Lectures & Events
Upcoming Events
2012
March 8: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," General Society Library ( www.royal-oak.org), New York, New York.
March 11: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Madoo Conservancy (www.madoo.org), Sagaponack, New York.
March 12: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Union League of Philadelphia ( www.royal-oak.org), Philadelphia, Penn.
March 14: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," National Trust for Historic Preservation ( www.royal-oak.org), Washington D.C.
March 28: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Atlanta History Center (www.AtlantaHistoryCenter.com), Atlanta, Georgia.
April 23: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Syracuse Garden Club, Syracuse,
New York.
May 16: "Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman," New Canaan Garden Club, New Canaan, Conn.
June 10-20: "Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll and Friends," Jeff Sainsbury Tours
(http://www.jeffsainsburytours.com/Jekyll2012.html)
July 24: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Polly Hill Arboretum
(www.pollyhillarboretum.org), West Tisbury, Mass.
August 4: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Garland Farm (www.beatrixfarrandsociety.org), Mount Desert, Maine.
Recent Events
2011
March 7: "Color in the Flower Garden," Lively Oak Garden Club, Vero Beach, Florida.March 10: "Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman," Garden Club of America, McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, Florida.
March 31: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Manchester Garden Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.
April 19: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Garden Club of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey.
April 20: "Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement," Morven Museum and Garden (www.historicmorven.org), Princeton, New Jersey.
May 24: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Horticultural Society of New York (www.hsny.org), New York, New York.
May 25: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Colony Club (private event), New York, New York.
June 13: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Garden Museum (www.gardenmuseum.org.uk), London, England.June 22: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Institute of Classical Architecture
(www.classicist-ne.org), Algonquin Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
September 21: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," North Shore Garden Club, Long Hill, Beverly, Massachusetts.
October 5: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Chilton Club (private event),
Boston, Massachusetts.
November 15: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden,"Boston Athenaeum
(www.bostonathenaeum.org) , Boston, Massachusetts.
2010
February 7: "Beatrix Farrand; Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Hill-Stead Museum (www.hillstead.org) Farmington, Connecticut.
March 13: "Beatrix Farrand," Women and Landscape History seminar, Temple University (www.ambler.temple.edu/arboretum/bloom.htm), Ambler, Pennsylvania.March 18: "Horticultural Obsession and Garden Design," Whatcom Horticultural Society (www.whatcomhortsociety.org), Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington.
March 20: "Designing Women," Northwest Horticultural Symposium , Northwest Horticultural Society (www.northwesthort.org), Seattle, Washington.
March 25: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Chilton Club (private event), Boston, Massachusetts.
April 3: "Beatrix Farrand," Divas of Design: Celebrating Women Landscape Architects seminar, Lord & Schryver Conservancy (www.lord-schryverconservancy.org), Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.
April 14: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Institute of Classical Architecture New England Chapter (www.classicist-ne.org), Boston, Massachusetts.
May 3: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Santa Barbara Garden Club (private event), Santa Barbara, California.
May 6: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Mechanics Institute (www.gardenconservancy.org or www.milibrary.org ), San Francisco, California.
May 23: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Chicago Botanic Garden
(www.chicagobotanic.org), Glencoe, Illinois.
June 30: "Beatrix Farrand, Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Polly Hill Arboretum (www.pollyhillarboretum.org), West Tisbury, Massachusetts.
July 8: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Berkshire Botanical Garden (www.berkshirebotanical.org), Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
August 7: "Beatrix Farrand, Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Beatrix Farrand Society (www.beatrixfarrandsociety.org), Garland Farm, Mount Desert, Maine.
August 16: "On Garden Design: Beatrix Farrand and Edith Wharton,"
The Mount (www.edithwharton.org), Lenox, Massachusetts.
September 9: book-signing for Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes, The Cultural Landscape Foundation (http://tclf.org), Washington, D.C.
November 9: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Darien Garden Club, Darien, Connecticut.
November 13: "Keeping Up with the Joneses," all-day tour of Beatrix Farrand's Southern California gardens, California Garden and Landscape History Society (www.cglhs.org), Los Angeles, California.
November 14: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Huntington Library and Botanic Gardens (www.huntington.org), San Marino, California.
2009
March 23: “Designing Woman: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman,” Garden Club of Back Bay (Boston), co-sponsored with the Arnold Arboretum, and Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture. Location: Wellesley College Science Center. For registration information, click here or email adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu or telephone, call 617-384-5277.
June 7: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Beatrix Farrand Garden Association, Hyde Park, New York.
June 13: “Color in the Flower Garden,” Landscape Pleasures Seminar, Parrish Art Museum (www.parrishart.org), Southampton, New York.
October 9: book launch for Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes, The Beatrix Farrand Society (www.beatrixfarrandsociety.org/programs), Garland Farm, Mount Desert, Maine.
October 22: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes”, Longue Vue House & Gardens (www.longuevue.com), 9 Bamboo Lane, New Orleans, Louisiana.
November 2: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes”, Harkness Memorial State Park (860-859-3283), 275 Great Neck Road, Waterford, Connecticut.
November 14: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,” Tuxedo Park Library (www.tuxedoparklibrary.org), Tuxedo Park, New York.
November 19: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes”, The Horticultural Society of New York Library (www.hsny.org), 148 West 37th Street, New York, New York.
November 21: book-signing for Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes, New York Botanical Garden Shop in the Garden (www.nybg.org), Bronx River Parkway, Bronx, New York.
November 22: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Old Westbury Gardens (www.oldwestburygardens.org), 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, New York.
November 23: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes” , Institute of Classical Architecture (www.classicist.org), 20 West 44th Street, New York, New York.
December 15: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,” New York Hortus Club (private event), National Arts Club, New York.
2008
October 15: “The Gardens of Ellen Shipman,” Bedford Garden Club, Bedford, New YorkSeptember 6: “Shaping the American Garden Experience,” Hollister House Garden Study Weekend, Washington, Conn.
May 4: “The Gardens of Ellen Shipman,” Mansion in May at Froh Heim, Far Hills,
New Jersey
2007
October 6: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WashingtonOctober 4: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Vancouver Heritage Foundation, Canada
October 3: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Victoria Heritage Foundation, Canada
September 29: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Historic Seattle, Seattle, Washington
May 12: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” William Morris Society, London
April 26: “Revisiting Ellen Shipman’s Gardens,” Landscape Institute, Cambridge, Mass.
April 10: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Antiquarian Society/ Art Institute of Chicago
January 4: “Women Take the Lead in Landscape Art” and “The Gardens of Ellen Shipman,” Minnesota Green Expo
To schedule a lecture or book-signing for your organization, contact us at lectures@judithtankard.com
