Barbara Robinson I had the great pleasure of speaking for the Johann Fust Library Foundation and The Planters of Boca Grande at the Community Center there on January 23. I am with Jon Bednerik, the Executive Director of the Foundation, standing in the lovely courtyard of the Library, dazzled by the beautiful colorful plantings all around me. …
It is wonderful to have Rosemary Verey: The Life and Lessons of a Legendary Gardener included in the published list of the Top Ten Garden Books for 2013. See it on the popular gardening blog and website at www.TheGardenInterior.com.
In a recent newsletter of The Garden Conservancy, there are images of the Follies of Gardeners. I was delighted to see the Folly my husband Charlie designed and built at Brush Hill prominently included in the set of six selected. Brush Hill Gardens have been opened as part of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program …
I was delighted to see my book mentioned in the Yale Law Report, not usually inclined to mention books on a horticultural topic. But as I am a graduate of the Yale Law School, they were kind to include me in their list of alumni publications.
There was wonderful coverage of my talk for Winterthur in the press and a large add that appeared first in the Green Scene, the magazine published by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and then again in the Bulletin of the Garden Club of America.
Judith Tankard kindly invited me to give a book talk for the Beatrix Farrand Society this past summer on Mt. Desert in Maine and has written a warm review for the Society’s News, describing the book as “one of the most enjoyable books for sheer reading pleasure!” Thank you so much Judith. …
Winterthur celebrated the 50th Anniversary of its renowned Antiques Show in Wilmington, Delaware on the weekend of November 10th. I had been a long time fan of Winterthur’s marvelous gardens, particularly the extensive woodland underplanted with Azaleas and always looking so natural it seems to have just appears even though many skillful gardeners work hard …
I had the great pleasure of introducing Alexis Datta at a Garden Conservancy lecture in New York on October 23, 2013 at a sold out event. Alexis, or Lex as she likes to be called, was the Head Gardener at Sissinghurst until her recent retirement. She follows in an unbroken line of great women gardeners, …
On October 19, my very birthday, I had the great pleasure of finally going to visit Chateau Courson in France during the now famous event held there, Les Journées des Plantes. I was thrilled to be invited by Patrice Fustier to speak about my book, although when asked whether I would be speaking in French, …
The New Britain Museum of American Art is truly a treasure located in Connecticut and I was honored to be invited to speak there on September 12th by the marvelous Director, Douglas Hyland. Here he is with Charlie and me just before my talk began in the entrance of the impressive new wing which is …