikes." - Alexis Benveniste
"This New York farm property supplies guests with gardening gloves, mini shears, and straw hats to forage for wildflowers on-site, turning floral gathering into a complimentary resort activity." - Cat Sposato
"Wildflower Farms offers a spa retreat with a working farm, cooking classes, a spa, and freestanding cabins."
"Step onto this picturesque Auberge Resorts Collection campus, in a meadow in the shadow of New York’s iconic Shawangunk Mountains, and you feel almost as if you’ve entered the world of a Hudson River School painting. It’s that pretty. And for all its comforts, which are considerable—the instant it opened its doors last fall, it became the premier luxury escape in the Catskills—the hotel rightly recognizes that nature is its greatest amenity. Located on a 140-acre site that was once a tree nursery and a dairy farm, Wildflower leans into the region’s agricultural heritage with a working farm that supplies ingredients for cooking classes, the menu of the hotel’s progressive New American restaurant, Clay, and many of the treatments at the excellent spa, Thistle. Guests can swing by to tour the crops, feed the animals, and collect eggs from the chicken coop (to take home or pass along to the kitchen staff at Clay to prepare for breakfast). Just four percent of the property has been developed, leaving an extensive network of forest trails for visitors to explore on their own or to visit with a guide for ramp planting or forest-bathing experiences. And it’s easy to continue drinking in the beauty of the place from the 65 rooms, all freestanding cabins, cottages, and suites. In addition to offering fireplaces, well-curated minibars, and a stylishly warm, natural design aesthetic, they have extensive private terraces and floor-to-ceiling windows framing a view of woods, meadows, or mountains. —Jesse Ashlock" - Jessica Chapel
