Daily Archives: March 18, 2011

Tuesday, March 29, 5:30 pm – Hollywood House Demesne: An American Garden Abroad

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Please join the New England Historic Genealogical Society for a special, free lecture by Carolyn Lynch on Tuesday, March 29, beginning with a reception at 5:30 pm and lecture at 6 pm.  The event will take place at the New England Historic Genealogical Society building at 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, and is entitled Hollywood House Demesne: An American Garden Abroad.  Parklands and Celtic knots, bridal paths and wild gorse fields, stables, greenhouses, and thatched houses, all will be highlighted in this illustrated talk on Hollywood House and its award-winning gardens, by Carolyn Lynch. A lovingly restored Georgian estate in county Limerick, Ireland, Hollywood House is featured in “On Foreign Soil: American Gardeners Abroad.” Carolyn Lynch is President and CEO of the Lynch Foundation and is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (www.AmericanAncestors.org).  The program is free but RSVP is required.  Call 617-226-1220, or email amagno@nehgs.org.

Sundays, April 3 and 10, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Garden Adventurers Lectures

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On Sundays, April 3 and April 10, come to Heritage Museum & Gardens, 67 Grove Street in Sandwich, and travel to exotic gardens vicariously through the exploits of other Garden Adventurers! On April 3, Jonathan Shaw will share his visits to Japan’s most beautiful and unique gardens, including Kenrokuen Garden (The Six Sublimities, pictured below) in Kanazawa and Saihoji (The Temple Moss Garden). Mr. Shaw was formerly Director of the New England Wildflower Society at the Garden in the Woods near Boston, and is the retired President of Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. He lives in Sandwich, his native town, where he has an extensive garden in the Village that he and Norwegian wife Eugenie maintain. Then on April 10, Linda Calmes Jones, who chairs Heritage’s Board of Trustees, will share her garden travel experience to London’s Chelsea Flower Show (The Great Spring Show) and various English gardens. Join them for both of these inspiring presentations, free with museum admission.  For more information, log on to www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org, or call 508-888-3300.  Image from www.kanazawa-tourism.com.