2018 Series
The Blue Garden, in Newport, RI, the subject of 2018 speaker series talks by garden director Sarah Vance
From "The Making of Three Gardens," by Jorge Sánchez, SMI Landscape Architecture, Inc.
Francisca Coelho, former VP for Glasshouses and Exhibitions at New York Botanical Garden, spoke for us San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2018.
In 2018, the Garden Conservancy's inaugural National Speaker Series, Saving American Gardens, offered a number of ways for our members and the general public to stay engaged with issues related to the design, history, preservation, and cultural signficance of gardens, with a particular emphasis on American gardens.
A Place of Repose: Preserving America's Garden Furniture History
Speaker: John Danzer
- New York, NY — Wednesday, September 12
- Glencoe, IL — Wednesday, October 17
The Autobiography of a Garden
Speaker: Andrew Raftery
- San Francisco, CA — Wednesday, September 26
- New York, NY — Friday, November 2
The Making of Three Gardens
Speaker: Jorge Sánchez
- Charleston, SC — Wednesday, October 10
- St Louis, MO — Thursday, November 15 - EVENT CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
- New York, NY — Thursday, December 13
Renewal of the Blue Garden
Speaker: Sarah Vance
- New York, NY — Wednesday, October 24
Restoring a National Icon: The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Speaker: Francisca Coelho
- San Francisco, CA — Wednesday, November 7
- Santa Monica, CA — Friday, November 9 - EVENT CANCELED DUE TO WILDFIRES