Top three picks for home and garden tours — offered this weekend

There’s something about magnificent mansions and perfectly manicured gardens that entice the history buff, and photographer, in me; so, I’ve picked few tours and events that might get you on board to explore stunning and historical venues this weekend.

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Holiday-decorated mansions at Planting Fields and Bayard arboretums on view

Find more than “a little Christmas” at the seasonally decorated Tudor-Revival Coe Hall Mansion, set among the gardens and hiking trails at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay; and the Manor House at Bayard Cutting Arboretum, nestled on the shore of the Connetquot River, in Great River.

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