About

A place-based hospitality operation and an independent conservation mission — working the same land.

The Team

Cricket Frog Hollow is owner-operated with a small resident staff. The people who run the property live on it — maintaining the land, preparing the meals, leading the walks, and hosting every guest personally. A commuting team member supports kitchen production and workshop programming.

Four rooms and a small team means direct relationships. The kaiseki dinner is presented personally — each course connected to the producer, the season, the landscape outside the window. The guided walk is led by someone who has watched the corridor through every season. Questions about the creek, the meadow grasses, the wetland hydrology — answered by someone who lives within earshot of the answer.

The team on the propertyTeam portrait — candid, on the boardwalk or near the property, natural light

The Business

Cricket Frog Hollow operates as a Public Benefit Corporation under New York State law.

What a PBC Does

A Public Benefit Corporation is a for-profit entity with a legally embedded public benefit purpose. The PBC structure ensures that ecological stewardship, community benefit, and responsible land management are written into the corporate charter — governing decisions at every level, from site design to vendor selection to programming.

The Benefit Purpose

A commercially disciplined, minimal-impact eco-tourism operation on the Quaker Creek corridor — sustaining one full-time operator, sourcing from regional producers, and connecting guests to the ecology and culture of western Orange County.

Watershed Conservation

The Quaker Creek / Wallkill River corridor is protected by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to watershed restoration, habitat protection, and community environmental education. Cricket Frog Hollow sits within the corridor this organization serves.

What the Nonprofit Does

  • Riparian restoration along Quaker Creek — native plant reestablishment, streambank stabilization
  • Invasive species mapping, removal, and long-term monitoring
  • Water quality monitoring — dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, nutrients
  • Community environmental education and citizen science workshops
  • Partnerships with schools, scouting organizations, and Orange County agencies
Restoration work along the creekRestoration work in progress — native plantings along the creek, or water quality sampling

Two Entities, One Corridor

The Business (PBC)

  • Hospitality operations on the property
  • Fair-market license for nonprofit land access
  • PBC charter embeds ecological stewardship in corporate governance

The Nonprofit (501(c)(3))

  • Watershed restoration in the Quaker Creek / Wallkill corridor
  • Scientific monitoring and longitudinal data
  • Community environmental education
  • Conservation easement for permanent land protection

What Defines This Place

Site-Specific

The wetland, the creek, the boardwalk, the cricket frog, the kaiseki menu — every element of the stay is shaped by these eleven acres and this corridor.

Locally Rooted

Ingredients, producers, materials, and knowledge come from the region — Black Dirt farms, Hudson Valley dairies, Orange County artisans, and the property's own kitchen garden.

Quietly Luxurious

High-quality linens, well-prepared food, thoughtful amenities, personal attention from the resident operator. The luxury is in the care, the quiet, and the time.

Four Rooms

Small enough that every guest meets the operator, every meal is personal, and the property stays quiet. The scale is the experience.