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  • Friday, November 19, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern: Beauty and Utility – Art, Craft, and Recycling, Online

    Beauty and utility were the watchwords of the Arts and Crafts Movement, as seemingly is the name William – William Morris tireless designer, poet and craftsman and William Robinson indefatigable writer and gardener. The two finest exemplars in the High Weald being Standen and Gravetye Manor. Ellen Terry’s Smallhythe Place and two Priest Houses fulfill the principle of growing from their own sites. The Arts and Crafts philosophy continues enhanced by the popularity of letting the wildness please as well as being productive and visually pleasing as can be appreciated at Hole Park and Luctons. Recycling and upcycling also play their architectural part at Colwood House whilst Merriments whets your floral appetite.

    Featured landscapes and gardens: Colwood House, Gravetye Manor, Hole Park, Luctons, Merriments, Smallhythe Place, Standen, ‘The Priests House’ at Smallhythe and West Hoathly. £5 Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/where-the-wildness-pleases-beauty-and-utility-tickets-169775722757

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  • Monday, May 14 – Thursday, May 24 – England: Chelsea & the English Gardens of the Bohemians

    Join Pacific Horticulture May 14 – 24, 2018 and discover the extraordinary gardens of England’s bohemians, the artistic set made up of writers, philosophers, intellectuals, and artists in the early 20th century. We’ll explore the masterful gardens at Sissinghurst Castle created by Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson, and Charleston’s walled garden (pictured) created by the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant while spending a half a day at its famed annual literary festival. We’ll also visit Farley Farmhouse, Nymans, and Virginia Wolfe’s home and garden, Monk’s House. This area of southern England also includes one of its greatest gardens, Great Dixter designed by Sir Christopher Lloyd. It and other gardens in this region will be on the itinerary, including lunch and a tour of the gardens at Gravetye Manor.

    Back in London, we’ll enjoy a walking tour of the Bloomsbury district where these intellectuals lived and visit some of its most famous Garden Squares followed by high tea. Our trip culminates at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on the exclusive “members only” day. This tour will be escorted by PHS board member, Linda McKendry.

    Registration for this tour is now open. For complete itinerary details and information about booking this trip click on to http://www.sterlingtoursltd.com/Chelsea2018.html

  • Saturday, September 9, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm – Garden Study Weekend VII Symposium: The Exuberant Garden

    Be inspired by a day long symposium on Saturday, September 9 at the Hollister House Garden, 300 Nettleton Hollow Road in Washington, Connecticut,
    featuring:

    Jacqueline van der Kloet – The celebrated Dutch landscape designer will talk about Magical Mixes in the garden. She is known world wide for her innovative designs and her artful combinations of perennials and bulbs in the garden, She has worked on projects ranging from private gardens and city parks to national and international flower exhibitions. She is also the author of nine books, including Colour Your Garden. In this talk Jacqueline will show us her own garden in Weesp as well as her many international projects.

    Tom Coward – Tom will speak on leading the restoration of William Robinson’s legendary gardens at Gravetye Manor, where he has been the head gardener in Sussex, England since 2010. Previously he was assistant head gardener at Great Dixter, working under Fergus Garrett. The gardens at Gravetye Manor were first developed in the 1880’s by the legendary gardener William Robinson, who wrote some of the most influential gardening books of his generation, and used the landscape at Gravetye to put his ideas into practice. Over the past seven years Coward has led a team working to restore the historical detail of the site, renovating the garden to its former glory while attempting to move it forward into the modern age.

    Andrew Bunting – Andrew Bunting, Assistant Director and Director of Collections at Chicago Botanic Garden, is an expert on woody plants and author on Plant Lover’s Guide to Magnolias. Prior to coming to Chicago, he was curator at the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College, and is past President of the Magnolia Society International. Andrew will describe the many and diverse magnolias that can be cultivated in the Northeast.

    Jane Garmey– Jane is a noted author and passionate gardener, author of Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley, and Private Gardens of Connecticut. She will speak on A Sense of Place: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions to Creating Gardens. She has also written about gardens for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Her newest book, City Green, will be published next year. In this talk she will give us an inside look at a wide variety of private gardens and will focus on the challenges facing those who set out to make their own gardens and show how inventive and individual their solutions can be.

    The symposium is moderated by Todd Forrest, Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections at New York Botanical Garden.

    Each reservation includes continental breakfast and lunch at the symposium and cocktails and preview buying at the Sale of Rare and Unusual Plants at Hollister House Garden. The Heritage Hotel has reserved a block of rooms for symposium attendees ($129 + tax) per night. To reserve please call 203-264-8200 and mention Hollister House Garden to secure this special rate.

    Patron $500 – includes invitation to the speaker dinner on Friday evening at Hollister House Garden and reserved seating at the symposium. ($200 of this ticket is tax deductible)
    Friend $185 – HHG and Garden Conservancy members
    Non-members $200
    No cancellations after August 1. To register, visit https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/HollisterHouseGardenInc/symposium.html