BEATRIX FARRAND SOCIETY 2021 NEWS Let's Visit Some Gardens: On the Trail of Beatrix Farrand by Judith B. Tankard Open Days at Garland Farm An Important Absence: The Need for Restoration of an Iconic Garden by Laurie Olin A Tribute to John R. Robinson, an Ardent Environmentalist by Patricia Sullivan 2021 Programs & Events Pathway to Plants and Planting Design by Patrick Cullina Plant Profile: White Cedar, Thuja occidentalis by Matthew Wallhead, Ph.D. Whom They Knew: Minnie, Beatrix, and Their Social Sphere by Dr. Margaret A. Brucia Comptonia peregrina. Sweet fern. Courtesy of Jepson Herbarium, UC Berkeley. Editorial Team Please address all inquiries to: publications chair Scott Koniecko Beatrix Farrand Society editor Margot Woolley P.O. Box 111 designer Jenna Beaulieu Mount Desert, ME 04660 (207) 288-0237 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce in any form,
[email protected] without prior permission, except for brief quotations in a review. www.beatrixfarrandsociety.org Hill-Stead Museum. Richard Cheek photo. Let's Visit Some Gardens: On the Trail of Beatrix Farrand by Judith B. Tankard hanks to recent books and articles as well as two visiting (and note-taking) greatly enriched Farrand’s career, documentary films on Beatrix Farrand, interest in and the experience can be yours also! Ther career and landscapes continues to swell. And there’s no better way to appreciate her accomplishments New England has much to offer and there is no better than the real-time experience of visiting some of her gardens place to start the journey than a visit to Harvard’s Arnold and campuses as well as places that were important to her.