Through Oct 13, "One Planet, Ours!", Washington DC
Exhibit on Sustainability for the 22nd Century, US Botanic Garden 202 225-8333
Through Nov 2, Moore in America, Bronx, NY
Monumental Sculptures of Henry Moore, NY Botanical Garden 718-817-8700
Aug 2-3 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: NY, IL, MA
Aug 2: Pawling, NY; Aug 3: W.Chicago, IL; Lenox & Stockbridge, MA
Aug 3 Naturally Beautiful Gardens, Boylston, MA
1PM-3PM, Lecture, Designer Dori Smith, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, (508) 869-6111
Aug 7, 14, 21. Tours of Celia Thaxter's Garden, Appledore Island, NH
Cornell University, Shoals Marine Laboratory. Boats leave from Portsmouth, NH (603) 430-5220 (ask for Pam Boutilier)
Aug 10 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours, CT, MA, NY
CT: Plantsville, Meriden;MA: Marblehead; NY: Ancram, Ancramdale, Austerlitz, Millerton, Cold Spring.
Aug 10-14, Annual Conference, Assn of Professional Landscape Designers, Tarrytown, NY
Aug 14, Succulents for the Home Garden, San Marino, CA
2:30PM, Lecture by John Trager, curator of desert collections, The Huntington, Friends Hall. (626) 405-2100
Aug 16 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours, NY, WA
NY: Rhinebeck; WA: DuPont, Olympia, Tenino
Aug 18, Garden Tour, Nutley & Short Hills, NJ
7:30-AM-6PM, Scott Arboretum tour of Greenwood Gardens in Nutley & two private gardens designed by Richard Hartlage, both very unique. (610) 328-8025
Aug 18, Plant Expedition to China & Japan, San Francisco, CA.
7:15PM, Lecture by Quarryhill Botanical Gdn Director William McNamara, County Fair Bldg, SF Botanical Garden
Aug 21-23 Farwest Show, Portland, OR
12PM-6PM, Oregon Convention Center, Nursery & Trade Show
Aug 23 Invasive Plant Removal Workshop, Washington DC
10AM-1PM, Volunteer workday removing invasives from Potomac Gorge; sponsor: US Botanic Garden (202) 225-1116
Aug 30, 25th Succulent Plants Symposium, San Marino, CA
9AM-5PM, The Huntington, Panel of guest speakers discusses new developments in the world of succulents. (626) 405-3504
Lookahead:
Sept 19-22, Annual Conference, Garden Writers Assn, Portland, OR
Oct 3-7, Annual Conference, Am. Socy of Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 13-15, 2nd Wave of Modernism in Landscape Architecture, Chicago, IL
Conference
on modernist trends in current landscape architecture. The Cultural
Landscape Foundation, 202-483-0553. Space limited.