Virtual Talk: Gardening, a Love Story: Creating Brush Hill
Thu, Nov 14, 2024
2:00 PM
Longtime Open Days Garden Host Barbara Paul Robinson will discuss her new book, Creating Brush Hill, the love story of Barbara and her husband, Charlie, and the garden they created together over five decades.
Narrated by Barbara, it is the story of how two people of quite different temperaments and skills worked to create a place of great beauty. Brush Hill covers over ten acres of gardens, all created and tended by Barbara, as well as several garden features built by Charlie. Each year visitors and tour groups from near and far are welcome. Barbara makes clear that while they were busy creating this magical garden, the garden was working its magic on them. Full of wonders and frustrations of the garden, this delightful tale will appeal to serious gardeners, want-to-be-gardeners, and non-gardeners alike. Their ongoing love story offers inspiration, encouragement, honest and funny tales of garden mistakes and the demanding work that a garden entails, along with the garden’s many joys.
DATE AND TIME
Thursday, November 14, 2024
2:00 p.m. Eastern
LOCATION
Live on Zoom
REGISTRATION
$5 for members of the Garden Conservancy
$15 for General Admission
A recording of this webinar will be sent to all registrants a few days after the event. We encourage you to register, even if you cannot attend the live webinar.
Members of the Frank & Anne Cabot Society for planned giving have complimentary access to Garden Conservancy webinars. All Cabot Society members will automatically be sent the link to participate on the morning of the webinar. For more information about the Cabot Society, please contact Bridget Connors at bconnors@gardenconservancy.org or 845.424.6500, ext. 228.
About the Speaker:
During a sabbatical from the leading international law firm, Debevoise & Plimpton, where she was the first woman partner, Barbara Paul Robinson worked as a gardener for Rosemary Verey at Barnsley House, then for Penelope Hobhouse at Tintinhull. She credits those life transforming experiences with returning to become President of the New York City Bar Association, the first woman to serve in the position since its founding in 1870.