WAVE HILL OFFERS SIGNATURE SERIES OF HORTICULTURAL LECTURES FOR AVID GARDENERS
Inspired by Wave Hill’s fiftieth anniversary as an institution, the 2015 horticultural lecture series pays homage to three masters. Curated by Director of Horticulture Louis Bauer, the series commences with a lecture by Marco Polo Stufano, founding Director of Horticulture at Wave Hill, who addresses the long and varied history of the spectacular property from its earliest years as a public institution. In February, Ulrich Lorimer, Curator of the Native Flora Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, highlights the advantages of wedding horticulture and field botany together in a garden setting. Lastly, horticulturalist and Opus Plants owner Ed Bowen delves into the history, use and care of ornamental plants.
January 21: Marco Polo Stufano
Looking Back
When founding Director of Horticulture Marco Polo Stufano arrived at Wave Hill in 1967, not long after the property was donated to the City of New York, he found the property in a “sorry state”—with old greenhouses in ruins and paths eroded—and sorely in need of rethinking. The spectacular site and its potential proved so seductive that he devoted 34 years to it. This illustrated talk offers a rare opportunity to hear him trace the evolution of the garden. Stufano retired from Wave Hill in 2001, though his presence is still deeply felt here and in other green spaces across New York City and beyond.
February 18: Ulrich Lorimer
Locally Sourced—Marrying Field Botany and Horticulture Ulrich Lorimer offers his vision for how to marry horticulture with field botany— the experience of plants in the context of their communities in the wild—as an approach that yields intimate clues for using native plants in a garden setting. At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where Lorimer has been Curator of the Native Flora Garden for nine years, the results have been rich and rewarding. Prior to joining the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Lorimer spent three years as a Wave Hill Gardener.
March 18: Ed Bowen
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
Horticulturist Ed Bowen takes a plant-centric look at ornamentals, examining past use and offering suggestions and strategies for ensuring their continued viability and relevance. Described by garden writer Tovah Martin as “the seminal plant nerd,” Bowen explores the intersection of plants and commerce, including how nursery production practices affect garden center offerings, and vice versa. He founded and owns Opus Plants, a deliberately small nursery in Little Compton, Rhode Island, where he propagates plants.
An ongoing series hosted by the Friends of Horticulture Committee and devoted to landscape design and the meaning of our interactions with plants and the natural world, Wave Hill’s 2015 Horticultural Lectures are held from 6 to 7:30pm at the New York School of Interior Design in Manhattan. Seating is limited, and advanced reservations are recommended. Learn more at www.wavehill.org, where you may also purchase tickets for the series.
When:
January 21: Marco Polo Stufano: Looking Back
February 18: Ulrich Lorimer: Locally Sourced—Marrying Field Botany and Horticulture
March 18: Ed Bowen: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Where:
Lectures begin at 6PM at the New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70th Street in Manhattan
Price:
Lecture Sponsor: $350 (includes 2 series tickets)
Become a Lecture Sponsor to help underwrite the series.
Three-lecture Series: $48 Wave Hill Member or Student/ $60 General
Individual Tickets: $20 Wave Hill Member or Student/ $25 General
Purchase tickets online at www.wavehill.org or by calling 718.549.3200 x216.
Space is limited; reserve in advance.
Unused series tickets returned prior to lectures will be given to students pursuing careers in horticulture.
Wave Hill, Inc. is an independent, non-profit cultural institution governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. The buildings and grounds of Wave Hill are owned by the City of New York. With the assistance of the Bronx Borough President and Bronx representatives in the City Council and State Legislature, Wave Hill’s operations are supported with public funds through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the Zoos, Botanical Gardens and Aquariums Grant Program administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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