Thursday, April 21: Lecture on Gardens of the Hudson Valley at Chappaqua Library


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Blithewood, the riverfront Italianate garden at Bard College; photography by Sue Daley and Steve Gross; for more photos, see “Read more…”
Monday, April 11, 2011
by George Shakespear

The spring 2011 Rocky Hills Lecture by Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner, co-writers of Gardens of the Hudson Valley (Monacelli Press, 2010), will feature photography by Sue Daley and Steve Gross of some of the valley’s iconic and historic gardens, both public and private. The evening lecture will be held at the Chappaqua Public Library, Chappaqua, NY, on Thursday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m.

Susan and Nancy will take us on a tour of gardens of the Hudson Valley. Gardens tell the story of the people who make them; collectively, these landscapes weave a tale of early participants in the valley’s Landscape Gardening tradition to moguls of the Gilded Age to today’s garden enthusiasts. The grace and grandeur of these landscapes underscore the central role the valley played in the birth of an American garden tradition.

7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, 2011

Chappaqua Public Library, 195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY

Free admission

For more information, call the Chappaqua Public Library at 914.238.4779.

About the authors

Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner live in New York City, where they are longtime volunteers at the Conservatory Garden in Central Park. They have lectured widely and are the authors of Garden Guide: New York City and Gardens of the Hudson Valley. Susan is a member of the board of directors of the Garden Conservancy.

About the Rocky Hills Lecture Series

The Rocky Hills Lecture Series is presented by the Friends of Rocky Hills. Rocky Hills, the garden of Henriette and William Suhr, is a Garden Conservancy Preservation Project in Mount Kisco, New York.

About the Garden Conservancy

The Garden Conservancy is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to preserve exceptional gardens for the education and enjoyment of the public. By facilitating access to diverse examples of our cultural heritage, the Conservancy encourages greater appreciation and stewardship of these fragile resources. The Conservancy works in partnership with individual garden owners and public and private organizations, marshaling legal, horticultural, and financial resources to secure a garden’s future. gardenconservancy.org

George Shakespear is communications manager for The Garden Conservancy. For more information, call 845.265.2029 (Cold Spring, N.Y.) or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Photos below are by Sue Daley and Steve Gross and are excerpted from the book, Gardens of the Hudson Valley, written by Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner.

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Blithewood Garden with Hudson Valley landscape

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Blithewood, riverfront Italianate garden at Bard College

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Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Sleepy Hollow

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View from Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park


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