Uncommon Ground Lecture Series Presents: Guides for Garden Pilgrims

New Yorkers Nancy Berner and Magda Salvesen are garden explorers who have each produced essential guidebooks to distinctive gardens large and small, famous and little-known. The books complement one another in scope, together featuring hundreds of gardens from lower Manhattan to the Hudson Valley and beyond. Their revealing descriptions, beautiful images and intriguing tales provide garden lovers all they need to know to plan and enjoy their own delightful day trips and extended journeys.

With

Nancy Berner, co-author with Susan Lowry of Gardens of the Hudson Valley and the revised edition of Garden Guide: New York City (2010). She lives in New York City and is a longtime volunteer at Central Park’s Conservatory Garden.

Magda Salvesen, a garden and art historian who has taught at the New York Botanical Gardens, the New School University, and New York University. Her publications include Artists’ Estates: Reputations in Trust and Jon Schueler: A Painter’s Life, both with coeditor Diane Cousineau. She lives in New York City.

Reception to follow. Seating is limited. To RSVP, please email: uncommonground@parks.nyc.gov.