Hosted by Southern California Chapter of the ICAA in Collaboration with the National Office
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Please note: this virtual lecture is free for ICAA Members and $20 for the General Public
Judith B. Tankard, author of Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect will discuss the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the traditional social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for landscape and plants. Many of her clients were members of the highest echelon of society with estates in Newport, the Berkshires, and Maine, but Farrand ultimately became a consultant for university campuses, including Yale and Princeton, and for public gardens, including the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the Rose Garden at The New York Botanical Garden. Perhaps her best-known work is the extensive garden at Dumbarton Oaks, originally a private residence and now a research institute of Harvard University. Deeply influenced by the English landscape designer Gertrude Jekyll, Farrand was known for broad expanses of lawn with deep swaths of borders planted in a subtle palette of foliage and flowers. Her gardens have been photographed at their peak especially for this book, and these lush illustrations are complemented by beautiful watercolor wash renderings of her designs, now preserved at the library of the University of California at Berkeley.
Judith B. Tankard is a landscape historian and author of Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Ellen Shipman and the American Garden, and Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes.
If you are interested in purchasing a copy of the book, please click here and use the code PHAIDON20 for 20% off your order.
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Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK
Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Dell Mitchell Architects
Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Hyde Park Mouldings
The Southern California Chapter Programs are made possible by the generous support from:
Leadership Circle Tim Barber Architects Landry Design Group
Sustainer American College of the Building Arts Reside Custom Homes Susan Masterman Architects
Partner Boswell Construction, Inc. Crestron Electronics Ric & Suzanne Kayne & Jenni Kayne & Richard Ehrlich Shawn Nelson Builders