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Tag: New York City

  • Wednesday, October 3, 7:30 am – 7:30 pm – The High Line: An Extraordinary Urban Space

    Join gardener extraordinaire Robin Wilkerson for a day trip to the remarkable High Line in New York City on Wednesday, October 3.  The garden is built on a formerly abandoned mile and a half of elevated railroad line.  Both the hardscape and the plant material are informed by the structure’s history as a rail bed.  Native oaks, sassafras, sumacs, and an array of ornamental grasses are just a few of the plants rarely encountered in public gardens, but among many of the outstanding plant choices.  A High Line docent will lead this Friends of Wellesley Botanic Garden, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and New England Wild Flower Society tour.  There will be time for lunch and exploration on your own.  Don’t miss this chance to see and experience what has quickly become one of the world’s great urban wonders.  Fee ($120 for members of the sponsoring organizations, $145 for non-members) includes private coach with restroom, snacks, box lunch and guided tour.  Bus departs Garden in the Woods, Framingham, at 7:30 a.  To register, visit www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends.

  • Monday, February 14, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – New York Garden Spaces

    Explore the green side of the Big Apple in this illustrated lecture with garden designer and WCFH docent Maureen Bovet.  Maureen was born and raised in New York City and her passion for gardening began there.  She will be your guide to the traditional (New York Botanical Gardens, below) and modern places where New Yorkers and visitors enjoy the great outdoors.  The history and horticulture of these parks are illustrated by beautiful images from her collection.  This February 14 program begins with tea at 2, followed by the lecture at 2:30 in the Visitors Center of the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens. $10 for WCFH members, $15 for non-members.  To sign up, log on to www.wellesley.edu/WCFH.

  • Wednesday, October 21, 6:00 – 8:00 pm – Save America’s Treasures Cocktail Party with Christine Todd Whitman

    The National Council and Event Committee of Save America’s Treasures invite you to a cocktail reception with special guest, The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey and former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Wednesday, October 21, from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, at the home of Sally Minard, 133 East 62nd Street, New York City, with special guest Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal arts Society, former President and CEO of the National Park Foundation, and Executive Vice President and Publisher, National Trust for Historic Preservation.  For more information, log on to www.honoringeleanorroosevelt.org.

  • Yurt Alert

    Kate Pokorny is a talented young artist living in New York who is, coincidentally, the daughter of Garden Club of the Back Bay Past President Margaret Pokorny.  Kate’s latest project can be followed on her new website, www.yurtalert.com.  In her own words:

    “As a longtime felter I didn’t have the space to make the soapy mess required for the process after I moved to New York City in 2006. I experimented with needle felting and came upon crochet, which, to me, seemed like something you could make anything out of. This was further reinforced when I watched Margaret Wertheim’s TED Talk and saw how crochet can be used to represent hyperbolic space and coral reefs.  I became very interested in oversized knit and crochet work by artists like Kwangho Lee, Claudy Jongstra, and Christien Meindertsma.

    I started crocheting a lot, and was making many small domes when I realized that the same form could be made much larger into a crocheted yurt. Historically, Mongolian nomads made felt for their yurts via a labor intensive process that still required an internal structure at the end of the day.  My project is to take that design a step further and make a locally-sourced (local to New Hampshire), self-supporting crocheted yurt out of hand-felted cording approximately 1.5 – 2 inches thick.”

    You can follow the process on line, leave comments and suggestions, and we can all place bets on when Amy Adams will buy the film rights.

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