Happenings May 2016 (GardenDesignOnline)

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Selected Events Around the Country:

Exhibitions:
May 14-Sept 11, Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas, Bronx, NY
NY Botanical Garden, 718-817-8700

April 30-May 1, Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour, CA
10AM-5PM, 36 gardens, self-guided tour, various locations.
May 1, Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, CA
10AM-5PM, 32 gardens, self-guided, Alameda & Contra Costa Ctys, 510-236-9558
May 1 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CA, CT, NY
CA: Arcadia, Pasadena; CT: Greenwich, Wilton; NY: Red Hook 888-842-2442
May 3, Landscape designer Nancy Goslee Power, San Marino, CA
7PM, Lecture, The Huntington, 626-405-2100
May 4, Planting in a Post Wild World, Cambridge, MA
7PM, Lecture, Cambridge Public Library, 781-790-8921
May 6, National Public Gardens Day, USA
Special Events at Public Gardens Throughout the Country.
May 7, Georgetown Garden Tour, Washington DC
10AM-5PM, 88th annual tour, nine gardens, 202-965-1950
May 7, Venice Garden & Home Tour, Venice, CA
2-5PM, 22nd Annual Tour, 310-650-6805
May 7-8 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CA, NJ, NY
CA: Los Angeles, Santa Monica; NJ: East Orange, Short Hills, Glen Gardner, Convent Station, Far Hills; NY: East Hampton, Chappaqua, Ossining, Cold Spring. 888-842-2442
May 7, All About Containers Saturday, NY, NY
10AM-5PM, NY Botanical Garden Midtown Center, 718-817-8700

May 11, Conservation in Cuba, Seattle, WA
6:45PM, Lecture, NW Hort Society, 206-780-8172
May 13, Impressionists: Painting the American Garden, Bronx, NY
10:30AM-12:30PM, Lecture, NY Botanical Garden, 718-817-8700
May 14-15 Trade Secrets Show & Garden Tour, Northwest CT
Garden antiques, rare plants, private garden tours, 860-364-1080
May 14, Garden Dialogues, San Francisco
Special tours of private gardens with landscape architects TCLF, 202-483-0553

May 15, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: NY
NY: Mt. Sinai, Old Field,Stony Brook 888-842-2442
May 18, The Golden Age of American Impressionism, Bronx, NY
6:30-7:30PM, Lecture, NY Botanical Garden, 718-817-8700

May 19, Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill Tour, Boston, MA
9AM-5PM, 87th annual tour, 10+ gardens 617-227-4392
May 20, Alexander Humboldt: History of Ecology, Bronx, NY
10:30AM-12:30PM, Symposium, NY Botanical Garden, 718-817-8700
May 20, Where are the Wildflowers Going?, Washington DC
Noon, Lecture, US Botanic Garden, 202-225-8333
May 21-22, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CA:CT, NJ, NY, RI
CA: Kentfield, Ross; CT: Stonington; NJ: Allendale, Wyckoff, East Orange; NY: Amenia, Dover Plains, Millbrook, Wappingers Falls, Cutchogue, Flanders, Remsenberg; RI: Little Compton. 888-842-2442

May 22, Innisfree, A Modern Icon, Millbrook, NY
3PM, Lecture, The Garden Conservancy 845-424-6502
May 23, "Capability Brown & Belvoir Castle," New York, NY
6PM, Lecture, The Dutchess of Rutland, Bonhams, 800-913-6565
AND, at Philadelphia Union League May 26th, 6:30PM
May 24, Jazzing Up the Garden, Wellesley, MA
1:30-3PM, Workshop with Karen Bussolini, Mass Hort Society, 617-933-4900May 24-28, Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK
May 25, LA Thomas Rainer, 50th Anniversary Lecture, Seattle, WA
7PM, NW Hort Society, 206-780-8172
May 26, Gardens + Landscape Study Tour, New Canaan, CT
10:30AM-1PM, The Glass House, 203-594-9884
May 28, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: MA
MA: Chilmark. 888-842-2442 AND:
3PM, Lecture, same garden, Dexter Rhododendrons: A Collector's Garden
May 28, Special Garden Conservancy Open Day, Charleston, SC
10AM-4PM, Private Gardens in Charleston. Pre-registration required..888-842-2442