Lectures, Tours, Events
Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes
Monday, November 23; Reception and book signing at 6:30 pm; Lecture at 7:00 pm
Sponsored by James Doyle Design Associates, LLC
Judith B. Tankard is a landscape historian and the author of six books on historic gardens and garden designers, most recently, Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes (Monacelli Press, 2009). In her talk she traces the life and work of one of the foremost landscape architects of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the niece of Edith Wharton), Beatrix Farrand eschewed the traditional social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for landscape design and plants. Many of her clients were members of high society with estates in Newport, the Berkshires, Maine, and on Long Island, but ultimately Farrand became a consultant for university campuses, including Yale and Princeton, and for public gardens, including the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and The New York Botanical Garden. Perhaps her best-known work is the extensive grounds at Dumbarton Oaks, originally a private residence and now a research institute for Harvard University.
Library at the General Society, 20 West 44th Street, 6:30 pm reception and book signing; lecture to follow at 7:00 pm. RSVP required (212) 730-9646, ext. 109. To register for credit, contact Leah Aron, Education Programs Coordinator, at la@classicist.org.
Cost/Learning Unit: Free to ICA&CA members and employees of professional member firms; $10 for the general public; 1 AIA/CES LU (Theory)
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Fall Public Programs are generously sponsored by Balmer Architectural Mouldings.