The Friends of the Public Garden presents Searching for the Histories of Boston’s Public Garden, a lecture by Boston University Professor Keith N. Morgan. Explore the creation, evolution, criticism, interpretation and enduring value of the most unusual public landscape in the city’s circuit of parks. From its origins as a private botanical garden built on filled marshland to the public horticultural and educational gem of the mid-Victorian era, the Public Garden became a site for controversy and celebration in its nearly two-century history.
Keith N. Morgan is a professor of History of Art and Architecture at Boston University, where he has taught since 1980. He has served as the Director of Preservation Studies, the Director of American and New England Studies, and the Chairman of the Art History Department. He is a former national president of the Society of Architectural Historians, and has authored several publications.
The event will take place on Wednesday, February 4, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont Street. Admission is $15 per person and registration is required in advance. Please visit http://www.friendsofthepublicgarden.org to purchase tickets. Image from 1904 courtesy of www.bostongeology.com.
