Pound Ridge Garden Club meeting September 9th

Contacts: Irene Mulligan (764-5960) and Barbara Mayer (763-3467) PRGC Publicity Co-Chairs

‘MEET’ BEATRIX FARRAND AT POUND RIDGE GARDEN CLUB EVENT

The life and work of Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959), America’s first female landscape architect, is the topic of the Pound Ridge Garden Club’s meeting on Tuesday, September 9, 10:30 AM, at the Pound Ridge Library.

Author Colleen Plimpton, in period costume, will present a dramatic rendering of Farrand and her era, ideas and accomplishments. The event is free and open to the public.

Farrand was a founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Gardens that she designed—Bellefield in Hyde Park, NY; Hill-Stead in Farmington, CT, and Garland Farm in Bar Harbor, ME—have recently been restored.

The Pound Ridge Garden Club is a community service and educational organization, founded in 1941 and affiliated with National Garden Clubs Inc., Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc., 9th District. Membership is open to anyone interested in horticulture, floral design, environmental planting and resource conservation. For more information, please contact Patricia Napoli, membership chair, at 203-862-9118.