Outstanding American Gardens: What are they, where are they, and how can they be saved?

Outstanding American Gardens: What are they, where are they, and how can they be saved?

The Gardens at Alcatraz; photo by Elizabeth Byers

Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Sun, Nov 17, 2019
2:30 PM

In this illustrated talk, Garden Conservancy Chairman & CEO James Brayton Hall will examine what America's gardens say about our culture, and how new approaches to garden preservation pioneered by the Garden Conservancy are helping protect and document these living works of art for future generations.

Several examples of the preservation of West Coast gardens will be highlighted, including the rehabilitation of the gardens surrounding the former prison on Alcatraz Island, a ten-year project done in partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service.

This program is presented as part of the California Garden & Landscape History Society Lecture Series.

DATE AND TIME
Sunday, November 17
2:30 p.m.

LOCATION
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Rothenberg Hall
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA  91108

REGISTRATION
This program is free of charge and registration is not required.