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  • Thursday, September 6 – Sunday, September 9 – The Gardens of Bar Harbor and Mt. Desert Island

    Berkshire Botanical Garden invites you to join an exclusive tour to discover the gardens of Bar Harbor and Mt. Desert Island. Mt. Desert Island is considered one of Maine’s most revered summer resort islands where such towns as Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor dot the area. A major aspect of Mt. Desert Island is nature and the cultivation of beautiful gardens. One person stands out for her highly talented contribution: the legendary landscape designer Beatrix Farrand, who summered at Bar Harbor for over half a century, creating over 60 gardens on the island. One of her greatest projects was the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden at Seal Harbor. Collections of plants from her Reef Point home can now be seen at the Asticou Azalea Garden and Thuya Garden, both at Northeast Harbor. Another Farrand garden can be found at her last home, Garland Farm, Salisbury Cove, now maintained by the Beatrix Farrand Society.  Trip highlights may be viewed at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/sites/default/files/BBG%20Bar%20Harbor%20Trip%20Highlights.pdf

  • 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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  • Public Gardens To Visit

    Judith Tankard provided members attending The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s March 23 meeting with a list of U.S. public gardens designed by either Beatrix Farrand or Ellen Shipman which are open to the public.  For those of you unable to be with us at Wellesley, here is that list:

    Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield, Hyde Park, NY (www.beatrixfarrandgarden.org)

    Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL (www.cummer.org)

    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC (www.doaks.org)

    Garland Farm, Mt. Desert, ME (www.beatrixfarrandsociety.org)

    Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford, CT (www.harkness.org)

    Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT (www.hillstead.org)

    Longfellow House Garden, Cambridge, MA (www.nps.gov/long)

    Longue Vue House and Gardens, New Orleans, LA (www.longuevue.com)

    Moonlight Garden, Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, FL (www.efwefla.org)

    Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY (www.nybg.org)

    Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH (www.nps.gov/saga)

    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA (www.sbbg.org)

    Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham, NC (www.sarahpdukegardens.com)

    Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens, Akron, OH (www.stanhywet.org)