Boston Flora

Tag: Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

  • Thursday, June 25, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Historic Landscape Stewardship

    This Massachusetts Horticultural Society introductory talk on Thursday, June 25, from 7 – 8:30 in the Parkman Room at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, provides an overview of cultural landscapes: what they are, why they’re important, fundamental concepts and the process of cultural landscape preservation, with an emphasis on examples from the Northeastern United States.

    Chris Beagan is a historical landscape architect with the National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, in Boston. He works to strengthen research, planning and stewardship of cultural landscapes through technical assistance and the development of cultural landscape inventories and reports. His recent publications include cultural landscape reports for Hampton National Historic Site, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum (below), and Upper Fort Mason. His professional interests include sustainability in cultural landscape management and interpreting cultural landscapes through digital media.

    Lecture Fee: Mass Hort Members $10, Non-Members $15. Pay at the door or register online at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/154/422|427|433/historic-landscape-stewardship?filter_reset=1

  • Public Gardens To Visit

    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)