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Meet Garden Conservancy Consultants
The strength of the Garden Conservancy goes well beyond its core staff. The Garden Conservancy also relies on the talents and efforts of professionals on specific assignments in different parts of the country, arranging and...
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Longue Vue Restores Louisiana Iris Collection to Full Glory
The premier Louisiana iris collection at Longue Vue House and Gardens, devastated by the brackish flood waters that followed Hurricane Katrina, burst into full bloom this spring in its best showing since 2005...
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2010 Open Days Season Off to a Fast Start
The 2010 Open Days season is off to a terrific start. We have had record attendance in some of our established Open Days destinations. Garden lovers came out in droves to our tenth anniversary of Open Days in southern California, where perfect weather and...
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News
Yew Dell Gardens open
a new visitor center
The Chase Garden honors
Ione and Emmott Chase
The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden publishes new
visitors' brochure
Distinguished property
for sale in Rhode Island
Upcoming Events
Calendar of upcoming
Open Days
June 15 | 6:30 p.m.
Santa Monica, CA
Dominique Browning on Making a New Garden—
And a New Life
June 18 | 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Ross, CA
Count Your Chickens—in
Your Edible Garden
June 23 | 7 p.m.
San Francisco, CA
Landscape Scenography: Setting the Stage for Garden Mystery
Part of the Presidio Garden Lecture Series
July 10 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Walnut Creek, CA
Botanical Illustration, with Dorcas Moulton
Part of the Ruth Bancroft Garden 2010 Workshop Series
July 16 | 9 a.m. –5 p.m. Walnut Creek, CA
Make Room for Succulents in Your Garden
Part of the 2010 Ruth Bancroft Garden Horticultural Series
August 14 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Walnut Creek, CA
Drought-Tolerant Gardening 101, with Bobbi Feyerabend
Part of the Ruth Bancroft Garden 2010 Workshop Series
August 27 – 29
Washington, CT
Hollister House Garden Study Weekend II
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 Cooking and Gardening to Converge in Marin County
Willi Galloway, a garden writer and enthusiastic blogger from Seattle, Washington, notes that gardeners want to grow their own food, but don’t generally have time or the capacity to grow all of their own. The abundance of produce that can be obtained from a home garden will be one of Willi’s topics in her presentation at an upcoming workshop the Garden Conservancy is presenting in Marin County, California, on Friday, June 18, Count Your Chickens—in Your Edible Garden.
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 Revitalization at the
Elizabeth Lawrence Garden
The Garden Conservancy’s ninth Marco Polo Stufano Fellow has just finished her stint at the Elizabeth Lawrence Garden in Charlotte, North Carolina, working in partnership with the Garden Conservancy and the Wing Haven Garden and Bird Sanctuary, which owns the property. Kathleen (Katie) Mullen’s nine-month term began last September. She reports considerable progress in caring for the garden, revitalizing parts of it, documenting the plant material, and helping to develop the garden as a horticultural study center. Read more >
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 Garden Conservancy Welcomes Three New Staff Members
Lee Buttala joined the Garden Conservancy as preservation programs manager, based in the Cold Spring office, at the beginning of May. A writer, editor, and Emmy Award-winning television producer who worked for Martha Stewart, Garden Design, and the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, his most recent work included the creation of...
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Sampling of recent media
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Marin Magazine, profile of
"worm man" Dick Miner at Alcatraz, June
Associated Press,
Steepletop and the Garden Conservancy's preservation work, May 26
The Chestnut Hill Local, PA, Open Days, May 20
The Martha Stewart Show, Hollister House Garden,
May 18
San Francisco Chronicle,
the Gardens of Alcatraz, including the dedication of the new propagation greenhouse,
May 16
Dallas Morning News, North Texas Open Days, May 13
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The Martha Stewart Show,
The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, May 12
Sunset Magazine, the
Chase Garden, May 6
The Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Open Days,
May 6
The Journal News,
Rocky Hills, May 3
Wall Street Journal,
Open Days feature, April 29
Bay Area News Group,
slide show at Gardens of Alcatraz, April 26
Providence Journal, RI,
Open Days, March 26
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