Gardening with History: Planning & Practice
Thursday, May 30, 2013 - Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA.
The Philadelphia region leads the nation in garden heritage sites. How do our historic landscape stewards sustain both garden and mission in the 21st century? What are best practices and opportunities? This conference explores how we govern, interpret, curate and plan historic gardens. Keynote speaker Peter Hatch, former Director of Gardens and Grounds at Monticello brings a wealth of insight. Charles Birnbaum, President and Founder of The Cultural Landscape Foundation shares regional models for collaborative marketing. Lauren Otten, the director of the Non-Profit Center at LaSalle University, examines advisory board development. Local historic garden directors address adaptive reuse, gardening with a mission, interpretation and sustaining our gardens’ relevance to the community. Participants enjoy connection and information sharing among historic garden leaders, practitioners and enthusiasts. Registration limited to 75 participants.
Learn more at https://online.morrisarboretum.org/history.
