Selected Events Around the Country:
Exhibitions:
thru May 14, Orchids: A Moment, Washington DC
21st Smithsonian Orchid Show, Hirshhorn Museum, 202-633-2220
thru Oct 29, Artworks & more by Dale Chihuly, Bronx, NY
NY Botanical Garden, 718-817-8700
May 4-August 31, 2018, "Cultivating America's Gardens," Washington DC
National Museum of American History, sponsor: Smithsonian Gardens & Smithsonian Libraries, 202-633-1522
May 5-Aug 12, Happiness: The Writer in the Garden," New Haven, CT
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 203-432-2977
May 26-Sept 10, Roberto Burle Marx Drawings, Landscapes, More. Glencoe, IL
Chicago Botanic Garden, 847-835-5440
May 5-7 Antique Garden Furniture Fair, Bronx, NY
Authentic & rare garden antiques sale, 718-817-8700
May 6, All About Containers Saturday, NYC
10am-5pm, NYBG Midtown Center, 718-817-8700
May 6, Garden Dialogues, Houston, TX
3pm-5pm, Peckerwood Garden, Hempstead, Special tour with Landscape Architects, TCLF, 202-483-0553
May 6, Twin Maples Garden Tour, Salisbury, CT
10:30am, Garden Conservancy Special Tour of Twin Maples
May 6-7 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour, CA
10am-5pm, 40+ gardens, self-guided tour, various locations
May 6-7 Garden Conservancy Open Days Garden Tours: Copake NY, San Francisco, Los Angeles
May 7, Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, CA
10am-5pm, 30 gardens, self-guided, Alameda & Contra Costa Ctys, 510-236-9558
May 7, Palm Garden Tour, Atherton, CA
3:30pm, Garden Conservancy Tour, Edith Bergstrom's Garden, more than 200 palms.
May 11, LA Mia Lehrer, Boston, MA
7pm Lecture, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 617-278-5156
May 11, Capability Brown: An Ornament to Nature, Short Hills, NJ
7pm Lecture, Greenwood Gardens, Sponsor: Garden Conservancy 845-424-6500
May 12, National Public Gardens Day, USA
Special Events at Public Gardens Throughout the Country
May 13, Georgetown Garden Tour, Washington DC
10am-5pm, 89th annual tour, 8 fabulous urban gardens, 202-965-1950
May 13, Garden Dialogues, Brooklyn, NY
1pm-3pm, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Tour with LA Michael Van Valkenburgh,TCLF, 202-483-0553
May 13-14, Garden Conservancy Open Days GardenTours: MA, CA, NJ, NY, CT
Martha's Vineyard MA; Westchester, Suffolk, Dutchess, Putnam Cty, NY: Somerset Cty NJ; San Francisco CA; Litchfield Cty CT.
May 13-14, Trade Secrets Show & Garden Tour, Northwest CT
Garden antiques, rare plants private garden tours 860-364-1080
May 15, "Modernist Landscapes Reconsidered," Washington DC
6:30-8pm, National Building Museum, Panel Discussion, 202-272-2448
May 18, Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill Tour, Boston, MA
9am-5pm, 88th annual tour, 10+gardens, 617-227-4392
May 19, Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, Washington DC
9am-6pm, Nat'l Museum of Natural History, "Exploring the Natural World: Plants, People & Places," 202-633-1000
May 20, Designer's Eye Garden Tour, Millbrook, NY
10am, Designer Lyndon Miller, Garden Conservancy Tour
May 20-21, Garden Dialogues, Southern California
Special Garden Tours with Landscape Architects, TCLF, 202-483-0553
May 20-21, Weekend Garden Design Workshop, Bronx, NY
10am-2:30pm, NY Botanical Garden, 718-817-8700
May 20-21, Garden Conservancy Open Days Garden Tours: NY, RI, CT
Little Compton, RI; Suffolk, Westchester Cty NY; Fairfield Cty CT
May 23-27 Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK
May 27, Garden Conservancy Open Days Garden Tours: Charleston, SC
May 31, Immersive Landscapes, San Francisco, CA
7pm, Lecture, LA Andrea Cochran, Golden Gate Club, sponsor: Garden Conservancy 845-424-6500
LOOKAHEAD:
June 23-25, Newport Flower Show, Newport, RI
22nd annual show, "Fête Des Fleurs: Paintings and Parterres," 401-847-1000
July 13-17, APLD International Landscape Design Conference, Boston, MA
July 21, Woody Plant Conference, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
July 23-28, Perennial Plant Symposium, Denver, CO
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