Executive retreats, seminars, weddings and garden receptions for up to 350 guests take place across a riverside pavilion, rooms in the visitor center and 68 acres of grounds. Boscobel House and Gardens is a restored Federal-period mansion and museum at 1601 Route 9D in Garrison, New York, about one hour north of New York City in the Hudson Valley.
Seminars and company events
Boscobel rents its spaces for corporate meetings, retreats and conferences, and can add custom programs such as guided tours of the historic house museum. The West Meadow Pavilion is the main venue for larger groups: an enclosed, air-conditioned space of 5,000 square feet with a canopied terrace, seating up to 350 for a lecture or 250 for a banquet. Audio-visual equipment, Wi-Fi, tables and chairs are included, and heaters or fans are added according to the season. For smaller teams, the Lila Wallace Room in the visitor center takes up to 50 people with a projector, media screen and podium.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are held on the West Meadow, where the pavilion seats up to 250 guests for a ceremony and banquet with views of the Hudson. The Formal Garden, an English-style garden with a central fountain, is used for cocktails before dinner, and the walled Forecourt between the mansion and Maple Lane suits smaller gatherings. On the wedding day, the Lila Wallace Room serves as the bridal suite. Boscobel also hosts rehearsal dinners, showers, anniversaries, memorial services and private parties, and welcomes professional photography and film crews.
Rooms and capacities
Indoors, the visitor center holds the Lila Wallace Room, 667 square feet with windows and French doors onto a small courtyard, and a light-filled gallery for meals or cocktails with large groups. The Mansion Gallery, connected to the house, opens seasonally for larger parties. Outdoors, organizers can use the Great Lawn, the Formal Garden, the Forecourt, the Herb Garden, the apple orchard and two meadows overlooking the river. For smaller events on the West Meadow, a tent for up to 100 guests is included with the rental fee.
Catering
For weddings, the venue names ONTHEMARC as its exclusive caterer and brings in other vendors when dietary or religious requirements call for it. Corporate events can include catered meals and cocktails. The celebrations page says third-party caterers and tent companies are welcome, so the catering rule for each type of event should be confirmed when booking.
History and setting
The house was built between 1804 and 1808 as the home of a wealthy Loyalist family. It later fell into disrepair and was demolished in the 1950s. Preservationists saved its fragments, moved them about 15 miles north and rebuilt the mansion on its present site, where it opened as a nonprofit museum in 1961. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The grounds look across Constitution Marsh toward West Point.
Getting there
Boscobel stands on Route 9D in Garrison, Putnam County, on the east bank of the Hudson River, roughly an hour's drive north of New York City. Metro-North Hudson Line trains from Grand Central stop at Cold Spring and Garrison, a short taxi ride away. The public museum is open Friday to Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the events team can be reached by phone or through the online booking form.
