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Past Events

One part of our mission is to raise public awareness of the important role gardens play in America's cultural and natural heritage.The Garden Conservancy’s lectures, symposia, and garden tours offer horticulturists, landscape professionals, and the general public a source of contemporary ideas relevant to fine gardening, design, preservation, and sustainability.

Below is a listing of recent educational events. Further details per event are available by clicking on the event name.

This archive of information on our past educational events is saved on line as an ongoing resource of gardening ideas.

Open Days are not included in this calendar of educational events.
 
Date Title Garden / Venue Location Time
11/20/2011
2:00 pm - 12:00 am 		Art and Work of Andy Cao: Reception and Dinner
CornerStone Sonoma Sonoma, CA 2:00 pm
11/17/2011
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 		Andy Cao Lecture on Incidental Placemaking: Beauty and Dreams
The Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco, CA 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
11/09/2011
6:00 pm - 12:00 am 		Tom Armstrong: A Singular Vision
Florence Gould Hall New York City, NY 6:00 pm
10/14/2011
9:00 am - 5:30 pm 		Guts of the Garden
The Gardens at Heather Farm Walnut Creek, CA 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
10/12/2011
7:30 pm - 12:00 am 		Dominique Browning on Making a New Garden--And a New Life
Chappaqua Public Library Chappaqua, NY 7:30 pm
10/11/2011
6:00 pm - 12:00 am 		Stephen Orr on Tomorrow's Garden:
Design & Inspiration for a New Age of Sustainable Gardening
Arthouse at the Jones Center Austin, TX 6:00 pm
10/05/2011
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 		Walk the High Line with Patrick Cullina
Flora Grubb Gardens San Francisco, CA 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
10/01/2011
9:30 am - 5:00 pm 		Managing Information Important to Your Organization: Interpretation and Education
Bellevue Botanical Garden Bellevue, WA 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
07/15/2011 - 07/15/2011
8:30 am - 5:30 pm 		Gift of Persia: Exotic Gardens for California
The Gardens at Heather Farm Walnut Creek, CA 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
06/18/2011
8:00 am - 7:30 pm 		Exuberant Gardens Along Route 101 North
- - 8:00 am - 7:30 pm
06/01/2011
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm 		A Life’s Work: Half a Century in the Garden
New York School of Interior Design New York City, NY 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
04/21/2011
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm 		Gardens of the Hudson Valley
Chappaqua Public Library Chappaqua, NY 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
04/20/2011
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 		Stephen Orr on Tomorrow's Garden
Ebell of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
04/15/2011
9:00 am - 5:00 pm 		The Way We Garden NOW
The Presidio San Francisco, CA 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
04/09/2011
3:00 pm - 12:00 am 		Exploring the Gardens of Wonderland:
An Illustrated Talk by a Horticulturist and a Historian
The Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco, CA 3:00 pm
03/25/2011
8:45 am - 11:45 am 		San Francisco Flower & Garden Show:
Brunch and an Insiders Walk of the 2011 Show
San Mateo Event Center San Mateo, CA 8:45 am - 11:45 am
03/22/2011
6:30 pm - 12:00 am 		Page Dickey on Some Favorite Gardens and Why
Nancy Goslee Power‘s Barn Studio Santa Monica, CA 6:30 pm
03/15/2011
6:30 pm - 12:00 am 		A Fellows & Friends Evening with Dick Button
Eye of the Beholder
- - 6:30 pm
02/26/2011
11:30 am - 12:00 am 		From Seed to Skillet: Vegetable Gardening
with Jimmy Williams and Susan Heeger
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Arcadia, CA 11:30 am
02/17/2011
6:15 pm - 12:00 am 		British Garden Designer Dan Pearson
on Insightful Garden-Making
The Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco, CA 6:15 pm
11/20/2010
12:00 am - 12:00 am 		Jack Lenor Larsen's LongHouse
de Young Museum San Francisco, CA
11/11/2010
12:00 am - 12:00 am 		An Evening with Belgian Landscape Architect Peter Wirtz
The Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco, CA
11/09/2010
12:00 am - 12:00 am 		An Evening with Belgian Landscape Architect Peter Wirtz
California Club Los Angeles, CA
10/29/2010
12:00 am - 12:00 am 		2010 Ruth Bancroft Horticultural Series: Fourth Quarter Gardens: An August to December Romance
Lafayette Library and Learning Center Lafayette, CA
10/26/2010
12:00 am - 12:00 am 		Life with Orchids: Rocky Hills Lecture by Bill Smiles
Chappaqua Public Library Chappaqua, NY

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