Digging Deeper: Shelburne Farms - Reimagining a Historic Garden Space
Shelburne, VT
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This Digging Deeper is presented in partnership with Shelburne Farms
Perched above the shores of Lake Champlain in Vermont with expansive views of the Adirondack Mountains in New York, the formal flower gardens at Shelburne Farms reflect the vision of their creator, Lila Vanderbilt Webb (1860-1936). Since Lila’s first designs in the 1890s, her gardens have undergone many changes. Most recently, horticulturist, garden designer and volunteer head gardener, Paul Wieczoreck, has redesigned the gardens’ northern edge–once home to a large oval reflecting pool–as a new garden space. Join Paul for a discussion of the specific aesthetic, historic, and site considerations influencing the current design, including plant selection and Lila’s early interest in parterre gardens. The goal of the readaptation was to create a minimum input, low maintenance garden utilizing a mixture of native and exotic, pollinator friendly plant material. Participants will also have time to explore the rest of the formal garden and learn more about its history, on-going maintenance and plans for the future.
The Program Host reports the following Terrain Notes about the garden: This tour is a walking experience, and the terraced garden spaces are accessible by a series of stairs.
Digging Deeper Title: Shelburne Farms - Reimagining a Historic Garden Space
Digging Deeper Host: Paul Wiczoreck, Horticulturist, Garden Designer, and Volunteer Head Gardener
Date: Saturday, August 22 | 1pm–3pm
Location: Shelburne Farms | Shelburne, VT
$20, members and non-members
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Digging Deeper: Shelburne Farms - Reimagining a Historic Garden Space
Chittenden County
Shelburne, VT 05482
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