March eNews

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2011 Open Days
Season Begins

After an unforgiving winter that seemed to spare no part of the country, the 2011 season is perhaps our most anticipated to date. More than 300 gardens are on deck; people everywhere are marking their calendars and planning their visits to some of the best private gardens in the country.

Our First Open Days
Photo Contest

Open Days visitors often photograph the things that make the gardens special. In February, we invited visitors to submit a favorite photo from last season in a photo contest on the Garden Conservancy’s Facebook page.

Visiting Preservation Project Gardens

A busy garden-visiting season has also begun at the Garden Conservancy’s Preservation Project gardens around the country. Highlights include a Spring Color Spectacular week, a summer meeting of the North American Rock Garden Society, and a new autumn Open Day.

Upcoming Open Days

Hollister Homestead Listed on National Register of Historic Places

Hollister Homestead, site of Hollister House Garden in Washington, Connecticut, has been added to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. The register is the official list of properties recognized by the United States federal government as worthy of preservation for their significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture.

Fellows Evening Event Features Dick Button

Major support for the Garden Conservancy’s garden preservation efforts comes from the Society of Fellows, a group of more than 300 philanthropists to whom gardens matter. The Fellows program has recently expanded its evening events.

Introducing New
Garden Conservancy Staff

We’re pleased to welcome several new staff members to the Garden Conservancy team, and want to introduce them to our members as well. Here are three new faces who bring welcome new energy to our organization and new points of contact for our members, partners, and volunteers.

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