New England Chapter: Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden; A Lecture with Judith B. Tankard

Type: LECTURE
Date: 6/22/2011
Time: 6:00PM
Location: The Algonquin Club
Address: 217 Commonwealth Ave.
                Boston , Massachusetts

Gertrude Jekyll was one of the most important garden designers of the twentieth century. A prolific writer and an influential plantswoman, Jekyll was renowned for her artistic approach to garden design. Judith Tankard’s new book celebrates Jekyll’s gardens with a selection of her famous collaborations with Edwin Lutyens, which spanned forty years and ranged over more than fifty gardens. Drawing on the archive of photographs from Country Life, she will discuss Jekyll’s home at Munstead Wood as well as Deanery Garden, Hestercombe Gardens, Folly Farm, and other seminal Lutyens and Jekyll masterpieces. The work of other important contemporary architects in her circle, such as Oliver Hill at Valewood and L. Rome Guthrie at Townhill Park, are also included as well as the exceptional restoration at The Manor House at Upton Grey.

Judith B Tankard is an art historian specializing in landscape history and the author of eight illustrated books, including Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes and Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement. She writes articles and book reviews for Hortus, Country Life, and Landscape Architecture. She taught for over 20 years at the Landscape Institute of Harvard University.

Location: The Algonquin Club, 217 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Cost/Learning Unit: $25 for ICAA members and employees of professional member firms; $35 for the general public.

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