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  • Sunday, June 4, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Farrand’s National Park Legacy

    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.

  • Thursday, June 18, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Exploring Gardens in the Hudson Valley: The Climbery and The Garden at Bellefield

    On Thursday, June 18, take a drive down the Hudson Valley to visit two garden gems that focus on plants. First, tour the Garden at Bellefield, Hyde Park, designed in 1912 by Beatrix Farrand, one of America’s most celebrated landscape designers. Today the garden, pictured below, has been carefully restored, inspired by her landmark work and dedicated to sharing her pioneering legacy. This garden is a perfect example of how Farrand defined the American taste in gardens throughout the first half of the 20th century. She championed the use of perennial plants in combinations based upon color harmony, bloom sequence and texture. This was the birth of the mixed border, a standard in gardens today. A volunteer from the Beatrix Farrand Association will lead the tour of this lovely garden at the height of its June bloom.

    From there, travel to the Culinary Institute of America to catch a quick lunch at the Apple Pie Cafe (cost of lunch not included in the fee). On the return, travel to Livingston, NY, to visit The Climbery, the private garden of Barbara Packer. With a focus on plants, specifically the holy grail of vines, clematis, wander through this beautifully landscaped seven-acre property dedicated to over 5,000 clematis—the second largest planted collection of clematis in the world. In addition to the clematis collection, enjoy an exuberant mid-June bloom of peonies, irises and more. Timed for the height of the clematis bloom, view this exceptional collec- tion and learn how to cultivate these winsome beauties.

    This Berkshire Botanical Garden sponsored tour is $40 for BBG members, $50 for nonmembers. Participants can choose to carpool or drive separately. Those joining the carpool should meet in the parking lot at Berkshire Botanical Garden for an 8:30 am departure. Time onsite in Hyde Park & Livingston, NY, is 10 am – 3 pm). For directions, and to register, visit http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/event/exploring-gardens-in-the-hudson-valley-the-climbery-and-the-garden-at-bellefield/?instance_id=3365.

  • Tuesday, March 18, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Beatrix Farrand, Rediscovered

    The Hopkinton Garden Club welcomes character actor Colleen Plimpton as “Beatrix Farrand” on Tuesday, March 18, from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Hopkinton Historical Society, 168 Hayden Rowe in Hopkinton. Colleen considers herself both an educator and an entertainer. Her lighthearted, interactive, informative  show ‘n tell lectures illustrate various aspects of gardening and green living.  She has presented to thousands of people over the past several years, including appearances at the Boston, Chicago, Connecticut and Rhode Island Flower Shows.

    Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959) was America’s first female landscape architect and a founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Though overlooked for decades, her work is being rediscovered. Many of her gardens, such as Bellefield in Hyde Park, NY; Hill-Stead in Farmington, CT and Garland Farm in Bar Harbor, ME, have been restored. This talk is a dramatic, 45-minute, first person presentation of the life, times and work of this distinguished “landscape gardener”.

    Free and open to the public.  For more information visit www.hopkintongardenclub.org.

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  • Sunday, April 29, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Folk to Fork Garden Party

    The Beatrix Farrand Garden Association is sponsoring a “Folk to Fork” Garden Party and concert to benefit gardening teens on Sunday, April 29, from 1 – 3, rain or shine, at the Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield, 4097 Albany Post Road in Hyde Park, New York.  Enjoy local foods, The Bandana Splits (a retro style female vocal group), singer-songwriter Benji Cossa, and a Garden Boutique by the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Historical Association.  Tickets must be purchased in advance and are available at http://beatrixfarrandgarden.org/events.html.  You may also call 845-554-7482 for more information.  The mission of the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association is to preserve the Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield and to educate the public about Farrand’s important design legacy.  This event supports a series of garden workshops at the Farrand Garden for the Green Teen Community Garden Program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Dutchess County.  It’s a bit of a hike for us Bostonians, but if you’re in the area, try to attend.

  • Sunday, June 6, 2:00 pm – The Maine Work of Beatrix Farrand

    The Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites are pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Bellefield Design Lecture: The Maine Work of Beatrix Farrand by Patrick Chasse, a program of its park partner, The Beatrix Farrand Garden Association, on Sunday, June 6, beginning at 2 pm, at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt Historic Site and The FDR Presidential Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New York.  Patrick will discuss Farrand’s life and work in Maine from childhood through her retirement at Garland Farm, including a number of private commissions that are rarely ever seen by the public. A reception and heirloom plant, book and garden treasure sale will follow in the Garden at Bellefield.  Tickets are $30 ($25 for Beatrix Farrand Garden Association and Garden Conservancy members), and may be purchased in advance (strongly recommended, because seating is limited) by logging on to www.beatrixfarrandgarden.org or by calling 845-229-9115, ext. 26.

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