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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBUARY 3, 2009
CONTACT
Leeann Lavin: 718-623-7289, leeannlavin@bbg.org
Kate Blumm: 718-623-7241, kateblumm@bbg.org
BBG Presents Special Winter Lecture:
Our Life in Gardens
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | 6:30 p.m.
BROOKLYN, NY—FEBUARY 3, 2009—Join renowned garden designers Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) for a stunning slide lecture based on their upcoming book, Our Life in Gardens, about their near-legendary garden, North Hill. Our Life in Gardens is a highly personal account covering over 30 years during the making of North Hill, five acres lovingly and ambitiously cultivated in southern Vermont, which the garden historian Mac Griswold has called “one of the ten best private gardens in North America.” This lecture, both a biography of a mature garden and the autobiography of a relationship, also includes valuable information on garden design and the cultivation of rare and unusual plants. A book signing of Our Life in Gardens will immediately follow the lecture. The authors will be joined by noted botanical artist Bobbi Angell, who contributed the illustrations to Our Life in Gardens and is a member of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Florilegium Society. Preregistration for the event is required.
WHAT: Our Life in Gardens: Lecture and Book Signing by Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd, with illustrator Bobbi Angell
WHERE: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn 11225
WHEN: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | 6:30 p.m.
TO REGISTER: Preregistration is required. Call BBG's registration hotline at 718-623-7230, or for rapid registration, fax a registration form to 718-623-7339. Fee is $10 for BBG members, $12 for nonmembers.