The Suzanne and Frederic Rheinstein Fund for Documentary Films seeks to capture and share the essence of something that is largely experiential—the beauty and stories of a garden. This presents unique challenges and requires an innovative and layered approach to create a multi-dimensional portrait of a garden, a living work of art.

Our documentation program uses words and pictures, letters and notebooks, drawings and plant lists, along with stories, sounds, and experiences that have inspired garden creators. To document these gardens, The Garden Conservancy researches and collects a wide variety of materials, interviews individuals who play key roles in the evolution of each garden, and engages professional archivists, filmmakers, photographers, and others to assist in crafting as complete a story as possible.