News Briefs
Rocky Hills Garden Party
Join the Friends of Rocky Hills for the annual spring garden party and plant auction on Saturday, June 2.
Huffington Post article on Hannah Carter Japanese Garden
Donor beware! Read a cautionary tale in the May 2nd Huffington Post online.
Garden Club of America Awards
The Garden Conservancy was honored to receive the GCA Medal for Historic Preservation on April 17.
Threatened Garden Alert
A place of natural beauty and a quiet retreat in the Los Angeles community of Bel Air for fifty years, the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden faces urgent danger.
Francis H. Cabot (1925-2011)
The Garden Conservancy mourns the death of our founder and inspirational leader, Francis H. Cabot, on November 19, 2011 after a long illness.
Quatre Vents DVD
Listen to a sample clip with Frank Cabot's narration about the pleasures of making a garden.
Upcoming Events
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June 19, 2012: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmThe Walt Disney Family Museum: San Francisco, CAWith hand-colored photographs not seen since the 1930s, author Sam Watters will present the story of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952), who pioneered garden photography as gardeners e...
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July 13, 2012: 8:30 am - 5:30 pmThe Gardens at Heather Farm: Walnut Creek, CASAVE THE DATE for the 2012 Ruth Bancroft Horticultural Seminar series at the Gardens at Heather Farm, Walnut Creek, California. A seminar and garden study tour program for designers, horticultur...
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August 24, 2012 - August 26, 2012Hollister House Garden: Washington, CTSAVE THE DATE for the third Hollister House Garden Study Weekend, starting Friday evening, August 24, and continuing with a symposium and garden festival on Saturday and a Garden Conservancy Open Day ...
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September 27, 2012 - September 30, 2012Chicago Botanic Garden: Glencoe, ILThe Garden Conservancy’s third Preservation Weekend conference is scheduled for September 27 – 30, 2012, at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois. The conference is designed f...
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October 10, 2012: 7:30 pmChappaqua Public Library: Chappaqua, NYThe fall 2012 Rocky Hills Lecture will feature garden writer Barbara Paul Robinson speaking about the great British gardener Rosemary Verey. Barbara Paul Robinson will talk from her personal expe...
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October 26, 2012: 8:30 am - 5:30 pmThe Gardens at Heather Farm: Walnut Creek, CASAVE THE DATE for the 2012 Ruth Bancroft Horticultural Seminar series at the Gardens at Heather Farm, Walnut Creek, California. A seminar and garden study tour program for designers, horti...
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