The Madoo Conservancy is dedicated to the study, preservation, and enhancement of Madoo, the ever-changing, horticulturally diverse garden with historic structures established in 1967 by artist, gardener, and writer Robert Dash in the village of Sagaponack, New York. Learn more about our property and leadership.

“It winked at me.” With those words, Robert Dash decided to buy the Sagaponack property that he would come to call Madoo, Old Scots for “my dove.” After the 1967 purchase, the garden was developed as a meadow through which Dash would mow paths and place a chair or a bench when he came across a good view. Learn more about our history.

In 1967, artist Robert Dash relocated permanently to Sagaponack and christened Madoo (old Scots for “my dove”), what was to become perhaps his penultimate achievement. Robert Dash’s work has been shown in solo exhibitions in Holland, England, and Germany as well as numerous major American art museums and galleries.