Revisiting the Garden at Duck Hill:
30 Years of Change and Pleasure
The spring 2012 Rocky Hills Lecture will feature garden writer Page Dickey.
Based on her book, Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden, Page will describe the pitfalls and pleasures of the thirty-year-long process of creating her garden, Duck Hill, in North Salem, New York. She will share her personal views on what makes a garden a success–structure, fragrance, the play of geometry and wildness, pattern and texture, multiseasonal plants. She will tell about gardening with a husband, with wildlife, with dogs and chickens, and the challenge of simplifying her garden in the years ahead.
An acclaimed writer and garden designer, Page Dickey is the author of several additional books including Breaking Ground, Gardens in the Spirit of Place, and Duck Hill Journal. She has written for House & Garden, House Beautiful, and Elle Décor and lectures frequently on garden design. In 1995, Page and Pepe Maynard co-founded the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program, which opens hundreds of private gardens around the country to thousands of visitors every year. Page also serves on the Garden Conservancy’s Board of Directors.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, 2012
Chappaqua Public Library
195 South Greeley Avenue
Chappaqua, New York
Free admission I For more information, call the Chappaqua Public Library at 914.238.4779.
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.
To visit the garden, to volunteer, or to learn more about the Friends of Rocky Hills, contact the Garden Conservancy at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 845.265.2029.
For more background information on the speaker, see also a recent New York Times article on Page Dickey.
