News Briefs
USA Today poll: best public gardens
Kudos to Longwood Gardens for winning #1 billing in USA Today's readers' choice poll of best public gardens in North America! Longwood is one of several gardens in the top twenty with whom the Garden Conservancy has been honored to partner in various preservation and educational programs, as is the Ruth Bancroft Garden, our very first preservation project. Congratulations to all.
Recent media
"California Inspiration: Ruth Bancroft's Garden" discusses the legacy of Ruth's visionary garden and the organization launched to preserve it. American Gardener, March/April 2014
Make room of "happy surprises" in your garden, as Garden Conservancy board member and Open Days co-founder Page Dickey does in hers. Read more in Martha Stewart Living, April 2014.
For other recent media coverage of Garden Conservancy people and programs,
New Alcatraz Gardens book
The story of the restoration of the historic gardens of Alcatraz has been beautifully captured in a new book, Alcatraz Gardens: Remembered, Reclaimed, Reimagined.
Upcoming Events
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May 10, 2014 11:00 amChurch of St. John in the Wilderness: Copake Falls, NYIn Copake Falls, NY, Margaret Roach will again include lectures and workshops during Open Days this year. At 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, garden writer Lee Reich will kick off the series and speak o...
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August 23, 2014 7:00 pmBass Hall, The Monadnock Center for History & Culture: Peterborough, NHA lecture by Tovah Martin The beauty of gardens is that they mature. This lecture takes a look at some of the country's most adept garden stewards to explore how they grapple with change to brin...
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November 8, 2014 9:00 amLeach Botanical Garden: Portland, ORSAVE THE DATE for the next Garden Conservancy Northwest Network (GCNN) workshop.The topic will be "signature events" as revenue streams and crowd attractors for your organization. How do you create th...
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