Selected Events Around the Country:
Exhibitions:
thru Aug 12, Happiness: The Writer in the Garden," New Haven, CT
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 203-432-2977
thru Sept 10, Roberto Burle Marx Drawings, Landscapes, More. Glencoe, IL
Chicago Botanic Garden, 847-835-5440
thru Oct 29, Artworks & more by Dale Chihuly, Bronx, NY
NY Botanical Garden, 718-817-8700
thru August 31, 2018, "Cultivating America's Gardens," Washington DC
National Museum of American History, sponsor: Smithsonian Gardens & Smithsonian Libraries, 202-633-1522
Events:
Aug 4-7 Gardenwriters Annual Conference, Buffalo, NY
Aug 5-6 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, ME
CT: New Haven Cty; ME: York Cty
Aug 9 & 16, Native Plants for Professionals, Framingham, MA
9am-3pm Workshop, Garden in the Woods, 617-436-5838
Aug 12, "Celebrating Natives" Garden Tour: Various locations, MA
12pm- 4pm, 11+ gardens, designer & self-guided tours 617-436-5838
Aug 12-13 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, NY
CT: Fairfield Cty; NY: Putnam Cty
Aug 19, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: NY
Columbia Cty
Aug 19, Lawn-Free Garden Tour, Brookline Village, MA
5pm-7pm, Landscape designer-led tour, 617-436-5838
Aug 23-27, Farwest Show, Portland, OR
Oregon Convention Center, Trade, Show, Lectures, Demos, More.
Aug 26, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CO, CT, RI
CT: Fairfield, New London Cty; CO: Pitkin Cty; RI: Washington Cty
Aug 26: Garden Conservancy Special Programs: Aspen, CO
1pm-4pm, Aspen Institute, Mill Building Green Roof
LA Gyles Thornely of Connect One Design discusses green roof design
10am & 3pm, LA Ann Mullins leads tours of campus grounds
Aug 26, Garden Conservancy Special Programs: Hopkinton, RI
3:30pm, Training Plants into Extraordinary Shapes
LOOKAHEAD:
Sept 7, Midwest Tree & Shrub Conference, Glencoe, IL
9am-3:30pm, Chicago Botanic Garden, 847-835-5440
Sept 8, Northeast Perennial Plant Symposium, Wellesley, MA
9am-4:30pm, MA Hort Society, "Perennial Inspiration & Design," 614-771-8431
Sept 9-10 Hollister House Garden Study Symposium, Southbury, CT
8am-3:30pm, "A Passion for Gardens," 860-868-2200
Sept 13-20, Garden Tour New York City, NY, NY
McDuff Tours, includes High Line, BBG, Central Park, NYBG, Kykuit & more. 540-818-0154
Sept 14, Lecture, LA Kate Orff of Scape, Boston, MA
7pm, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 617-278-5156
Sept 18-21, Cities Alive Conference, Seattle, WA
"People, Community & Places," Annual Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Conference.
Oct 20-23, ASLA Annual Meeting & Expo, Los Angeles, CA