Art History and Landscape Lecture: American Arts & Crafts Gardens, 1890-1920: Simplicity, Harmony, and Utility

Based on period documentation of historic gardens, publications and designers’ records, lecturer Denise Wiles Adams will focus on the decorative gardens popular in America during the Cos Cob art colony era. Her talk will explore the distinctive garden style of the great estates of the time and highlight plants that were popular.
An ornamental plant and garden historian, Adams received her PhD in horticulture from Ohio State University and for a decade owned an heirloom-flower and herb nursery. She is a prolific writer and lecturer on topics related to the history of American ornamental gardens and is the author of Restoring American Gardens: An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Ornamental Plants, 1640–1940 (Timber Press, 2004) and American Home Landscapes (Timber Press, 2013). Adams currently resides in Stony Point, New York, where she enjoys researching and creating period-appropriate gardens for her 1914 Arts & Crafts-style home.

Doors open at 6:30 pm for light refreshments
Program starts at 7:00 pm with a 45-minute talk and a 15-minute Q&A session

Vanderbilt Education Center

Members: $15; nonmembers: $20
Reserve through the link below or call 203-869-6899, Ext. 10.

http://www.hstg.org/adult#lehrman