The Untermyer Garden Conservancy hosts a virtual symposium on March 9 at 2 pm Eastern. Creating a Woodland Fantasy in the Real World: Making the Most of Our Woodland Shade Gardens. Panelists include Thom Almendinger, Director of Stewardship. Teatown Lake Reservation, Basil Camu, Co-founder of Leaf & Limb Tree Service, Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture with Native Plant Trust, and Timothy Tilghman, Head Gardener at Untermyer Gardens. Tickets are $25. Visit https://untermyergardens.org/
Untermyer Garden’s new ornamental vegetable garden, tended faithfully by Yonkers public high school interns, enjoyed its first series of harvests last year. As we look ahead to the next growing season, we have invited three vegetable garden experts to share their perspectives and advice. The program will take place February 11 from 2 – 4, and tickets are $20, plus Eventbrite fee. The video will be available to view for one month following the event, as well. Purchase tickets HERE
K Greene, co-founder of Hudson Valley Seed Company, will help us think about heirloom and open-pollinated seed selection and how we can help our plants thrive after germination.
Award-winning author, radio host, and garden expert from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour will share her amazingly productive techniques and approaches to success in her own home food garden.
David Mattern, who is responsible for the ornamental vegetable and cutting gardens at Chanticleer Garden in Wayne, Pennsylvania, will help us understand that healthy plants are the key to production and attractiveness.
Moderating the panel will be Timothy Tilghman, the Untermyer Gardens Head Gardener.
Join Untermyer Gardens online for a virtual conversation with Toby Musgrave and Timothy Tilghman (2:00-4:30PM with intermission, on January 30, 2021) for an illustrated discussion of garden elements and styles from around the world and how they have been reflected at Untermyer Gardens. We will start by exploring examples from great gardens and consider their influence on the historic features and styles at Untermyer that were restored over the past decade. Following a break, we will continue to examine internationally renowned gardens for guidance as we prepare for our imminent historic restoration projects. Finally, and perhaps most interestingly, we will look to established gardens of the world as inspiration for new elements we aspire to create through our second decade at Untermyer. By purchasing tickets, you will be able to view live or on demand. $15 – Register at www.untermyergardens.org.
Dr. Toby Musgrave is an authority on garden history and design. He devised and presented the BBC Radio 4 series The British Garden, and has written for many magazines and newspapers. He teaches garden history at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad, and has also lectured at Oxford University and the Royal Horticultural Society. He was consultant editor for The Gardener’s Garden (2014) and is author of Green Escapes (2018), both by Phaidon. Toby’s latest book, one of nine, The Garden: Elements and Styles (2020) provides the structure for this event. Timothy Tilghman leads the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy’s ambitious restoration effort. Head Gardener at Untermyer Gardens since June 2011, he has more than 25 years of horticultural experience, with 19 years devoted to public horticulture. His previous positions include: Head Gardener, Rocky Hills, a Garden Conservancy Project Garden, Mt. Kisco, NY; Senior Garden Editor, Martha Stewart Living, New York, NY; Gardener, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; Assistant Curator, Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; Intern, Willowwood Arboretum, Chester, NJ; Intern, Powell Botanical Garden, Kansas City, MO. He holds a B.S. in Plant Science/Ornamental Horticulture from the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
