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Happenings October 2024

Selected Events Around the Country:

October 3, "Garden Politic in 19th century America," ONLINE
2pm Eastern, Lecture, Garden Conservancy
October 4, 2024 Vincent Scully Prize:  LA Walter Hood, Washington DC
6-9pm, Award Presentation, National Building Museum
October 5-6, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, NY, VA
CT: Fairfield Cty; NY: Jefferson Cty; VA: Fauquier, Clarke Cty.

October 6, Film Preview: ""Sitting Still," Washington, DC
5:30-8pm, Film on LA Laurie Olin, MLK Library, TCLF
October 6-9, ASLA Annual Conference,"Insight," Washington DC
October 8, "Paradise in Tuscany," Bronx, NY
11am-noon, Lecture on La Foce Garden, NY Botanical Garden

October 11-13, APLD International Landscape Design Conference, Charlesto n, SC
October 12, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours, Stonington, CT
October 12, "Living Works of Art," Rodeo, CA
5pm-7pm, Talk & Tour, Garden Conservancy

October 15, "Forms, Weeds & Real Life," ONLINE
6:30-7:30pm Eastern, Lecture, LA Shannon Nichol, NY Botanical Garden
October 17, "The Landscape of Home," Woodside, CA
1pm-3pm, Lecture, LA Edmund Hollander, Filoli House & Garden, Garden Conservancy
October 18, Perennial Plant Conference, Swarthmore, PA & ONLINE

October 19-20, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CA, MA, NY
CA: East Bay Area; MA: Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire Ctys; NY: Dutchess, Ulster Ctys.
October 23, Botanical Talk & Tour, Boston, MA
12:30pm-2pm, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
October 25, Ecological Plant Conference, Bronx, NY
8am-4:30pm, Wave Hill. 4 Speakers, Breakfast & Lunch
October 26, Manitoga, Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison, NY
3pm, Lecture, Tour, Garden Conservancy

October 29, "Context, Form & Equity," ONLINE
6:30-7:30pm, Eastern, Lecture, LA Shane Coen, NY Botanical Garden
October 29, "Meadowcraft Across Regions," ONLINE
1pm-4:30pm Eastern, Lecture, NDAL
October 30, "At Home with Nature," ONLINE
6pm-6:45pm Easrern, Lecture, LA Larry Weaner, NDAL
Oct 31, "Visionary Gardens of the Future," ONLINE
2pm, Eastern, Lecture, Garden Conservancy

 

Happenings September 2024

Exhibitions:

Thru Sept 30, Dan Kiley Landscape Architecture Legacy
Bell Works, Holmdel, NJ

Selected Events Around the Country:

Sept 3, Ecology-Based Design & Organic Practice, Potomac, MD
9am-4:30pm, Glenstone Museum, Classes + Field Trips, NDAL

Sept 6, Contemporary Landscapes Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
9am-4:30pm, Historic Greenwood Cemetery, NDAL
September 7, Garden Study Weekend Symposium, Southbury, CT
8am-4pm, Heritage Hotel & Hollister House Garden, Garden Conservancy

Sept 7, Lecture & Tour, Short Hills, NJ
9-11am, "History of Greenwood Gardens," Garden Conservancy
Sept 7, Garden Tour, Entwood Garden, Bridgehampton, NY
4pm, "Late Summer on Long Island," Garden Conservancy
Sept 7, "Successional Mosaic Landscape," Stone Ridge, NY
4pm, Lecture, Garden Conservancy 
Sept 7, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: NJ, NY
NJ: Essex County; NY: Suffolk, Ulster Ctys.

Sept 12, Lecture, "Taliesin West, The Desert Laboratory," ONLINE
2pm Eastern, Garden Conservancy, LA Susannah Drake & others

Sept 14-15, Olmsted Network Annual Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY
"Landscapes of Renewal: Olmsted, Vaux & Downing
Sept 14, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, MA, NJ, RI
CT: Fairfielod Cty; MA: Bristol, Middlesex Ctys; NJ: Bergen Cty
Sept 14, Garden Dialogues, Toronto, ON
noon-1:30pm, Sky Garden, Talk & Tour, TCLF

Sept 17-18, Modern Living Symposium, Falmouth, MA
"Inside Outdoor Spaces" 
Sept 18, Urban Tree Summit 2024, Silver Spring, MD
8am-4pm, sponsor: Casey Trees, Montgomery Parks
Sept 18-19, Landscape Expo, Anaheim, CA
Anaheim Convention Center, "The Future of Landscape"
Sept 21, Discovering Blithewood,  Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
10am, Garden & Arboretum Tour, Garden Conservancy 
Sept 21, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: NJ, NY
NJ: Somerset Cty; NY: Dutchess Cty.

Sept 26, Lecture/Book Signing, St. Louis, MO & Woodside, CA
6-8pm, LA Edmund Hollander, "The Landscape of Home," Garden Conservancy;
Repeats: Oct 17, 1-3pm, Filoli Historic House & Museum
Sept 26-28, America in Bloom 2024 Symposium, Columbus & Logan, OH
Garden Tours, Lectures, More. 
Sept 28, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: Lorain Cty, OH
Sept 28, Garden Dialogues, Aspen, CO
10-11:30am MDT, Highlands Retreat, TCLF 

LOOKAHEAD:

October 6-9, ASLA Annual Conference,"Insight," Washington DC
October 11-13, APLD International Landscape Design Conference, Charleston, SC
October 18, Perennial Plant Conference, Swarthmore, PA & ONLINE

Books: Gardens for Outdoor Living

 Gardens to remember are those that integrate the essential character of the inside residence with the landscape outdoors. And landscape architect Edmund Hollander is an award-winning expert who always finds the perfect relationship between interiors and exteriors, whether it's a small space, a rooftop in an urban setting, a country retreat, or a home with stunning seaside views.

In "The Landscape of Home," (Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2024),  23 of Hollander's recent projects are profiled, with essays, photographs, and landscape plans for each one. As designer Bunny Williams says in the Foreword to the book, Hollander's choices of hard surfaces are "always sensitive to the materials used on the house, and the details of the landscape design are always totally compatible with the architecture.  Ed paints with the palette of the plants and sculpts with the forms of trees and shrubs.  Whether it is a meadow with mown paths or a formal parterre, the gardens he creates seem in total harmony with the house and the land." 

Hollander leaves nothing to chance when designing.  He consults with the homeowners, the architects, and the interior designers so that, in his words, "the landscape feels as if it grows directly out of the architecture and the site."  He adds, "The more seamless the interaction between interior and exterior living spaces, the more the ground and the house feel like two hands attached to one head, as if sprung from the same creative source, the more welcoming the landscape of home will be, and the greater its gifts of well-being, refuge, and comfort."

The book is divided into three parts: Home in the Country; Home by the Sea; Home in the City.  And a final addition is his own home in Sag Harbor, New York. 

For one country property, the primary mission was to preserve the site's existing ancient trees.   Hollander calls them "a library of botanical wonders:  magnificent copper beeches, majestic old maple and plane trees, one-hundred-fifty-year-old Japanese maples, fabulous Japanese cypresses, towering cryptomerias -- all old-growth stalwarts, so full of soul and so unexpected on a property that is inland, but still comparatively near the coast." The house was moved to another location and other elements, including roads, pool, tennis court -- were placed to preserve and celebrate views of the trees.

For a rooftop with views of the Statue of Liberty, Hollander created patio and plantings inspired by English country gardens. And for a modern Florida residence with views of the sea, a series of separate gardens connect with each other, and the living areas -- the walks, fences, and terraces, all feature lush tropical plantings that feel both soft and inviting.

Any designer or homeowner will find inspiration and lessons in this book that will encourage the kind of thoughtfulness that can make any garden a place of refuge and joy.

 

Plant Podcast

Plant People podcast. 30 minutes.

Available on all major podcast platforms, cited by Apple Podcasts on its lists of "New and Noteworthy" and "Top Science" podcasts.  Conversations with scientists, gardeners, artists, explorers and others.

Host: Jennifer Bernstein, CEO and William C. Steere Sr. President of the NY Botanical Garden.

For more info and episodes:  https://www.nybg.org/plantpeople

 

Books: California Dreamin' : Gardens

California has some of the best-known and unique gardens in the country, some designed by iconic landscape architects and others by designers you likely do not know.  In California Eden (Angel City Press, 2004), authors Christine Edstrom O'Hara and Susan Chamberlin introduce us to the state's true heritage landscapes and explain the relationship between humans and nature. 

As they say in the introduction, the book "looks at history through the lens of cultural landscapes -- landscapes that have been shaped by humans who have left their imprints on the natural world."  These humans include indigenous Californians, early Spanish settlers, and later, wealthy newcomers who established notable estate gardens and horticulturists who brought in plants from all over the world.  

The authors note that "each historic period for landscape design eschewed the styles of the past."  Victorian-style gardens gave way to architectural designs, then to more naturalistic gardens.  Modernist gardens came into their own during the Depression years, and the gardens of today ""increasingly feature native plants and address sustainability issues." 

The book profiles 21 landscapes -- Extraordinary Places designed by landscape architects and designers:  (Beatrix Farrand's gardens, Hanna House by Frank Lloyd Wright & more; Public Places where communities gather: Pasadena's Trees, Fulton Mall; and Everyday Places (including the historic gardens of Old Monterey).  Each entry includes essays about the site's history and designers, accompanies by stunning historic photos and other photos of the gardens today. 

It's an important book about garden history and the meaning of cultural landscapes, and it will encourage any dedicated designer to. visit California and see some of the extraordinary sites. 

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Happenings August 2024

Exhibitions:

July 31-Sept 30, Dan Kiley Landscape Architecture Legacy
Bell Works, Holmdel, NJ

Selected Events Around the Country:

August 1-2, Speaking of Gardening Symposium, Asheville, NC
August 3, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: IL, MA
IL: Dupage Cty; MA: Hampden Cty.

August 10-11, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: NH, OH, VT, WI
NH: Cheshire Cty; OH: Summit Cty; VT: Windsor Cty; WI: Milwaukee Area
August 21-23, Farwest Show, Portland, OR

August 24: Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, NH, NJ
CT: Fairfield Cty; NH: Monadnock Region; NJ: Hunterdon Cth
August 26-30, Garden Communicators Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI

Aug 29-30, Garden Ecology Ohio-Style, Kirtland, OH
9am-4:30pm, Holden Arboretum, Classes & Field Walks, NDAL

 

LOOKAHEAD:

Sept 3, Ecology-Based Design & Organic Practice, Potomac, MD
9am-4:30pm, Glenstone Museum, Classes + Field Trips, NDAL
September 7, Garden Study Weekend Symposium, Southbury, CT
8am-4pm, Heritage Hotel & Hollister House Garden, Garden Conservancy

Sept 14-15, Olmsted Network Annual Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY
"Landscapes of Renewal: Olmsted, Vaux & Downing
Sept 18-19, Landscape Expo, Anaheim, CA
Anaheim Convention Center, "The Future of Landscape"

October 6-9, ASLA Annual Conference,"Insight," Washington DC
October 11-13, APLD International Landscape Design Conference, Charleston, SC

Books: Outdoor Living

Fashion can take on many forms, but it often involves color, texture, shapes.  So it's no wonder that a former fashion designer can make the transfer to garden design.

In Your Outdoor Room, How to Design a Garden You Can Live In, (Frances Lincoln, 2024), designer Manoj Malde showcases his vibrant style and love of color ... and demonstrates how to create unique, sustainable, beautiful gardens that transition beautifully from inside to outside.

As he says in the introduction, "...this book will not only help you to overcome your fears, but offer guidance and give you the skills to turn your garden into a beautiful, healthy, thriving, outdoor living space that will bring you joy for years to come."

The book is essentially a guide to design, and Malde walks you through the entire process, from considerations about how you want to use the space, garden themes that reflect the owner's personality, where to find inspiration, how to plan social spaces, the plantings, the materials, and much more.

In a section on designing steps, he says, "A level change in a flat space can add depth and character while making a small garden feel bigger.  A step up can lead to a private seating area made cozy with beautiful metal screens or planting.  A step down could lead you to sunken, secluded garden."

He outlines ways to use screening in garden to make the garden feel bigger, to hide unwanted views, to create seating and garden hideaways. He covers the full vocabulary used by professional designers and brings their ideas down to a homeowner's level. Finally, Malde makes creative suggestions for planting, for using pots and other containers, and how to bring the garden to life.

It's an indispensable book for anyone who's a garden novice, or anyone who wants to transform their outdoor space with verve and harmony into a sanctuary for years to come.

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Happenings July 2024

Selected Events Around the Country:

July 5-24 Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, Cape Cod, MA
July 6, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours, Delaware Cty, NY

July 8-11, National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, Chicago, IL
July 11, Secret Gardens of Philadelphia, ONLINE
2pm, Lecture, Author Nicole Juday, Garden Conservancy
July 13, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CO, CT, NJ, NY, RI
CO: Denver; CT: Windham Cty; NJ: Bergen Cty; NY: Suffolk Cty; RI: Washington Cty
July 13- 4, Gardenwalk, Cleveland, OH
10am-5pm, Self guided garden tours

July 17-20, Cullowhee Native Plant Conference, Cullowhee, NC
8:30am-4:30pm, Western Carolina University
July 19, Woody Plant Conference, Swarthmore, PA
July 21, Dearborn GardenWalk, Chicago, IL
noon-5pm, 64th annual garden tour
July 22, Container Gardening Workshop, Bronx, NY
9am-4pm, NY Botanical Garden

July 27-28, Gardenwalk, Buffalo, NY
10am-4pm, Self guided garden tours
July 29-Aug 1, Perennial Plant Assn, National Symposium, Asheville, NC

LOOKAHEAD:

August 1-2, Speaking of Gardening Symposium, Asheville, NC
August 21-23, Farwest Show, Portland, OR
August 26-30, Garden Communicators Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI

September 7, Garden Study Weekend Symposium, Southbury, CT
8am-4pm, Heritage Hotel & Hollister House Garden, Garden Conservancy

October 6-9, ASLA Annual Conference,"Insight," Washington DC
October 11-13, APLD International Landscape Design Conference, Charleston, SC

Happenings June 2024

Selected Events Around the Country:

June 1, Garden Dialogues: Washington DC, Winston-Salem, NC
DC: 10:30am-noon, Tour & Talk, CLINTON+RIES LA, Chapman Coal Co. Site; TCLF
NC: 11am-12:30pm, Tour & Talk, private residence, TCLF
June 1-2 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CO, CT, MA, MD, NJ, NY, SC, WA
CO: Denver Metro; CT: Litchfield Cty; MA: Franklin, Hampden Ctys; MD: St. Mary's Cty; NJ: Essex Cty; NY: Dutchess Cty; SC: Charleston Area; WA: King Cty. 
June 1, "Native Plants in the Garden," Liberty, NY
2pm-4pm, Lecture & Tour, Flying Trillium Gardens, Garden Conservancy
June 2, "Building a Japanese Garden," Roxbury & Litchfield CT
10am-noon, Lecture & Tour, Japanese Gardens at Cedar Hill, Garden Conservancy
June 6, Visit to Central Park Archives, NY
10:30am-2pm, Original drawings by F.L. Olmsted & Calvert Vaux
June 8, "Erasing Lines for Good Design," Westport, CT
10am-noon, Lecture & Tour, Prospect Gardens, Garden Conservancy
June 8,  Wonderland: Curious Nature Symposium, Bronx, NY
10am-12:30pm, NY Botanical Garden
June 8, Garden Dialogues, Greenwich, CT
10-11:30am, James Doyle Associates LA, 2-acre estate,TCLF

June 8-9, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CA, CO, CT, NY, VA, WA
CA: San Joaquin, San Francisco Ctys; CO: Pueblo Cty; CT: Fairfield Cty; NY: Ulster Cty; VA: Fairfax Cty; WA: King Cty.
June 9, Secret Gardens of Cambridge Garden Tour, Cambridge, MA
June 15, 29th South End Garden Tour, Boston, MA
June 15, Meadow Installation & Maintenance, Chadd's Ford, PA
4pm-6pm, Lecture & Tour, Nature's Flow, Garden Conservancy
June 15, Garden Dialogues, Water Mill, NY & Lake Forest, IL
NY: 9am-2pm, 3 Hamptons estates by La Guardia Design Group, TCLF
IL: 10am-11:30am, The Gardens at 900, Craig Bergman LA, TCLF
June 15-16, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, DE, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA
CT: Hartford Cty; DE: New Castle Cty; MA: Middlesex Cty; NH: Hillsborough Cty; NY: Columbia, Nassau, Westchester Ctys; NJ: Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset Ctys; PA: Philadelphia Area, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery Ctys. 

June 16, History of Tulips, Beverly, MA
2pm-4pm, Lecture, Long Hill, Garden Conservancy
June 21-23, Newport Flower Show, Newport, RI
Theme: "At Home,": Tours, Lectures, Marketplace, More.
June 22, Garden Dialogues, Vienna, VA
10am-noon, House on Willow Hill, LA Jennifer Horn, TCLF
June 22-23, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, DE, NJ, NY, PA, WA
CT: Fairfield, Litchfield Ctys; DE: New Castle Cty; NJ: Hunterdon Cty; NY: Suffolk, Dutchess Ctys; PA: Bucks, Delaware Ctys; WA: KItsap Cty.

June 24-27, APGA Annual Conference, Boston, MA
June 29, Garden Dialogues: Concord, MA & Occidental, CA
MA: 10am-11:30am,Talk & Tour, LA  MIchelle Crowley, TCLF
CA: 11am-12:30pm, LA Story Wiggins of TERREMOTO, Mighty Arrow Ranch, TCLF
June 29-30, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: MA, NH, NY, VT
MA: Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire Ctys; NH: Cheshire Cty; NY: Putnam, Saratoga, Westchester Ctys; VT: Windham, Windsor Ctys.

June 30, Joys & Challenges of a Meadow, North Salem, NY
10am-noon, Lecture & Tour, Perrin Garden, Garden Conservancy
June 30, Garden Rooms, Westminster West, VT
3pm-5pm, Talk & Tour, Hayward Garden, Garden Conservancy
June 30, Collaboration, Bedford, NY
4pm, Talk & Tour, Viewpoint Garden, Garden Conservancy

LOOKAHEAD:

July 5-24 Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, Cape Cod, MA
July 8-11, National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, Chicago, IL
July 19, Woody Plant Conference, Swarthmore, PA
July 29-Aug 1, Perennial Plant Assn, National Symposium, Asheville, NC
August 1-2, Speaking of Gardening Symposium, Asheville, NC
August 21-23, Farwest Show, Portland, OR
August 26-30, Garden Communicators Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI

Happenings May 2024

Selected Events Around the Country:

May 2, "Landscape as Sculpture: Noguchi's Gardens," ONLINE
2-3pm Eastern, Lecture, Garden Conservancy
May 4, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: AL, CA, MA, NJ, NY
AL: Jefferson Cty; CA: Marin Cty; MA: Berkshire Cty; NJ: Essex Cty; NH: Columbia Cty
May 4, TCLF Walks & Talks, Miami Beach Cultural District, FL
9:45am-noon, Tour the District with LAs from West 8.
May 4-5, Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour, CA
10am-5pm, 38 gardens, self-guided tour, Long Beach to Santa Margarita.

May 5, Film Premiere, "A Southern Garden Sanctuary," Birmingham, AL
3-5pm, FREE Louise Agree Wrinkle's Garden, Panel & Conversation
Book Signing Follows. Garden Conservancy
May 10, TCLF Tour & Talk, Chicago, IL
8:30am-4pm, Explore the Work of Hoerr Schaudt
May 10-19, GO PUBLIC GARDENS, Nationwide
Find a garden near your home, American Public Gardens Association
May 11, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CA, DE, MA, NY, PA
CA: Alameda Cty; DE: New Castle Cty; MA: Hampshire, MIddlesex, Worcester Ctys; NY: Suffolk, Westchester Ctys; PA: Delaware Cty
May 11, Georgetown Garden Tour, Washington DC
10am-5pm, 94th annual tour

May 14, Lecture & Book Signing, Author Advolly Richmond, Atlanta, CA
7pm, Atlanta History Center, "A Short History of Flowers," Garden Conservancy
May 16, Visit to Field Operations, Garden Conservancy, NYC
5:30-7:30pm, Drinks, hors d’oeuvres, conversations with firm LAs.
May 16, Lecture, LA Jarema Osofsky, ONLINE
2pm Eastern, "Moon Garden: Creating an Evening Oasis," Garden Conservancy
May 18, Garden Conservancy Open Days tours: CA, MA, NJ, NY
CA: San Francisco, San Mateo Ctys; MA: MIddlesex Cty; NJ: Bergen Cty; NY: Dutchess, Jefferson Ctys
May 18-19, Trade Secrets Show & Garden Tours, CT, MA, NY
10am-3pm, six fabulous gardens. May19: Plant & Garden Antiques Sale

May 25, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, NY, SC
CT: New London Cty; NY: Suffolk Cty; SC: Charleston Area

May 21-25, Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK

LOOKAHEAD:

June 6, Visit to Central Park Archives, NY
10:30am-2pm, Original drawings by F.L. Olmsted & Calvert Vaux
June 9, Secret Gardens of Cambridge Garden Tour, Cambridge, MA
June 15, 29th South End Garden Tour, Boston, MA
June 24-27, APGA Annual Conference, Boston, MA

July 5-24 Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, Cape Cod, MA
August 1-2, Speaking of Gardening Symposium, Asheville, NC