Corporate Offsite
FAQs
Everything you need to know about Corporate Offsites at Hengarth, Catskills NY
How Far is Hengarth from NYC?
Hengarth is located in Prattsville, New York, in Greene County in the Catskill Mountains. The property is approximately 2.5 hours from Manhattan by car. It is also approximately 1 hour from Albany, New York.
What makes Hengarth different from a hotel of conference venue?
Hengarth is an exclusive-use private estate, meaning no other groups, hotel guests, or outside visitors share the property during a booking. The venue offers 101 acres of working farm, meadow, and woodland, with multiple indoor and outdoor working spaces. Unlike hotel conference centers, Hengarth combines accommodation, purpose-built strategy spaces, and optional executive facilitation under one booking, set in a natural environment designed to support both focused work and genuine team connection.
What gathering spaces are available for groups?
In addition to accommodation, Hengarth guests have exclusive access to a range of shared gathering spaces across the property. These include the covered bar, pavilion and picnic area, a 600 sq. ft. platform deck and lawn with panoramic mountain views, a private wooden cabin, and the historic barn space overlooking the sheep meadow. Beyond the built spaces, guests have access to open meadows, working farm grounds, and woodland trails across the full 101 acres, many of which we curate for your team's working dynamic and agenda.
is Hengarth exclusive use?
Yes. Hengarth operates exclusively as a single-group venue. When a team books Hengarth, the entire 101-acre property — including all accommodations, meeting spaces, dining areas, outdoor spaces, and farm grounds — is reserved solely for that group. No other guests, events, or outside visitors share the property during the booking period.
What offsite packages does Hengarth offer?
Hengarth offers three corporate offsite formats. The Signature Offsite is a 3-day, 2-night format for comprehensive strategy work and team connection. The Focused Offsite is a 2-day, 1-night format for concentrated working sessions when time is limited. The Day Offsite is a single-day exclusive-use experience without overnight accommodation. All three formats include exclusive use of the full property and coordination support. Optional executive facilitation, catering, and curated team experiences are available across all formats. Each offsite is designed exclusively for your group.
Is Hengarth suitable for leadership retreats and executive offsites?
Yes. Hengarth is specifically designed for senior leadership teams, executive retreats, and founder offsites. The exclusive-use model ensures complete privacy. Optional executive facilitation is available through Hengarth Founder Jen Manning, a growth executive with 20 years of B2B marketing and strategy experience, who can lead strategy sessions, set agendas, and tailor working frameworks to the group's specific objectives.
Can Hengarth accommodate facilitated strategy sessions and workshops?
Yes. Hengarth offers optional executive facilitation and workshop design led by Jen Manning, the property's founder and a veteran growth executive with two decades of B2B strategy and go-to-market experience. Facilitation services include structured strategy sessions, leadership alignment workshops, quarterly planning facilitation, and GTM strategy workshops. Groups may also bring their own facilitator or outside vendors.
Does Hengarth offer day offsites without overnight stays?
Yes. Hengarth offers a Day Offsite format that provides exclusive use of the full property — including all meeting spaces, outdoor areas, and farm grounds — without overnight accommodation. The Day Offsite is designed for focused working sessions, team resets, and structured strategy work in a single day. It is well-suited for teams based in the NYC metro area or those seeking an alternative to traditional hotel day-use conference venues.
Is catering available at Hengarth corporate offsites?
Hengarth coordinates catering for corporate offsites through local partners offering farm-to-table options, curated menus, and informal formats including grill-outs and pizza making. Catering is an optional add-on rather than a fixed package inclusion. Groups may also work with their own preferred catering vendors.
What is the season for corporate offsites at Hengarth?
Hengarth operates corporate offsites seasonally from late May through mid-October. The venue hosts a limited number of offsites per season to preserve quality and coordination support for each group. Summer and early fall dates, particularly weekends in July, August, and September, book earliest and have the most limited availability.
How do groups travel to Hengarth?
Hengarth is located in Prattsville, New York, approximately 2.5 hours from Midtown Manhattan , 1 hour from Albany and 3.5 hours from Boston by car. The most common approach for groups is to self-drive — there is ample on-site parking, or a chartered coach or van from NYC, which Hengarth can help coordinate through local transport partners . For those traveling by public transit, Trailways bus service runs to Prattsville from New York City, and Amtrak serves Hudson, New York, approximately one hour from the property. Transport can be arranged from these services to the farm.
Who leads facilitation at Hengarth?
Executive facilitation at Hengarth is led by Jen Manning, the property's founder. Manning is a growth executive with 20 years of B2B marketing, go-to-market strategy, and leadership experience, having worked with organizations from seed stage through Series C and beyond. She designs and leads strategy sessions, alignment workshops, and custom working frameworks tailored to each team's offsite goals and dynamics.
What does Hengarth mean by curated spaces and experiences?
At Hengarth, curated refers to the intentional configuration of the property around each specific group's goals and dynamics. Before arrival, working spaces are set up for the team's planned sessions — barn layout, breakout areas, AV, seating. Outdoor spaces, dining areas, and gathering points across the land are prepared and sequenced around the program. Curated experiences refer to optional add-ons including farm-to-table catering, guided hikes, yoga, archery, cocktail hours, and local Catskills excursions, each selected and coordinated to complement the offsite rather than distract from it.
Is glamping appropriate for a corporate group or executive team?
Glamping accommodation at Hengarth is specifically designed with professional groups in mind. Each tent exceeds 215 square feet with 10-foot ceilings, hotel-quality bedding, real furnishings, charging stations, and lighting — comparable in comfort to a mid-to-high end hotel room. Private bathroom facilities are dedicated exclusively to the group. The setup is intentionally chosen over traditional hotel accommodation because the environment — private, immersive, set in 101 acres of mountain farm — does meaningful work on team dynamic and mindset in a way a hotel simply cannot replicate.
How do I book a corporate offsite at Hengarth?
Hengarth runs a limited number of corporate offsites per season, intentionally — it keeps quality high and ensures every group gets proper attention. Summer and early fall dates book earliest. To enquire: - Schedule a short discovery call via the Hengarth website - Receive a clear, customized proposal outlining format, dates, inclusions, and investment - Confirm dates and deposit - Arrive to a property prepared exclusively for your team Prospective groups are encouraged to enquire as early as possible to secure preferred dates.