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Kate Gardiner

@kate_gardiner

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Advocate for women, equestrian, writer, flâneuse.
🌎: Miami, NYC & Wisconsin.
💍: @mishutkamd
👶: Magnus
🐶: @farmdogsgonewild

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Six weeks two days! Finally, officially more days out of the hospital than in one! Happy days, Magnus! taken in New York, New York by @kate_gardiner

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2 months ago

It’s been a month since our wedding - and we wanted to reach out to all the friends and family who could come (and those who couldn’t) to share the photos - and send a GIANT thank you to our families, our friends and the team that pulled everything together.

We couldn't have done it without the help of the incredible Yaya Mazurkevich, Isabel Roque and their staff at Marketing Studio Inc., our photographers and the dozens of local vendors who contributed their time and resources to the evening’s events. Big thanks to our parents - especially Tom and Margaret for hosting at Nippersink Hall, and to Inessa, Michael, Yan and Vita.

MVP goes to my esteemed maid of honor and best friend Jennifer Kay Walker, her sister Rachel and most importantly her mom Judy Walker - for saving us from the bridal party attire debacle.

My brother Alex fixed almost every single broken farm-related building or machine on site - and drove the boats so many of you could waterski for the first time (or the infinite time) – thank you lil’ bro. Above and beyond.

Thanks to Mark, Brandon, Daniel, Paul, Tara, Grace, Gianna and Chloe for serving as our wedding party - and driving and flying so very far to make it happen.

Most of the equines behaved for the duration of the ceremony thanks to pinch hitter Chrissy Bolotov; most of the golf carts stayed on the ground thanks to our army of ushers, and most of the flowers stayed where they were put thanks to Kevin Hermann and Jes from the Treasure Hut.

Thank you to our Rabbi Michal Woll, for figuring out how to best bring together two cultures and many disparate traditions for a ceremony that made almost all of us cry. taken in Nippersink or Swim by @kate_gardiner

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3 years ago

Lee the Dog, Jan 19, 2010-October 5, 2026.

Lee the dog was born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in 2010 to her parents Clarence and Nell. She was Clarence’s 14th and final puppy.

Following a failed start as a sheepdog despite an incredible shepherding heritage, Lee abandoned fancy dog boarding school having only learned to leap 12’ straight up into the air while barking, and clocking 23 mph at a dead run … (or at least that’s as far as we got on my bike in an hour with her running backwards in front of me).

Lee was often Copenhagen the horse’s only brakes, careening across fields and through Kettle Moraine at speeds that made one’s eyes water, branches clawing at exposed skin before someone frantically yelled lie down. She could bark, pant and sprint all at the same time in any direction and generally felt the world was going too slow, and the human wasn’t doing quite enough to entertain her.

In her 16 years and 10 months of existence, she traveled to approximately 47 states, riding along to horse and dog shows for moral support, and keeping folks company up and down from Wisconsin to California, and from Toronto to Florida in trains, cars and planes. She could not care less about crowds, strangers, and anything other than her favorite Bil-jacks treats and the orange bumper toy.

She summited all of the Catskills, Mt Washington, and visited at least 10 National Parks, including Shenandoah, the Everglades and the New River Gorge. She visited Washington, DC and stared at the monuments, swam in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and all five Great Lakes. She claimed the sand dunes on the western shore of Lake Michigan, and the top of the cliffs in Devil’s Lake State Park and on the edge of the Mississippi. She was in the car when I almost hit an elk in the UP in the middle of the winter, and she was in the car the time I did a header off my horse while out riding with Manhattan Riding Club.

(continued in the comments) taken in Nippersink or Swim by @kate_gardiner

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10 days ago

Rest in Peace Copenhagen (‘Two Rivers Nick’, AQHA 3045174), ‘January 1’ 1991-August 31, 2026.

My horse, Copenhagen, died today at the ripe old age of 36 years and 8 months after a long, happy life at my parents farm, Nippersink Hall in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

When I turned 17, my parents bought their farm and settled in, putting up fences and beginning a collection of livestock.

I was promised a pony because of their relocation and high school graduation and also because mom also wanted a pony. After a summer of looking at a variety of crazy backyard critters, Mom and I met Two Rivers Nick, a gray quarter horse standing 15’ 3, sorta broke and fresh from someone doing a lot of the Parelli method in their backyard. We brought him home.

Copenhagen was, at his peak, an absolutely insane ride and probably more dangerous than I ever let on. But he was my horse, he was gray, he was wicked fast, and he put up with doing every single discipline I could come up with - from barrel racing and pole bending to cattle herding and inept roping.

He did shepherding, show jumping, dressage clinics and finally endurance. If we’d had the capacity to do eventing or fox hunting at that point in my life, he would’ve been perfect for it - brave to the fences, mildly insane and with plenty of scope (when he felt like it).

Copenhagen was never tired, and he was rarely content to just stand there. I learned to drive a truck and trailer simply to haul him to the parking lot at Kettle Moraine, southeastern Wisconsin’s finest horse trailhead, go for a ride with him and the dogs, and then summarily be stuck in that parking lot for hours as he refused to reload into his own personal trailer (apparently for his own reasons).

Copenhagen reared so many times in the stock trailer that eventually it decoupled from the truck at home and at trailheads. And of course, he whinnied incessantly while stuck in the same trailer in the main intersection in town while the truck electrical system failed and we all had to be rescued.

Charismatic, he attracted first Rita, his late horsey girlfriend of mysterious feral Morgan origins, and then George, the donkey from across the fence. He also fo taken in Nippersink or Swim by @kate_gardiner

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2 months ago

Wisconsin's @nippersinkhall and @margaretlassgardiner are excited to welcome Chicago artist @sherilrush to exhibit in the gallery starting with an opening reception on August 29.

RSVP at http://lu.ma/kategardiner (#linkinbio) to learn more about the artist and her work, and to sign up to join the festivities!

The show will be up through September 30.

#lakegeneva #wisconsin taken in Nippersink or Swim by @kate_gardiner

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2 months ago

Happy Third Wedding Anniversary to @mishutkamd, best human, excellent spouse, explorer and soon to be #babydaddy

Knowing you these past six years has been extraordinary and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Did you know we only have two continents to go?

Looking forward to our very precarious next adventure, coming soon to a hospital / medical establishment near you. #23days by @kate_gardiner

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4 months ago

Our baby shower was so babytastic we forgot to take photos. Thanks for coming, friends and family, to celebrate Ferdinand the Fetus T-2 months out. taken in Gabriel's Restaurant by @kate_gardiner

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5 months ago

Thrilled to host this for @missamychan on Tuesday! Join us IRL in Manhattan at Lu.ma/unsingle! #singlehood taken in New York, New York by @kate_gardiner

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5 months ago

ECAD 2026 Was an absolute blast. The gala that continues to inspire and bring explorers together has done it again. More to come taken in The Explorers Club by @kate_gardiner

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6 months ago

In 2025, @mishutkamd and my dad @tom_gardiner45 climbed Kilimanjaro with world renowned explorer @borgeousland. He invited us to his magnificent hotel, @manshausen_island and of course we took him up on it during northern lights season. It turned into our baby moon after Ferdinand was discovered.

Highly, highly recommend this extraordinary place. Even if it is a little hard to get to. I’d recommend bringing a hot husband for warmth - it’s always a little cold in the Arctic Circle. taken in Manshausen by @kate_gardiner

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For #kateday40 in January @mishutkamd and I went Costa Rica, rode some very slow horses up pretty steep hills and saw a lot of wildlife. Strongly recommend @nayaratentedcamp’s villas for the private hot springs and fantastic snacks. taken in Nayara Tented Camp by @kate_gardiner

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Kate n Michael are away so the doggos will play. taken in Icon South Beach by @kate_gardiner

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7 months ago