Explore the Ropes Mansion’s 1912 garden design with Paula Richter, Curator for Exhibitions and Research at the Peabody Essex Museum. The session is followed with a free drop-in art-making activity from noon to 2 pm in the Ropes Mansion Garden, which is open to the public. Cold lemonade is served. Garden activity is weather permitting.  Talk made possible by the Margaret Nowell Graham Lecture Fund. Free drop-in garden activity made possible by the Ropes Mansion Botanical Lecture Fund. Meet at the Garden on Saturday, July 23 at 11 am. The Garden is located at 318 Essex Street in Salem. $12 for PEM members, $15 for nonmembers. Register in advance by calling 978-542-1511, or visit http://www.pem.org/calendar/event/1530-ropes_mansion_garden.