Friday, June 8, 2018, at The Library 6 – 8 PM ~ Talk & Cocktail Reception

“40 Years of Gardening: Private and Public,” a talk by Lynden B. Miller, public garden designer in New York City who was trained as a painter and studied horticulture at The New York Botanical Garden before beginning her career. Based on her belief that good open spaces can change city life, Lynden has designed over 45 gardens, parks, and public spaces in the five boroughs since 1982. She is also the author of Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape.

Saturday, June 9, 2018, 10 AM – 4 PM, Tour of 4 country gardens

Jane Garmey ~ North Cornwall
Juliet & John Hubbard ~ Cornwall
Lynden B. Miller ~ Sharon
Amelia Starr & Matthew Ziehl ~ Milton

Sale of new and out-of-print gardening books at The Cornwall Library.

About Our Guest

Lynden B. Miller is a public garden designer in New York City.  In 1982, she rescued and restored The Conservatory Garden in Central Park. Based on her belief that good public open spaces can change city life, she has designed many other gardens and parks in all five boroughs since that time.

She is the author of  Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape, published by Norton in 2009.  The book was the winner of American Horticultural Society 2010 National Book Award.

Her work in New York City includes designs for gardens and parks in all 5 boroughs, for example: Bryant Park, The New York Botanical Garden, Wagner Park in Battery Park City, Madison Square Park, the Entry Garden at Chelsea Cove in Hudson River Park and the 97th Street Park Avenue Mall. She has designed landscape improvements to the campuses at Columbia, Princeton, Stony Brook University on Long Island and plantings for the garden at the Museum of Modern Art. She redesigned the plantings for the British Garden in Hanover Square and has reinvigorated the Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park.

Mrs. Miller was trained as a painter and studied horticulture at The New York Botanical Garden before beginning her public career. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Central Park Conservancy, New Yorkers for Parks and the New York Botanical Garden and teaches about public space and horticulture at New York University and Columbia University.

In October 1999, Smith College honored Mrs. Miller, describing her as one “who uses the beauty and enchantment of public gardens to instill new pride in communities and change the personal and public experience of urban life.”

About the Gardens

Jane Garmey

A dramatic garden with a boxwood parterre surrounds this historic home.  Read more…

Juliet & John Hubbard

A formal, yet informal, garden utilizes neighboring structures to frame the abundant blooms.  Read more…

Lynden B. Miller

Exemplary combinations of plants and foliage highlight this garden.  Read more…

Amelia Starr & Matthew Ziehl

Garden “rooms” create visual interest on this property.  Read more…