Preserving America's Exceptional Gardens

The 2009 Edition of the Open Days Directory is Here!

The 2009 garden-visiting season offers more than 300 private gardens in twenty-three states.

In Memoriam: Carola Ashford

The Garden Conservancy mourns the passing of Carola Ashford. Carola, the Garden Conservancy’s energetic and passionate project manager for the Alcatraz Gardens project, died February 24, 2009

Garden Conservancy Receives Top Charity Navigator Rating.

For the fourth consecutive year The Garden Conservancy has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities.

A MAN NAMED PEARL is available now on DVD

Intimate and uplifting, A MAN NAMED PEARL offers a captivating window into the life a man who turned obstacles into breathtakingly beautiful possibilities. Now available on DVD, if you order your copy using the link on our website, 15% of your order will help support the Garden Conservancy's work at Pearl Fryar's Topiary Garden.

Upcoming Events

Visit Burpee's Fordhook Farm

Friday & Saturday, July 10 & 11, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

MID-SUMMER GARDEN PARTY

2009 Ruth Bancroft Garden Horticultural Series
The Australians, Part II

Friday–Saturday, July 10–11
Walnut Creek, CA

Two-part program (July 10 - 11 and November 6 - 7)
Refreshing Your Australian Repertoire: how to mix exciting and appropriate Australian native plants in Bay Area gardens.

On High: Vertical Gardens in the City

August 14, 2009
Flora Grubb Gardens: 1634 Jerrold Avenue, San Francisco

SAVE THE DATE

Maintaining Historic Urban Parks Workshop

August 17–19, 2009
The Presidio, San Francisco

This workshop focuses on skills and training needed for the effective maintenance and stewardship of historic urban parks.

Denver, Colorado Open Days: Preview Event

September 11, 2009
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Call for more information: 1-888-842-2442

Fall in the Garden: The Unsung Season

The Late Show Gardens

September 18-20, 2009
Cornerstone Gardens
Sonoma, California

Three-day garden show, exhibit gardens and lecture series, co-sponsored by the Garden Conservancy.

Landscapes for Living:
Post War Years in Northern California

Friday, October 23 through Sunday, October 25, 2009
University of California, Berkeley

Cultural Landscape Foundation symposium celebrating the publication of Shaping the American Landscape: New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project

LIMESTONE & WATER

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX
Cosponsored by the Wildflower Center
10/31/2009: 8:30 am to 1:30 pm

Plants, Design and Inspiration for the Texas Garden

2009 Ruth Bancroft Garden Horticultural Series
The Australians, Part I

Friday - Saturday, November 6 - 7
Walnut Creek, CA

Two-part program (July 10 - 11 and November 6 - 7)
Refreshing Your Australian Repertoire: how to mix exciting and appropriate Australian native plants in Bay Area gardens.