In her new book Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden, Page Dickey writes, “Years of visiting gardens around America and much of Europe have shaped and colored my thoughts on what makes a garden special.” For her talk she will share with us some of the gardens that especially appeal to her because of their atmosphere, sense of design, spirit of originality, or humor, and will conclude with images of her own garden, which is a favorite merely because it is hers.

Embroidered Ground was released in February 2011. In it, Page writes about the pitfalls, challenges, successes, and pleasures of the thirty-year-long process of making Duck Hill, her garden in North Salem, New York. She talks about making a garden, and about gardening with a husband and assorted dogs, cats, and chickens. And she shares her views on what contributes to a garden's success: structure, fragrance, atmosphere, the play of light and shadow, patterns and textures, multi-seasonal plants.

Read a book review in the Los Angeles Times.

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 on garden design for House & Garden, House Beautiful, and Elle Décor.

Co-hosted by Nancy Goslee Power and the Garden Conservancy.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

6:30 p.m.   Reception, book sale, and signing

7:30 p.m.   Illustrated talk

Location

Nancy Goslee Power's Barn Studio

1660 Stanford Street

Santa Monica, CA 90404

Registration

$35 general admission, $30 Garden Conservancy members

Pre-registration is closed for this event as of Monday, March 21. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.

For further information or to register by telephone, call the Garden Conservancy at 845.265.2029 (Cold Spring, NY).