A bit early for the gardens, but a delightful group sponsored by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society came for a visit and picnic lunch on May 20, 1917. After walking around the gardens, everyone found a spot to settle down for a peaceful lunch, enhanced by Charlie’s insistence on serving wine. Doug Mackenzie …
What better way to start the day after the national election than by talking about something else! And looking at the beautiful photographs taken by the two great English garden photographers, Jerry Harpur and Andrew Lawson. I came to New Canaan in Connecticut to give another book talk to a wonderful joint meeting of both …
The first of the Barbara Paul Robinson Series at the New York City Bar Association was held on Tuesday evening, October 25 and was beyond my wildest hopes for this event. I was thrilled that my Debevoise & Plimpton partner, John S. Kiernan, presided; he is the first partner in the firm to serve as …
On Friday, September 23, a wonderfully enthusiastic group of visitors traveling together from Queensland, Australia, arrived at Brush Hill. They were led by Barbara Wickes who did a marvelous job and they all were delighted to see the Australia flag flying above our front door in welcome. Here she is with me welcoming the group. …
On a beautiful summer day, sunny but not too hot or humid, a group arrived organized by Blithewold, the impressive historic mansion, garden and arboretum located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The youngest visitor was two year old Jack, shown here with his parents, Dan and Julie Christina. Julie is the Education Programs Manager at Blithewold …
I had the great pleasure of speaking to the Williamstown Garden Club on August 9, a beautiful day. Linda Conway invited me to speak and gave me a most gracious introduction. Here she is with me and Dianne Glick, the President of the Club. Linda had lived in Cambridge and been engaged in publishing so …
On a dazzlingly beautiful day, August 3, I had the great pleasure of my first visit to the Madison Beach Club, right on the water of Long Island Sound in Madison, Connecticut. The view across the water made it very hard to even think about going inside for my book talk. Instead, we all first …
It was a beautiful day for the 170 plus visitors who came to Brush Hill on the day we were open for the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program. The Cornus Kousas were a magnificent show this year, their white bracts vivid against the gray of the barn and the roses were at their peak, enhanced …
Happily, the threatened rains held off for the visit by a delightful group from the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts. Ann Marie Pilch, the Education Director there, could not come with the group but sent her colleague, Gayle Holland, who was the perfect tour leader. Here we are after the garden tour as …
I was honored to be asked to give a talk to The Montreal Garden Club. Gail Johnson gave me a generous introduction in the home of Gail Jarislowsky where members of The Montreal Garden Club gathered on the morning of May 12, 2016. Judith Webster, the Club President, was heroic in coming too even though …