On Thursday, September 24, join Olana’s Landscape Curator for a guided tour along Olana’s carriage roads, followed by a tour of Olana’s main house and current exhibition, River Crossings. Olana’s 250-acre naturalistic landscape was fully designed by the famed artist Frederic Church around its 360-degree views. The 1-hour landscape tour will explore the history of Olana from the 19th century to the present day, including efforts to restore Olana’s historic landscape and protect its spectacular viewshed. This program will blend horticulture, landscape design, art and history together for an spectular autumn day at one of the Hudson Valley’s most beautiful sites. Following the program enjoy a picnic on the grounds of Olana. 10 am- 12:30 pm is the time on site at Olana, which is located in Hudson, New York.
Bring a bag lunch and dress for weather. Participants can choose to carpool or drive separately. Those joining the carpool should meet in the parking lot of Berkshire Botanical Garden for an 9 am departure. Carpool will return at approximately 2 pm.
Mark Prezorski is the Landscape Curator for The Olana Partnership. He advocates for and assists with the restoration and interpretation of Olana’s artist-designed landscape and its integral viewshed. Mark works cooperatively at Olana State Historic Site with New York State Parks, preservation organizations and landscape professionals on landscape planning and restoration projects, exhibitions, viewshed protection efforts and interpretative programs such as Olana’s award-winning Framing the Viewshed series. Mark was recently named one of the Top 100 Creatives by ORIGIN Magazine. BBG members $35, nonmembers $45. To register, call 413-298-3926, x 15, or visit http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/event/an-insiders-walk-through-olana-foreground-middleground-and-the-viewshed/?instance_id=3522
