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
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
MID-SUMMER GARDEN PARTY
2009 Ruth Bancroft Garden Horticultural Series
The Australians, Part II
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
Flora Grubb Gardens: 1634 Jerrold Avenue, San Francisco
SAVE THE DATE
Maintaining Historic Urban Parks Workshop
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
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
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
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
Cosponsored by the Wildflower Center
Plants, Design and Inspiration for the Texas Garden
2009 Ruth Bancroft Garden Horticultural Series
The Australians, Part I
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.