Books & Blooms 2024
Cornwall Garden Weekend
Cornwall Garden Weekend
Friday, June 21
6 pm
Why Waterlilies? Claude Monet and the Art of the Garden.
A presentation by Ann Temkin, the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, followed by a cocktail reception in a private garden.
Saturday, June 22
10 am to 4 pm
Tour of 4 Cornwall Gardens
Self-guided tours of four gardens: An unfussy, low-maintenance perennial garden with specimen trees / A waterfall and millpond result in a garden full of surprises / A dramatic garden on a rocky hillside with a plunging ravine / A cottage garden extensively planted and full of charm.
On Sale at The Cornwall Library:
New and out-of-print gardening books
About the Gardens
Garden 1
An Unfussy Garden
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Garden 2
A Garden Full of Surprises
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Garden 3
A Dramatic Hillside Garden
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Garden 4
A Charming Cottage Garden
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About Our Speaker
Monet’s Water Lilies paintings are among the most beloved artworks of the early 20th century and Ann Temkin, the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, will discuss the design and cultivation of his garden at Giverny as integral to his work as a painter. Ms. Temkin, who was born in Torrington and weekends in Cornwall, is the first woman to hold the premier curatorial position at MoMA. Before coming to MoMA, she was the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum.
This talk will be held at the United Church of Christ, 8 Bolton Hill Road in Cornwall Village and will be followed by a cocktail reception in a nearby private garden.
Please support this year’s Books & Blooms!
Step forward with a leadership contribution and take advantage of the many benefits of being a sponsor:
- Complimentary tickets to view gardens on the tour
- Invitation to a lecture presentation given by Ann Temkin to be followed by a cocktail reception
- Acknowledgement in our program materials
$1000 – 8 tickets to talk/cocktail reception & garden tours
$600 – 4 tickets to talk/cocktail reception & garden tours
$300 – 2 tickets to talk/cocktail reception & garden tours
Our thanks to the following local businesses:
Our thanks to our patrons and friends:
Stephana Bottom and Duncan M. Webb – Barbara and Joe Ellis – Dinny and Ed Greene – Marjorie and Simon Hewett – Ania and David Hubbard – Debby and Bart Jones – Roxana Laughlin – Phyllis Nauts – Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Robinson, Jr. – Mary Louise and John Rubin – Marnell and Rick Stover –Frances Taliaferro – Betsey and Gary Unger – Jean Vitalis
* as of April 23, 2024