The Olive Route
Anglo-Irish actress Carol Drinkwater is perhaps most familiar to audiences for her award-winning portrayal of Helen Herriot in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. A popular and acclaimed author and film-maker as well, Carol has published nineteen books. When she and her husband Michel purchased a rundown property overlooking the Bay of Cannes, France, they discovered sixty-eight, 400-year-old olive trees. Once the land was reclaimed and the olives gathered and pressed, Carol and Michel became the producers of top quality olive oil, and their farm has since gained an AOC (Appellation d’Origine Controllee). Her series of memoirs about her experiences (The Olive Farm, The Olive Season, The Olive Harvest, and Return to the Olive Farm) have become best sellers in the U.S. and abroad.
Carol’s fascination with the olive tree extended to a solo seventeen-month Mediterranean sojourn in search of its mythical secrets. The resulting travel books, The Olive Route and The Olive Tree, have inspired a recently completed five-part documentary film series entitled The Olive Route. Carol has also been invited to work with UNESCO to help found an Olive Heritage Trail around the Mediterranean Basin, with the dual goals of creating peace in the region and honoring the ancient heritage of the olive tree.
Join us for a lecture by Carol that will transport us along her journey of discovering the rich history and culture of the olive tree, and a screening of a segment of her new documentary film series, The Olive Route.
For more about Carol Drinkwater, visit caroldrinkwater.com.
Date and time
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
6:30-9:30 p.m.
Location
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Click here for directions.
Agenda
6:30 p.m. Wine reception and book signing
7:30-9:00 Lecture and screening
Registration
$35 Members of the Garden Conservancy
$45 General admission
Online registration is closed.
For any questions, please call the Garden Conservancy at 845.424.6500 (Garrrison, NY).
