PublicTHE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENSGarden ASSOCIATION VOLUME 32, ISSUE 2, 2017 BEATRIX FARRAND AI WEIWEI DIVERSITY GARDENS EXHIBIT AND INCLUSION ROUGH CONSERVATORIES CLEARLY SUPERIOR The Rough Brothers’ tradition of excellence continues at Smithsonian Gardens Since 1932 Rough has been building, We have the experience, resources, designing, manufacturing, con- and technical expertise to solve your structing and maintaining large, design needs. 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Isabella Welles Norfolk Agricultural Living Collections Hunnewell Internship High School Practicum Fellowship THE GARDEN OF THE FIVE SENSES // AN EXTRAORDINARY ARBORETUM.HARVARD.EDU PITTSBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN Featuring various sensory stations along a PLANT COLLECTION LEARN MORE woodland trail, the Garden of the Five Senses will invite exploration and delight all children, and will be a special healing place for children INSPIRING EXTRAORDINARY with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). HORTICULTURE CAREERS Creating Landscapes that Teach, Inspire and Succeed. www.terradesignstudios.com Cindy Tyler, Principal THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION VOLUME 32, ISSUE 2, 2017 CONTENTS FOCAL POINTS The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand 6 Beatrix Farrand was one of the twentieth century’s leading landscape architects. Her gardens, many of them Association members, continue to fascinate and intrigue designers, garden historians, and the public almost a half-century after her death. Beyond the Galleries: Art and Activism in the Gardens 10 Contemporary artist and Chinese activist, Ai Weiwei, brings his work to the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. This new exhibit is his first in a public garden setting. BACKBONES Viewpoint: 20 Being Less Bad Is Not Good Enough Anymore Small Garden, BIG Impact: 22 Celebrating 40 years! Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden Horticultural How-To: 24 New Irrigation Technology at Montgomery Botanical Center 26 Multi-Industry: Partnering to Grow a Greener City PERENNIALS 5 Executive Director’s Note 14 Garden Professional Spotlight 15 How Does Your Garden Grow? 16 Photosynthesis 18 Nationally Accredited Plant Collection™ Showcase 28 Garden Exhibit 30 Things We Love This Spring EDITOR IN CHIEF Joan A. Thomas American Public Gardens Association MANAGING EDITOR Dorothea J. Coleman American Public Gardens Association ASSOCIATE EDITOR Caitlin Simkovich American Public Gardens Association EDITORIAL ADVISORY GROUP Carissa Kowalski Dougherty The Morton Arboretum Jenny Young DuPont ReThinkNYC Swimming Pool Terrace, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC. At Dumbarton Oaks Beatrix Farrand designed Shari Edelson, Vice Chair The Arboretum at Penn State University this swimming pool terrace on the site of the old tennis court complete with stucco retaining walls, a Erin Grajek Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens fountain, seating areas, and sculptures. During the 1940s, the estate was donated to Harvard University Dago Lopez, Jr. Pitzer College which continues to oversee the buildings and gardens today. Photo: Karyl Evans On the Cover: Sharon Loving Longwood Gardens Tracy Magellan, Chair Montgomery Botanical Center Beatrix Farrand designed the Rose Garden Don Rakow Cornell University at the New York Botanical Garden starting in Andy Sell University of Michigan 1915. Her original design was not completely Melanie Sifton Brooklyn Botanic Garden installed until the late 1980s. 问候会员 Photo: Karyl Evans DESIGNER: Alena Scogna Visionaerie Greetings Members/Salutations Membres/Saludos Miembros/ [Wènhòu huìyuán] – PRINTER: Sheridan I’m writing this having just returned from Toronto where over one hundred garden delegates from Canada EDITORIAL CONSULTANT: Gail Brodhead-Kae GBK Research, LLC and around the world convened to discuss how to stimulate greater tourism/visitation to gardens. As always, we celebrated successes and shared our best practices and worst pitfalls. As befits this experience AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS perfectly, Toronto’s city motto is literally “Diversity: Our Strength.” PRESIDENT — Sabina Carr Atlanta Botanical Garden VICE PRESIDENT — William M. LeFevre Sarah P. Duke Gardens Gardens are in a position of great strength right now. Instead of being the opposition, they can instead TREASURER — Kara Newport Filoli Center lead/convene dialogues and serve as resources to inform, but not inhibit, the various debates underway in University of California Davis Arboretum and Public Garden SECRETARY — Carmia Feldman communities wherever they are located. IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT — Kenneth J. Schutz Desert Botanical Garden DIRECTORS AT LARGE Our Association’s mission speaks to Leadership, Advocacy, and Innovation. With these in mind, we have Grace Chapman Elton Tower Hill Botanic Garden “doubled down” on our commitment to diversity and inclusion as core values. We crafted our first Policy Michael S. Dosmann The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Statement after receiving input from our Diversity & Inclusion Committee, chaired by MaryLynn Mack. M. Patrick Griffith Montgomery Botanical Center The Policy Statement is on p. 15 as a part of MaryLynn’s article on next steps. These are merely the Scott LaFleur Sherman Library and Gardens “foundation plantings” to lay groundwork for more positive, impactful change in the months and years to Jane O. MacLeod Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art Ray Mims United States Botanic Garden come, but they are robust ones. Mark Runciman Royal Botanical Gardens One of my favorite parts of the policy states “we seek to consistently re-examine our professional Shane D. Smith Cheyenne Botanic Gardens values and modify our existing practices.” It’s important for our Association to occasionally share Sharon VanLoon Berends Hendricks Stuit Insurance, Inc. Brian Vogt Denver Botanic Gardens provocative member viewpoints that may both challenge and inspire you. This issue includes Richard Piacentini’s Viewpoint article “Being Less Bad is Not Good Enough Anymore,” which offers a wake-up call EX OFFICIO for public gardens to “walk the talk” on climate change in how they operate, educate, and lead. ADVERTISERS – In alphabetical order Anamari Dorgan The Morton Arboretum AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION D. Casey Sclar Executive Director, American Public Gardens Association Socioeconomic and biological diversity are also shared in this and every issue of Public Garden. Artist and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION activist Ai Weiwei’s Natural State exhibit at Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Seattle’s Trees for SYMPOSIA .......................................................... 2 351 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Neighborhoods program, and the newly certified Plant Collections Network collection of Penstemon of the Phone: 610-708-3011 • Fax: 610-444-3594 Colorado Plateau, Arizona species, each embody the spirit in our mission described above. MEDIA KIT ......................................................... 31 www.publicgardens.org THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM ........Inside Front Cover In just a few weeks, we’ll gather in Canada for our 2017 Annual Conference Celebrating Connections: Volume 32, Issue 2, 2017. Public Garden (ISSN 0885-3894) is published quarterly by the American Public Gardens Association, BHS INSURANCE ...................... 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