Three connected barn forms rise from a former tree nursery in Gardiner, New York, their asymmetrical gabled rooflines pulling the eye toward the Shawangunk Ridge beyond — a gesture that announces the design ambitions of Wildflower Farms, Auberge Resorts Collection, before you've stepped inside. Opened in 2022, the property was conceived by Los Angeles-based Electric Bowery, whose main lodge structures employ stacked stone, Corten steel, and repurposed timber to suggest something that grew from this 140-acre landscape rather than arrived on it. The open pavilion at the center — its heavy-timbered trusses framing a fire pit and an unobstructed view of the meadow beyond — captures the firm's nature-immersive ethos most directly, collapsing the boundary between building and field. Ward and Gray, the New York studio responsible for the interiors, brought a sensibility that sits somewhere between Adirondack lodge and well-traveled collector's farmhouse. The great room layers deep-cushioned velvet banquettes and bouclé lounge chairs against tongue-and-groove pine ceilings and a terracotta-plastered fireplace wall hung with a folk-art textile — Arts and Crafts warmth without the earnestness. Guest rooms across the 65 freestanding cabins and cottages continue that register: oak four-poster beds, moss-green velvet sofas, kilim rugs, and aged-wood credenzas under vaulted ceilings finished in lime plaster. Every material feels chosen rather than specified, which earned the property a win at Architectural Digest's 2023 Great Design Awards.

1hr 30min drive from NYC

Blanketed with meadows of native flowers and wild woodlands, Wildflower Farms, Auberge Collection, sways in rhythm with the seasons to embody Hudson Valley ease. Set on 140 arcadian acres in Gardiner, New York, a slow-rippling river gently embraces free-standing cabins framing clear views of the mighty Shawangunk Ridge. Crisp air, bright skies and the melodies of Mother Nature beckon stillness and contemplation, while forested footpaths and towering cliffs call to an adventurer's spirit.