Preserving America's Exceptional Gardens
New Executive Director at Longue Vue House & Gardens
January 8, 2010
Longue Vue House & Gardens, a Preservation Project of the Garden Conservancy since 2006, has appointed a new Executive Director, Joe Baker.
Garden Conservancy Honored for Organizational Excellence
December 18, 2009
On October 15, the National Trust for Historic Preservation presented its Trustees Award for Organizational Excellence to the Garden Conservancy, the nation's first group dedicated to preserving gardens.
Alcatraz Project Wins Two California Preservation Awards
December 3, 2009
The Garden Conservancy’s Alcatraz Historic Gardens Project received two prestigious awards from the California Preservation Foundation on September 19, 2009.
Heritage Landscapes Receives Excellence Award for Work on Longue Vue House & Gardens Renewal Plan
October 30, 2009
Heritage Landscapes in Charlotte, Vermont, has been awarded the Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects 2009 Jury’s Excellence Award for their work on a renewal plan for Longue Vue House & Gardens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Garden Conservancy receives Charity Navigator Award
September 8, 2009
For the fourth consecutive year The Garden Conservancy has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities.
Intern to Document Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden
September 2, 2009
Lindsey Kerr of Athens, Georgia will complete a 12-week research assignment in Bishopville, South Carolina.
Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program Features Edible Gardens
April 14, 2009
The 2009 season of The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program offers more than 300 private gardens to visit in twenty-three states, and nearly twenty-five percent of these include edibles as part of their landscape.
Claire Sawyers Co-Chairs Screening Committee
April 10, 2009
"The people-garden interaction is what is most interesting and satisfying for me. What other organization has better potential to do that than the Garden Conservancy?” -Claire Sawyers, director of the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College since 1990 and a member of the Garden Conservancy Screening Committee since 1994
In Memoriam: Carola Ashford
February 1, 2009
The Garden Conservancy mourns the passing of Carola Ashford. Carola, the Garden Conservancy’s energetic and passionate project manager for the Alcatraz Gardens project, died February 24, 2009.
Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Directory is the Essential Tool for Gardeners
January 13, 2009
Cold Spring, New York --- Since 1995, the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program has been unlocking the gates to hundreds of America’s private gardens. Our Open Days Directory has become the essential tool for the public to learn about and gain access to great examples of outstanding American gardens.
Ruth Bancroft and Her Garden: A Centennial Celebration
January 1, 2009
“Ruth has never been one to shy away from prickly plants,” remarked Brian Kemble, Director of Horticulture at the Ruth Bancroft Garden...
Open Days Supports Garden Preservation
January 1, 2009
From coast to coast, the Open Days 2008 season was a delight for tens of thousands of garden enthusiasts and a boon for preservation efforts at a number of exceptional gardens, including several of the Garden Conservancy’s own preservation projects.
A MAN NAMED PEARL is available now on DVD
December 16, 2008
Intimate and uplifting, the documentary A MAN NAMED PEARL offers a captivating window into the life a man who turned obstacles into breathtakingly beautiful possibilities. Now available on DVD.
News
New Executive Director at Longue Vue House & Gardens
After a five-month national search, Longue Vue House & Gardens has hired Joe Baker—curator, educator, and accomplished museum professional—to serve as the institution’s Executive Director starting January 4, 2010. Baker brings to Longue Vue a long track record of results in enhanced exhibits and programming, revitalized collections, increased funding, new audiences, and greater community support at universities, museums, and cultural organizations across the nation.
Baker is charged by Longue Vue’s Board of Directors with stewardship of Longue Vue’s many facets: the house and collections, the gardens, programming, and community outreach. Board President René Fransen, speaking on behalf on the entire Search Committee, notes that Baker excels at operating at the intersection of the creative process and best business practices. He adds, “Joe is a visionary individual who has national contacts with the potential to help Longue Vue to continue its important philanthropic work in a post-Katrina environment, where local funding sources are strained.”
Click here for the full announcement and Joe Baker's biography.