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  • Monday, September 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Trails and Sails: The Historic Gardens of Fletcher Steele

    Fletcher Steele is recognized as one of the most influential landscape architects of the early twentieth century.  For 60 years Steele practiced landscape architecture as a fine art, designing nearly 700 gardens in his lifetime.  The garden at Rolling Ridge was the first of his creations.

    Join us at the Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center on September 16 for a tour of this historic garden. Although the fountain is no longer in operation and the grounds are being restored, you will discover the visionary genius of Steele as we walk the grounds and appreciate the natural beauty of this 38 acre peninsula along Lake Cochichewick.

    The tour will also include the outdoor sculptures of Mico Kaufman, whose public works may be found at Tewksbury, Lowell, and now at Rolling Ridge.

    There is no fee for the tour of the grounds, although your generous donation is appreciated to help support the mission and ministry of Rolling Ridge. Register at www.rollingridge.org

  • Wednesday, May 13 – Virtual Tulip Festival

    The Stevens-Coolidge Place 3rd Annual Tulip Festival is moving online! 

    Though we can’t bring our friends and members to the gardens, we can bring the gardens to you in the comfort of your own home.

    Enjoy a full virtual Tulip Festival on our social media channels and Trustees’ website. We’ll be sharing colorful close-up photos, sweeping videos of the gardens and aerial views featuring the patchwork of color created by these plentiful spring blooms. Enjoy a virtual garden tour, tulip growing tips and an arrangement demonstration by Trustees staff. All you have to do is follow us on Facebook and Instagram or visit www.thetrustees.org . There are some conflicting dates reported online, so begin checking now, although the virtual presentation is scheduled for the 13th.

    Your support is greatly appreciated at this time. If you are in a position to do so, donations can be made using this link: https://secure3.convio.net/ttor/site/SPageServer?pagename=JoinUs

  • Monday, September 16, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm – Rolling Ridge Preservation Round Table and Workshop

    Monday, September 16, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm – Rolling Ridge Preservation Round Table and Workshop

    Rolling Ridge and the New England Landscape Design and History Association are excited and pleased to invite you to a Preservation Round Table and Workshop on the Fountains and Gardens of renowned landscape architect Fletcher Steele at Rolling Ridge, North Andover, Massachusetts on Monday, September 16, from 9:30- 3 pm.

    They are gathering some of the experts to help put Fletcher Steele and Rolling Ridge on the Massachusetts garden history map. As a destination place with a hidden gem up to this point, but it can be a showplace of the genius of one the nation’s great landscape architects. Two of Steele’s designs are designated National Historic Landmarks: Naumkeag in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and the Amphitheatre in Camden, Maine.

    Of the 500 plus gardens Fletcher Steele designed, Rolling Ridge ranks in the top three according to Robin Karson, author of Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect. The garden rooms, the fountains and the layout reflect the genius of Steele in one of his earliest designs. Yet years of New England weather have deteriorated the concrete and stopped the water flow. Five presentations from Steele experts will illuminate Steele at Rolling Ridge, lead us on a tour the garden and fountains and tell of plans for restoration.

    Come see this historic gem, view the plans and ideas for restoration and share in the conversation on the future of this significant landscape. Register online at www.rollingridge.org.  The $75 fee includes a delicious lunch, presentations and tour. Rain or shine.  Garden Club of the Back Bay members enjoyed a memorable tour and lunch last spring at Rolling Ridge, and everyone attending saw the need for an influx of money, time and expertise to put Rolling Ridge back on the map.  The Club enthusiastically endorses this effort.

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