Overview: This series of three afternoon lectures, combined with visits to the library and archives at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, will focus on three great gardens that have strong associations with Oak Spring.
Each session will begin with an illustrated lecture in the Apple House at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation. The lectures will describe the historical development of the garden in question, followed by an opportunity to view illustrative original documents, images and archives in the Oak Spring Library and archives. A delicious afternoon tea will round out the day’s events.
Registration will be for individual lectures, all of which will begin at 3:30pm. Registration for the whole series is not required.
Lecture III: The Garden at Little Oak Spring – with Rachel Heslop, Allissa Montgomery and Peter Crane
Over the course of more than sixty years, Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon shaped and designed the landscape around her family home at Oak Spring. Collaborating with renowned architects, artists and designers, Mrs. Mellon created a uniquely private and personal garden that offered respite from the world outside. Using photographs and documents from the Oak Spring archives, we trace the development of the garden and its immediate environs from the garden’s construction in 1950 through to the Foundation’s stewardship today. Following the lectures and library visit there will be the chance to explore the formal garden guided by those most familiar with its history.
Tickets: $100
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