Carlisle Flowers
Allen Lacy, author of The Gardener’s Eye, published in 1992 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, writes that Congress made a terrible mistake in choosing the rose instead of the yucca as the nation’s floral emblem. Gertrude Jekyll, the English gardener, listed it as one of her favorite plants. Native Americans used it to make sandals […]
Green Genes: Mapping the Plant World From May 28 through October 10, the U.S. Botanic Garden examines plant relationships and how new genetic research is changing the plant family tree On Saturday, May 28, the U.S. Botanic Garden opened Green Genes: Mapping the Plant World, a garden exhibit presented on the Conservatory Terrace. The exhibit examines […]
The New Jersey State Botanical Garden, located on the central 96 acres of this 1,100-acre former country estate of Clarence McKenzie Lewis, is a distinctive botanic and architectural destination in its own right. Purchased in 1966 as New Jersey’s first “Green Acres” acquisition, NJBG features elegantly landscaped grounds containing many of the original garden designs, […]
Waterlilies Garden, Courtesy NJBG/Skylands Association, the member/volunteer support organization for the New Jersey State Botanical Garden “Skylands,” the original home of Francis Lynde Stetson (1846-1920) who was a trustee of the New York Botanical Gardens (NYBG) was bought by Clarence McKenzie Lewis in 1922. Lewis, also a trustee of the NYBG, engaged the landscape architects, Feruccio […]
Friends of Maryland Olmsted Parks and Landscapes lead by Myra Brosius, a former Baltimore City planner and developer of Carroll Park Master Plan, will explore the history of Carroll Park with an emphasis on the effect the Olmsted Brothers landscape designers had on the park on Saturday, June 4 on National Trails Day, 1-3pm. The […]
Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt bought a 600 acre estate in Hyde Park overlooking the Hudson River Valley in 1895. McKim, Meade and White, well-known architects from New York were hired to build a new home. Frederick Vanderbilt with a keen interest in horticulture oversaw the installation of an Italian formal garden. His garden was tiered, […]
