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)