News Briefs
In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar
Thanks to Bill Cary and the Westchester County Journal News for this short video in Shobha Vanchiswar's garden in Chappaqua, NY. You can visit the garden during our Open Day on May 25.Thank you to our Open Days program sponsor
We are pleased to welcome back Fine Gardening magazine as the national media sponsor of our Open Days program.FLS awards honor a Place Keeper and a Place Maker
On May 8, 2013, the Foundation for Landscape Studies (FLS) honored two members of the Garden Conservancy family.Garden Conservancy News
Read all about it! The April 2013 Garden Conservancy eNews has our latest news and updates.
Membership offer
Thank you to White Flower Farm for its offer, effective April 1, 2013, to new and renewing lapsed Garden Conservancy members.
New President Appointed
Jenny Young du Pont becomes President of the Garden Conservancy on
April 8, 2013.
Open Days 2013 slideshow
Click on this image to view a lovely new slideshow by Traditional Home magazine.
Recent media
Fine Gardening magazine, June 2013, includes useful tips from garden creator George Schoellkopf on balancing formal structure and exuberant plantings. You can also watch a short video tour on Fine Gardening's website. 
Traditional Home magazine, April 2013, showcases the Charleston garden of Garden Conservancy chairman Ben Lenhardt and his wife, Cindy. Read the article, view a slideshow.
Elle Décor magazine, April 2013, features Greenwood Gardens on the occasion of its restoration and public opening on April 28.
Gardens are important sources of inspiration for writers. Martha Stewart Living magazine, April 2013, features five gardens of women writers--
four of them gardens the Garden Conservancy has helped to preserve.
For other recent articles on Hollister House Garden, Chase Garden, Montrose, and the Gardens of Alcatraz,
Garden Conservancy Notecards
The captivating artistry of four of the Garden Conservancy’s preservation project gardens is presented on a new set of notecards.
Give your favorite gardening friend a 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 20, 2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmThe Walt Disney Family Museum: San Francisco, CABeginning with the First Exhibition held in 1756 in London, world’s fairs have tantalized and astonished audiences. In addition to being launching pads for such innovations as popcorn, the telephone...
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July 12, 2013The Gardens at Heather Farm: Walnut Creek, CASAVE THE DATE: California sunshine is one of the allures of the West Coast, though a place in the shade can be a welcome respite for people and for plants. But a shady landscape can also be one of th...
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July 27, 2013 8:30 am - 4:00 pmCollege of the Atlantic: Bar Harbor, MEGarland Farm, Dumbarton Oaks, Hill-Stead, Bellefield, Rockefeller Gardens, and more will be included in an all-day program devoted to the restoration and maintenance of historic gardens designed by on...
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October 25, 2013The Gardens at Heather Farm: Walnut Creek, CASAVE THE DATE: Gardeners wake up – you don’t have to limit yourself to the backyard! You can also have plenty of fun between the stoop and the street. One of the latest trends in gardening is cre...
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