Friday, March 5, 7:30 pm – Parks, Plants and People
The Spring Bulb Show at Smith College (March 6 – March 21, 10 – 4 daily) kicks off on Friday, March 5 at 7:30 pm in the Campus Center Carroll Room with a lecture by Lynden Miller entitled Parks, Plants and People, followed by a reception and booksigning at the Lyman Conservatory, with the Bulb Show illuminated. Lynden Miller is an outstanding Public Garden Designer of international renown. She is Director of the Conservatory Garden in Central Park, which she rescued and rejuvenated in 1982. Trained as a painter, Miller brings the artist’s sensibility to her work. She received a Master’s in Studio Art at the University of Maryland and a BA in the History of Art at Smith College, and studied Horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden. For 25 years, Lynden Miller has focused on the improvement of parks and gardens throughout New York City. Believing that beautiful and well maintained public open green space can change city life, she has taken a new approach to public horticulture, creating rich plantings that provide interest year-round. After 9/11, she secured a gift of a million daffodils, to serve as a living memorial to those who died. In the spring of 2002 they bloomed to raise the spirits of New Yorkers and beautify parks everywhere. The Daffodil Project continues with over 3 million daffodils planted.
