Behind every Chautauqua cottage’s door is a Chautauquan who has poured themselves into making their little part of the Institution grounds a home. For 70 years, the Bird, Tree & Garden Club’s biennial House and Garden Tour opens those doors and invites the community inside these often-historic homes to meet the Chautauquans who have made the buildings their own, with charms — and sometimes quirks — old and new. This year, over 1,000 people visited 12 houses and seven gardens across the grounds, each uniquely shaped by those who live there.
A behind-the-door look at three Chautauqua cottages and the Chautauquans who call them home

The author Emilee Arnold
Emilee Arnold is a photography intern at The Chautauquan Daily and a senior studying photojournalism at Western Kentucky University in her hometown of Bowling Green, Kentucky. She has previously held internships with Appalachian Newspapers, Inc., a five-county network of papers in the Appalachian mountains, and the Center for Gifted Studies in Bowling Green, an institution that provides programming for gifted and talented children. In her free time, she enjoys exploring local events, finding great restaurants, and exchanging stories with new people.