Fred Landman led a tour of the 13-acre Sleeping Cat Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Landman acquired Georgian Revival houses and grounds in 1994, and worked with Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and landscape architect Charles J. to create a majestic and magical garden, which was later known as the sleepy cat farm. The property is the subject of the book "Sleepy Cat Farm: A Gardener's Journey" published by Monacelli Press on October 19.

Fred Landman led a tour of the 13-acre Sleeping Cat Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Landman acquired Georgian Revival houses and grounds in 1994, and worked with Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and landscape architect Charles J. to create a majestic and magical garden, which was later known as the sleepy cat farm. The property is the subject of the book "Sleepy Cat Farm: A Gardener's Journey" published by Monacelli Press on October 19.

Fred Landman led a tour of the 13-acre Sleeping Cat Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Landman acquired Georgian Revival houses and grounds in 1994, and worked with Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and landscape architect Charles J. to create a majestic and magical garden, which was later known as the sleepy cat farm. The property is the subject of the book "Sleepy Cat Farm: A Gardener's Journey" published by Monacelli Press on October 19.

Fred Landman led a tour of the 13-acre Sleeping Cat Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Landman acquired Georgian Revival houses and grounds in 1994, and worked with Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and landscape architect Charles J. to create a majestic and magical garden, which was later known as the sleepy cat farm. The property is the subject of the book "Sleepy Cat Farm: A Gardener's Journey" published by Monacelli Press on October 19.

Fred Landman walked past a marble statue through the Porta Paradiso section of the 13-acre Sleepy Cat Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut. Thursday, September 16, 2021. Landman acquired Georgian Revival houses and grounds in 1994, and worked with Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and landscape architect Charles J. Stick to create a majestic and magical garden. Later it was called "Sleeping Cat Farm". The property is the subject of the book "Sleepy Cat Farm: A Gardener's Journey" published by Monacelli Press on October 19.

On Thursday, September 16, 2021, a cat strolls on the grounds of the Sleepy Cat Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut. Fred Landman acquired Georgian Revival houses and grounds in 1994 and worked with Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and landscape architect Charles J. Stick to create a majestic and magical garden , Later known as the Sleepy Cat Farm. The property is the subject of the book "Sleepy Cat Farm: A Gardener's Journey" published by Monacelli Press on October 19.

Fred Landman displayed the China Pavilion and Koi Pond at the 13-acre Sleepy Cat Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Landman acquired Georgian Revival houses and grounds in 1994, and worked with Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and landscape architect Charles J. Stick to create a magnificent and magical garden later known as Sleepy Cat Farm. The property is the subject of the book "Sleepy Cat Farm: A Gardener's Journey" published by Monacelli Press on October 19.

Photo from Sleepy Cat Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut. Thursday, September 16, 2021. Fred Landman acquired Georgian Revival houses and grounds in 1994 and worked with Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and landscape architect Charles J. Stick ( Charles J. Stick) collaborated to create a majestic and magical garden which will be called the sleepy cat farm. The property is the subject of the book "Sleepy Cat Farm: A Gardener's Journey" published by Monacelli Press on October 19.

At 7pm on Wednesday, December 1st, Perrot Memorial Library will host a face-to-face and virtual book on "Sleepy Cat Farm: Gardener's Journey" with Fred Landman, a Greenwich resident, farm owner and gardener, and Curtice Taylor Discuss, the photographer of this book.

At 7pm on Wednesday, December 1st, the Perrot Memorial Library will meet Greenwich resident Curtice Taylor (above), the photographer of the book, and Fred Landman (owner and farm gardener).

At 7pm on Wednesday, December 1st, Perrot Memorial Library will host a face-to-face "Sleepy Cat Farm: Gardener's Journey" with Greenwich resident Fred Landman (above), farm owners and gardeners, and Curtice Discuss Taylor, the photographer of this book with the virtual book.

Greenwich-Owner and expert of a sleepy cat farm in a remote area of ​​Greenwich, Green Thumb Fred Landman and local photographer Curtis Taylor will participate in the new book "Sleepy Cat Farm" at the Perot Memorial Library: "The Gardener’s Journey" discussion. "

The discussion in this book will take place on-site at 7pm on December 1st. This is the first live adult project of the Perot Library in the past two years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed many live events.

To register for the live broadcast, please visit perrotlibrary.org/events.html.

Sleepy Cat Farm is located on 13 acres of land in a remote area and represents Landman’s creative vision. Landman acquired the Georgia Renaissance House in 1994 and started working with architect Charles Hilton and landscape architect Charles J. Stee To cooperate with each other to create "a garden can be proud."

After 25 years of cooperation, Sleepy Cat Farm has a rich garden experience: formal boxwoods and undulating hornbeam hedges, dense woodland, reflecting pools, trees and plants-and ferme ornée or ornamental farms that provide organic produce.

As a self-taught gardener, Landman serves on the board of directors of the Garden Preservation Association. He lives at Sleepy Cat Farm with his wife Seen Lippert. Seen Lippert is a professional chef who has worked at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California for more than ten years.

Taylor has photographed landscapes and gardens for more than 40 years, and has published articles in "Houses and Gardens", "Architectural Digest" and "Connecticut Cabins and Gardens." As Landman's childhood playmate, Taylor has been documenting the garden of the sleepy cat farm for more than a decade.

When interviewing and visiting the property in Greenwich Mean Time in September, Landman described how he spent more than 25 years creating a garden oasis with lush grass and woods, pavilions and pools.

The property is now a popular site for garden visitors, and Landman is happy to welcome them to promote their love of gardening.

"Should I sit here and use my golden pot to be a miser?" said the former president and CEO of PanAmSat. "It should be shared."

The new book "Sleepy Cat Farm: A Gardener's Journey" published in October provides a glimpse of the fascinating interior of the venue. Caroline Seebohm's text and Curtice Taylor's photography. This nearly 200-page book chronicles the evolution of the property after Landman's acquisition.

Hilton and Landman solved the pool area together, where they designed and built a pool house with an open pergola and two brick pavilions-the first of the many new features of Sleepy Cat Farm.

Landman said that when Landman was working on the initial planting bed, he brought Stick, and he played an important role in turning Landman’s vision into a reality that was in harmony with the property’s natural attributes. , Landman said.

The manor’s garden is a bit like a world tour-from the flower bed and Puti fountain to the Urn Ding Grotto, to the Gate of Heaven, to the Chinese pavilion, the prayer wheel and the high wooden spirit, passing through the iris garden.

Landman said that although each garden area represents a specific design, the master plan is to attract and attract visitors.

"This trail surrounds the area, back to the way we came," he said in a chat with Time magazine. "If you are curious, you can do other things. You can discover."

He said that this new book records the story of this property, although the story may not be over yet.

"I never said that I was done," Landman explained. "If you have the opportunity and you can... you should always make beautiful things."

The Perot Memorial Library in Old Greenwich was established in 1904 as a private non-profit organization. For more information, please visit www.perrotlibrary.org.

The reporting and writing of Meredith Guinness are included in this story.