Come to the Fuller Conference Center at Old Sturbridge Village, take a guided tour of 4 gardens, and hear a lecture about researching and designing the gardens, criteria used, and selection of historically appropriate plant materials by Christie Higginbottom. Elizabeth Ingleheart, architectural and landscape historian and the National Register Coordinator for the National Park Service, will speak on how to list a garden on the National Historic Register. Karen Herman, Andover Preservation Commission Chair, will speak on Funding through the Community Preservation Act. For more information, and to register, visit www.GCFM.org, or send a check ($17.50 for registration, $12.50 box lunch fee) to GCFM, c/o Winnie Fitzpatrick, Registrar, Box 660, West Falmouth, MA 02574.

Presented by Bill Yeomans of Shrewsbury to the Garden Club of Back Bay

Where: Tower Hill Botanic Garden Auditorium, – Boylston, Massachusetts

When: Tuesday, September 16th at 10:00 a.m. – Mark your calendar now!

To learn more about Iristhorpe, click here .

For further information contact: Bill Yeomans at 508-842-7173 or send an email to: billyeo@townisp.com Flint Farm, circa 1890 and one of the many gardens created at Iristhorpe, circa 1914 “Iristhorpe of Shrewsbury and Its Magnificent Gardens of the Early 20th Century”