Lectures & Events
To schedule a lecture or book-signing for your organization, contact us at lectures@judithtankard.com.
Upcoming Events
2023
Please note that these events are subject to change or cancellation.
March 11 Webinar: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” Fernwood Botanical Garden , Niles, Michigan.
March 16 Webinar: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland.
June 13 Lecture & Book Signing: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” St. Botolph Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
September 27 Webinar: "Munstead Wood: Gertrude Jekyll's Home and Garden," The Royal Oak Foundation, New York, New York.
2022
March 3 Webinar: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Plimoth Patuxet Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
March 6 Webinar: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Farm House Museum, Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa.
March 30 Webinar: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” Institute of Classical Architecture & Art/Southern California Chapter , Los Angeles, Calif./Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, New York, N.Y.
April 7 Webinar: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” Garden Conservancy, Garrison, New York.
April 13 Lecture & Book Signing: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” Chilton Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
April 21 Lecture & Book Signing: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia.
May 11 Webinar: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Battersea Society, London UK.
May 14 Webinar: Book Party, Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy, Washington, D.C. POSTPONED
June 6 Lecture & Book Signing: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” Friends of Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford, Connecticut.
June 26 Lecture & Book Signing: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” Edith Wharton Restoration, Lenox, Massachusetts.
August 6 Lecture & Book Signing: “Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect,” Beatrix Farrand Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
October 19 Lecture & Book Signing: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Grosse Pointe Garden Center, Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
2021
Please note that these events are subject to change or cancellation.
January 27 Webinar: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Chilton Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
February 26 Webinar: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,"The Garden Historians.
March 17 Webinar: "Ellen Shipman and the American Garden," Newport Garden Club, Newport, Rhode Island.
March 23 Webinar: "Ellen Shipman and the American Garden," Massachusetts Master Gardeners.
April 8 Webinar: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Springfield Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts.
April 11 Webinar: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,”ICAA-North Carolina Chapter/ Reynolda House Museum of Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Register for the webinar here.
May 17 Webinar: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Gunn Historical Museum, Washington, Connecticut.
July 10 Martha’s Vineyard Open Day, The Garden Conservancy, Edgartown, Massachusetts.
August 9 Lecture & Booksigning: "Ellen Shipman and the American Garden, Friends of Harkness, Waterford, Connecticut. (postponed to 2022)
October 5 Lecture & Book Signing: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Grosse Pointe Garden Center, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. (postponed to 2022)
October 6 Webinar: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Grosse Pointe Garden Center, Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
October 20 Webinar: "Rose Standish Nichols: Garden Designer and Writer,"Institute of Classical Architecture and Art/Southern California Chapter, Los Angeles, California.
November 11 Film screening: "Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes," Chilton Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
November 13 Webinar: "Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,"William Morris Society, London, England.
December 13 Lecture: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Boston Junior League Garden Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
2020
April 2: Lecture & Book Signing: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement, ” Springfield Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts. (postponed to April 8, 2021)
April 29: Lecture & Book Signing: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement, ” Chilton Club, Boston, Massachusetts. (postponed to November 4)
May 14: Panel Discussion: “Beatrix Farrand’s American Landscapes” (film), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. (canceled)
June 4: Webinar: "Lutyens and Jekyll: Architecture and the Garden Landscape,"Lutyens Trust America
June 8: Lecture & Book Signing: “Ellen Shipman & the American Garden, ” Friends of Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford, Connecticut. (postponed to May 17, 2021)
July 11: Martha’s Vineyard Open Day,The Garden Conservancy, Edgartown, Massachusetts. (postponed to July 10, 2021)
August 28-29: The Artist's Garden Colloquium Paper: "Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Maxfield Parrish: Artist-Gardeners in the Cornish Art Colony,"The Sterling and Francine Clark Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts. (postponed to 2021)
October 6: Lecture & Book Signing: "Ellen Shipman and the American Garden," Grosse Pointe Garden Center, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. (postponed to October 5, 2021)
October 7: Lecture & Book Signing: "Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement," Grosse Pointe Garden Center, Grosse Pointex, Michigan. (Postponed to October 6, 2021)
October 18: Webinar: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement, ” The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, Bridgehampton, New York.
November 4: Lecture & Book Signing: "Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement, Chilton Club, Boston, Massachusetts. (Postponed to May 12, 2021)
November 12: Webinar: "Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,"Institute of Classical Architecture & Art New England Chapter, Boston, Massachusetts.
2019
February 7: Lecture: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Garden Club of the Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts.
April 1: Lecture & Book Signing: “A Sense of Harmony: Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Royal Oak Foundation - The Garden Conservancy, General Society Library, New York.
April 14: Lecture & Book Signing: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Tower Hill Botanical Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts.
April 23: Lecture & Book Signing: “A Sense of Harmony: Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,”Royal Oak Foundation - The Garden Conservancy, Charleston, S.C.
April 25: Lecture & Book Signing: “Garden Artists of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, Alabama.
May 2: Panel Discussion: White House Garden Symposium, White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C.
May 8: Lecture & Book Signing: “A Sense of Harmony: Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Royal Oak Foundation - The Garden Conservancy, Chicago Architecture Center, Chicago, Illinois.
May 9: Lecture & Book Signing: "Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,"Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois.
May 14: Lecture & Book Signing: “A Sense of Harmony: Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Royal Oak Foundation - The Garden Conservancy, Union League Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 22: Lecture & Book Signing: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Institute of Classical Architecture & Art/Southern California Chapter - The Garden Conservancy, Los Angeles, California.
May 28: Lecture & Book Signing: “Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement,” Nichols House Museum / New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
June 2: Lecture and Book Signing: "Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement," Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills, New Jersey.
June 26: Lecture: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Nantucket Garden Club, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
August 3: Lecture & Book Signing: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Beatrix Farrand Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
October 17: Lecture and Book Signing: "Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement," Institute of Classical Art & Architecture/Rocky Mountain Chapter, Denver, Colorado.
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April 13: Book Signing: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida.
May 17: Lecture and Book Signing: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, New York, New York.
June 21: Lecture and Book Signing: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden, Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
June 28: Lecture: "Beatrix Farrand's Education as a Landscape Gardener," White House Gardens in the 20th Century Colloquium, Oak Spring Garden Foundation and White House Historical Association, Upperville, Virginia.
August 25: Book Signing: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Stone Acres Farm, Stonington, Connecticut.
September 22: Panel discussion: "The Architectural Garden: Challenges of Preserving Formal Structures in the Landscape," Bard College/The Garden Conservancy, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Watch Video.
October 3: Lecture: "Ellen Shipman and the American Garden," Chilton Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
October 9: Lecture: "Ellen Shipman and the American Garden," Chestnut Hill Garden Club, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
October 10: Lecture: "Ellen Shipman and the American Garden," Beacon Hill Garden Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
October 27: Lecture and Book Signing: “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden,” Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts.
November 8: Lecture: "Ellen Shipman and the American Garden," Village Garden Club of Sewickley, Sewickley, Pennsylvania.
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June 11: "Meet the Expert" Shapiro/Bloomberg Garden, Milton, Massachusetts, The Garden Conservancy Open Day in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
July 8: Martha's Vineyard Open Day (5 gardens), Dukes County, The Garden Conservancy.
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April 18: Lecture: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,”Vassar College (Taylor Hall Room 203), Poughkeepsie, New York.
June 5: "Meet the Expert": Shapiro/Bloomberg Garden, Milton, Mass., Garden Conservancy Greater Boston Open Day
June 19: Lecture: “Designing Paradise: The Artist’s Garden,”Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut.
June 25: Lecture: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,”Newport Flower Show, Newport, Rhode Island.
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2015
May 7: Lecture: "Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman," Historic Gardens of Greenwich Symposium, Greenwich Historical Society/Palladium Musicum, Greenwich, Connecticut.
May 16: Lecture: "Designing Paradise: Women Landscape Artists," Artists and Gardens: A Day of Art and Horticulture Symposium, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts/The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 19: Lecture: "Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman," Georgia Perennial Plant Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
June 6: Lecture: "Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman," Henry Ford Estate, Dearborn, Michigan.
June 10: Lecture: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,"
The Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, Rhode Island.
June 20: Lecture "Gardens of the Cornish Colony," The Gardener's Journey: Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of the Cornish Colony (garden tour), Historic Windsor, Windsor, Vermont.
September 10: Lecture: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Georgetown Garden Club, Washington, D.C.
October 1-3: "Designing Paradise: Women Landscape Architects," Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes Symposium, Reynolda House/Old Salem, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
November 3: Lecture: "Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood," A Writer's Garden Literary Symposium, Women's Council of the Dallas Arboretum, Dallas, Texas.
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June 4: Lecture: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
June 21: Lecture: "Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman," Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont. Watch this video: Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman.
July 9: Martha's Vineyard Open Day, (six gardens, including mine), The Garden Conservancy, Massachusetts.
October 18: Lecture: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Longue Vue House & Garden/Royal Oak Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana.
top2013
March 7: Lecture: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia, Penna.
March 8: Lecture: “From Reef Point to Garland Farm,” Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium: Working with Farrand/Farrand at Work, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C.
March 19: Lecture: “Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden,” Beverly Hills Women’s Club/Royal Oak Foundation, Beverly Hills, Calif.
March 21: Lecture: “Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden,” Filoli/Royal Oak Foundation, Woodside, Calif.
April 18: Lecture: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,” Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine.
May 15: Lecture: “Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman,” Garden Club of America/Cohasset Garden Club (private event).
June 8: Lecture: “Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden,” Knoxville Botanical Garden, Knoxville, Tennessee.
July 27: Seminar: Beatrix Farrand Society & The Garden Conservancy: Restoring Beatrix Farrand Gardens,
Beatrix Farrand Society/College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.
September 5: Lecture: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," The Lightbox, Surrey, England.
October 20: Lecture: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,” Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, Bridgehampton, N.Y.
October 28: Lecture: "Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman," Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfied, Connecticut.
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March 8: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden,"General Society Library, New York, New York.
March 11: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Madoo Conservancy, Sagaponack, New York.
March 12: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Union League of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, Penn.
March 14: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington D.C.
March 28: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
April 23: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,"Syracuse Garden Club, Syracuse,
New York.
May 16: "Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman,"New Canaan Garden Club, New Canaan, Conn.
June 10-20: "Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll and Friends," Jeff Sainsbury Tours.
July 24: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Polly Hill Arboretum, West Tisbury, Mass.
August 4: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Garland Farm, Mount Desert, Maine.
September 19: "Gardens of Ellen Shipman," Graycliff Conservancy, Buffalo, New York.
October 17: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," The Decorator's Club,
New York, New York.
October 25: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland.
October 25: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,"Georgetown Library, Washington D.C.
October 26: "Gardens of Ellen Shipman," Tregaron Conservancy, Washington D.C.
November 2: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Landscape Design School (private event), Wellesley, Mass.
November 15: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Denver, Colo.
December 4: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden,"Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Mass.
topPast Events
March 7: "Color in the Flower Garden," Lively Oak Garden Club, Vero Beach, Florida.
March 10: "Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman," Garden Club of America, McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, Florida.
March 31: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Manchester Garden Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.
April 19: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Garden Club of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey.
April 20: "Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement," Morven Museum and Garden (www.historicmorven.org), Princeton, New Jersey.
May 24: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Horticultural Society of New York (www.hsny.org), New York, New York.
May 25: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Colony Club (private event), New York, New York.
June 13: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Garden Museum (www.gardenmuseum.org.uk), London, England.June 22: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Institute of Classical Architecture
(www.classicist-ne.org), Algonquin Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
September 21: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," North Shore Garden Club, Long Hill, Beverly, Massachusetts.
October 5: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden," Chilton Club (private event),
Boston, Massachusetts.
November 15: "Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden,"Boston Athenaeum
(www.bostonathenaeum.org) , Boston, Massachusetts.
February 7: "Beatrix Farrand; Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Hill-Stead Museum
(www.hillstead.org) Farmington, Connecticut.
March 13: "Beatrix Farrand," Women and Landscape History seminar, Temple University (www.ambler.temple.edu/arboretum/bloom.htm), Ambler, Pennsylvania.
March 18: "Horticultural Obsession and Garden Design," Whatcom Horticultural Society (www.whatcomhortsociety.org), Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington.
March 20: "Designing Women," Northwest Horticultural Symposium , Northwest Horticultural Society (www.northwesthort.org), Seattle, Washington.
March 25: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Chilton Club (private event),
Boston, Massachusetts.
April 3: "Beatrix Farrand," Divas of Design: Celebrating Women Landscape Architects seminar, Lord & Schryver Conservancy (www.lord-schryverconservancy.org), Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.
April 14: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Institute of Classical Architecture New England Chapter (www.classicist-ne.org), Boston, Massachusetts.
May 3: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Santa Barbara Garden Club (private event), Santa Barbara, California.
May 6: Mechanics Institute (www.gardenconservancy.org or www.milibrary.org ), San Francisco, California.
May 23: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Chicago Botanic Garden
(www.chicagobotanic.org), Glencoe, Illinois.
June 30: "Beatrix Farrand, Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Polly Hill Arboretum (www.pollyhillarboretum.org), West Tisbury, Massachusetts.
July 8: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Berkshire Botanical Garden (www.berkshirebotanical.org), Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
August 7: "Beatrix Farrand, Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Beatrix Farrand Society (www.beatrixfarrandsociety.org), Garland Farm, Mount Desert, Maine.
August 16: "On Garden Design: Beatrix Farrand and Edith Wharton," The Mount (www.edithwharton.org), Lenox, Massachusetts.
September 9: book-signing for Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes, The Cultural Landscape Foundation (http://tclf.org), Washington, D.C.
November 9: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Darien Garden Club,
Darien, Connecticut.
November 13: "Keeping Up with the Joneses," all-day tour of Beatrix Farrand's Southern California gardens, California Garden and Landscape History Society (www.cglhs.org), Los Angeles, California.
November 14: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Huntington Library and Botanic Gardens (www.huntington.org), San Marino, California.
March 23 “Designing Woman: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman,” Garden Club of Back Bay (Boston),
co-sponsored with the Arnold Arboretum, and Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture. Location: Wellesley College Science Center. For registration information, click here or email adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu or telephone, call 617-384-5277.
June 7: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Beatrix Farrand Garden Association, Hyde Park, New York.
June 13: “Color in the Flower Garden,” Landscape Pleasures Seminar, Parrish Art Museum (www.parrishart.org), Southampton, New York.
October 9: book launch for Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,
October 22: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes”,Longue Vue House & Gardens (www.longuevue.com), 9 Bamboo Lane, New Orleans, Louisiana.
November 2: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes”, Harkness Memorial State Park (860-859-3283), 275 Great Neck Road, Waterford, Connecticut.
November 14: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,” Tuxedo Park Library (www.tuxedoparklibrary.org), Tuxedo Park, New York.
November 19: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes”, The Horticultural Society of New York Library (www.hsny.org), 148 West 37th Street, New York, New York.
November 21: book-signing for Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes, New York Botanical Garden Shop in the Garden (www.nybg.org), Bronx River Parkway, Bronx, New York.
November 22: "Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes," Old Westbury Gardens (www.oldwestburygardens.org), 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, New York.
November 23: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes” , Institute of Classical Architecture (www.classicist.org), 20 West 44th Street, New York, New York.
December 15: “Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes,” New York Hortus Club (private event), National Arts Club, New York.
October 15: “The Gardens of Ellen Shipman,” Bedford Garden Club, Bedford, New York
September 6: “Shaping the American Garden Experience,”Hollister House Garden, Study Weekend, Washington, Conn.
May 4: “The Gardens of Ellen Shipman,” Mansion in May at Froh Heim, Far Hills, New Jersey
October 6: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, Washington
October 4: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Vancouver Heritage Foundation, Canada
October 3: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Victoria Heritage Foundation, Canada
September 29: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Historic Seattle, Seattle, Washington
May 12: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” William Morris Society, London
April 26: “Revisiting Ellen Shipman’s Gardens,” Landscape Institute, Cambridge, Mass.
April 10: “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” Antiquarian Society/Art Institute of Chicago
January 4: “Women Take the Lead in Landscape Art” and “The Gardens of Ellen Shipman,” Minnesota Green Expo.