Garden Masters Series


Garden Masters Series programs are connoisseur-level educational programs at exclusive gardens. These programs require additional fees and advance registration through the links on each event page listed below, or by calling the Garden Conservancy at 845.424.6500, M-F, 9-5 Eastern.

2023 Garden Masters Series programs
Friday, March 24 | The Garden Conservancy Goes to MoMA with curators Martino Stierli and Evangelos Kotsioris

Wednesday, May 3 | The Cook and the Gardener - Spring Edition with Sleepy Cat Farm owners Fred Landman, the gardener, and Seen Lippert, the cook

Sunday, May 7 | Rewilding a California Ranch and Garden with Tom Lloyd-Butler, a 5th generation descendant

Sunday, June 18 | The Garden as a Private Vision: A Curated Conversation at Jack Lenor Larsen’s LongHouse Reserve with Carrie Rebora Barratt,  Deborah Nevins, and James Brayton Hall 

Sunday, July 16 | The Camp Rosemary Experience with Head Gardener Marya Padour

Tuesday, October 17 | Gardens in the Archive with curators and professors from the University of California, Berkeley

Friday, October 20 | Historical & Future Gardens with David Godshall and Jenny Jones of Terremoto

Friday, November 17 | Garden Designs from the Long Eighteenth Century with The Met’s Curator of Historic Ornament, Design and Architecture, Femke Speelberg


2022 Garden Masters Series programs
Thursday, September 22 ǀ Garden Masters: Salesforce Transit Center Park: A Modern Urban Rooftop Landscape, with Adam Greenspan of PWP Landscape Architecture

Saturday, September 10 ǀ Garden Masters: Reimagining and Redefining the Urban Garden, with Testbeds and the Garden by the Bay

Thursday, September 8 ǀ Gardens Masters: The Cook and the Gardener, with Seen Lippart and Fred Landman

Friday, August 26 ǀ Fort Ticonderoga and the Historic King’s Garden, with Ann Hazelrigg, Stuart Lillie, and Dr. Matthew Keagle 

Sunday, August 21 ǀ Kelton House Farm: Celebrating the Colonial American Spirit in House and Garden ǀ Fredonia, WI

Sunday, July 24 ǀ An Enchanted Garden Visit to Camp Rosemary, with Marya Padour ǀ Lake Forest, IL

Saturday, June 18 ǀ A Sculpture Garden in Bridgehampton, NY, with Christopher LaGuardia ǀ Bridgehampton, NY

Saturday, April 9 ǀ The Making of Four Gardens- Paradise in Palm Beach, with SMI Landscape Architecture ǀ Palm Beach, FL