Roxanne Brouse, Landscape Architect with Rieley & Assoc. in Charlottesville, Virginia, has done extensive work on Beatrix Farrand’s Maine landscapes. Her monograph, entitled The Public-Spirited Beatrix Farrand of Mount Desert Island, recently published by the Beatrix Farrand Society, is the first detailed guide to Farrand’s collaboration with John D. Rockefeller Jr. on the carriage trails of Acadia National Park. Ms. Brouse will elucidate this lesser know facet of Farrand’s career at the 11th Annual Bellefield Design Lecture, to be held Sunday, June 4 from 2 – 4 at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site on Albany Post Roadin Hyde Park, New York. There will be a Reception, Heirloom Plant Sale, and Garden Boutique in the Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield following the lecture.  Tickets: $35.00 for Beatrix Farrand Garden Association Members and $45.00 for Non-Members. You may reserve on line at http://www.beatrixfarrandgardenhydepark.org/special-events/bellefield-design-lecture.